# BuoyWhale: NOAA Marine Weather — user reviews

> 14 indexed App Store user reviews of BuoyWhale by Swanson Industries, LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 315 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/buoywhale-noaa-marine-weather/id1030188351/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/buoywhale-noaa-marine-weather/id1030188351.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 248 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 15

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Crashes immediately

*2023-07-23, version 2.8.1*

I loaded this app on my iPhone 6s Plus running iOS 15 but it crashes immediately when launching it.  It’s supposed to operate on iOS 12 or later.

### 1/5 — Useless. Just shows position of buoy. No data

*2021-02-03, version 2.7.1*

No datajonah1939

### 1/5 — Alerts

*2020-09-26, version 2.7.1*

Alerts work once in awhile

Most of the time not

### 1/5 — Compass directions fail

*2020-08-20, version 2.7.1*

At present the compass arrow pointer on both map and details page, are 180 degrees out of position. The top of a map is always north!

### 1/5 — Bad interface

*2020-08-17, version 2.7.1*

Brings up terms of service that I have to agree to before access, but won’t respond to my selection. Interface has lines overlapping making it hard to read. Does not work well on my iPhone 11

### 2/5 — Wave height is missing

*2019-08-04, version 2.4.2*

Looks like it would be good but there is no wave heights.  Too bad.

### 3/5 — No Buoy Wave direction

*2019-02-24, version 2.1.5*

In open water the direction of the swell / wave is key to how rough the passage will be. A downhill ride, bashing up hill or wallowing. NOAA reports it, this app does not display it. Not such an issue on lakes and protected waters. 
Visually attractive but fatally incomplete, at least for me.

### 5/5 — Works well for me

*2024-06-26, version 2.9.0*

It’s always been pretty dependable

### 5/5 — Boater Boy 521

*2024-04-17, version 2.8.1*

Awesome at a glance to get ACCURATE data on Lake Michigan!

### 5/5 — Boater Boy 521

*2023-07-29*

Awesome at a glance to get ACCURATE data on Lake Michigan!

## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — One of the best apps to date

*2023-01-05, version 2.8.1*

Easy to navigate fast real time data thank you!

### 5/5 — Helpful

*2020-07-27, version 2.7.1*

Love it. Keeps me fresh for oncoming wx.

### 5/5 — User Friendly App

*2019-11-25, version 2.5.1*

easy to read interface, not cluttered with
useless information

### 5/5 — Captain tori

*2017-01-14, version 1.2.1*

Super helpful for checking the conditions in the strait of Juan De Fuca! Super helpful in general

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