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Hooked: Anchor Alarm & Remote

Hooked: Anchor Alarm & Remote

GPS Anchor Watch & Drift Alert

67 ratings
77 reviews
🔧 Utilities
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Free
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Details

Released
January 23, 2023
Updated
October 12, 2026

Features

Background Location Access

Developer

Kylee Davis
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About

This app acts as a digital anchor watch, monitoring your boat's position and alerting you if it drifts. It offers real-time tracking, remote control, and customization options for peace of mind while boating.

✓Real-time boat tracking
✓Remote anchor session control
✓Past anchor session history
✓Customizable settings
✓Share boat location
✓Connect to chart plotter
✓Energy efficient design
✓Smart GPS filtering
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What users say about Hooked

Reviews of Hooked are mostly positive: the Navigation app is rated 4.8/5 from 67 App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, remote monitoring is awesome. Top complaints: occasional GPS lock issues, some room for improvement. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Easy to use
  • 💡Remote monitoring is awesome
  • 🚀Improves reliability constantly
  • 🤝Responsive developers
  • 🛰️Seamless Apple device connection
  • ⏱️Support resolved issues quickly
  • 🌟Better than Anchor Pro
  • 📡Shares anchoring position
  • 🗺️Satellite view option
  • 💯Best app purchase
  • 😴Peace of mind
  • 📱Remote monitoring with second device
  • 🔌Connects to boat electronics (NMEA)
  • 🔊Loud alarm
  • 🎯Accurate
  • ✨Modern and responsive
  • 📈History of distance and bearing
  • ⚡NMEA data display
  • ✅Reliable
  • 💯Best of its type
  • 💰Worth paying for
  • 🌍Sailing the world
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Divided household tech compatibility
  • 👍Great tool for cruisers
  • 💯Exactly what was needed
  • ⚓Live aboard use
  • 📲Easy transfer between devices
  • 🧑‍🏫Sailing instructor use
  • 🧘‍♀️Sleep easy at anchor
  • ✅Simple and accurate
  • 💡Clever and thoughtful
  • 🚀Keeps getting better
  • ⚓Must-have for overnight anchors
  • 📲Easy to set alarm on phone, transfer to iPad
  • 📡Streams boat info to phone
  • ⚙️Easy to configure settings
  • ✅Works flawlessly
  • 👍Highly recommended
  • 💯Best anchor alarm
  • 🌈Color gradient on tracks
  • 📍Ability to see where others have anchored
  • 👍Invaluable for alleviating stress
  • 🚀Fixed bugs quickly
  • 💡Clean user interface
  • 💰Free version useful
  • 👏Super impressed
  • 👍Great app BUT...
  • 💯Best one out there
  • 💡Innovative remote monitoring
  • ✅Solves a real problem
  • 🚀Fast and easy
  • 🌟Genius remote monitoring
  • 🤝Great support
  • 💡Pure genius
  • ✅Peace of mind
  • 👍Great anchor monitor app
  • 💯Best anchor alarm - peace of mind

Negative things

  • 🐛Occasional GPS lock issues
  • 🐛Some room for improvement
  • 🐛Connection interruptions
  • 🐛Lack of reliability
  • 🐛False alarms
  • 🐛GPS not updating on iPad
  • 🐛Difficulty finding drop anchor button
  • 🐛Needs alarm for GPS failure
  • 🐛Remote monitoring only with same Apple ID
  • 🐛Cannot form non-circular swing areas
  • 🐛Needs graphics when no internet
  • 🐛Needs cached graphics offline
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What's New in Hooked

1.4.10

October 12, 2026

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Hooked Premium (Monthly)

Remote monitoring and other premium features.

$2.991 Month
1 Month trial
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Events

Read more about Custom remote alert updates
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Custom remote alert updates

Customize your remote anchor watch alarms

Jun 18, 2026 — Jul 19, 2026

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User reviews

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Ok

Très bon pour iPhone mais la rigueur de fonctionnement nécessite un abonnement Premium pas donné. Je suis Essentiel et l’appli m’indique trop régulièrement une perte de signal GPS imaginaire. Dommage
samfuryyysamfuryyy

Response from developer

Bonjour, Merci beaucoup pour votre revue. Nous avons identifié un défaut dans la version 1.4.9 qui peut causer un ralentissement de l'application occasionnel. Ce problème a été résolu avec la version 1.4.10. Nous vous invitons à mettre à jour l'application et à confirmer qu'il n'y a plus de perte de GPS—même avec l'abonnement Essentiel. Merci encore, Kylee et Scott

Très très bien

Très agréable à utiliser
capitainejvcapitainejv

Response from developer

Bonjour! Merci de votre revue. Cette option existe déjà dans les réglages. Vous pouvez activer une alarme quand le niveau de batterie diminue à moins de 20%. Vous pouvez aussi ajuster le pourcentage si vous voulez par exemple une alarme quand le niveau atteint 10%. Bon ancrage !

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Excellent pour nous / toujours efficace
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En premium très bien

Je revoie mon commentaire précédent désolé j’avais zappé des choses … en premium très bien !
Eiffage groupeEiffage groupe

Response from developer

Bonjour, Merci pour votre retour. Nous sommes un peu surpris par votre remarque sur l'ancre, car l'application permet déjà de repositionner l'ancre ainsi que d'ajuster le rayon d'alarme de manière précise. Pourriez-vous nous contacter directement par e-mail afin de nous expliquer plus en détail ce qui vous manque ou ce qui vous bloque à ce niveau ? Concernant les notifications à distance, elles sont bien incluses dès la version Essentiel (et pas uniquement Premium), conformément à notre tableau comparatif. Si l'application vous a demandé de passer à Premium, il s'agit sans doute d'un problème d'affichage ou d'un bug d'activation que nous aimerions régler au plus vite. Écrivez-nous à hookedanchorapp@gmail.com pour que nous puissions faire le point ensemble et vous aider. Bonne navigation, Kylee et Scott

Great app

I've been using Hooked for several years now premium user. I've tried at least a dozen other anchoring apps over the last eight years, including the one built into my MFD Ray Marine AXIOM+ This one beats all of them so far. Main plus for me is good reliable remote viewing of boat anchor position.
I've been doing a refit on the boat for last 9 months, and big surprise looks like Hooked has gotten significantly better. Can't wait to try it out in the Bahamas this year.
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Reported Bugs

6 issues

Occasionally struggles with losing GPS lock

Bug

iPad built-in GPS sometimes doesn't update

Bug

Some interruptions of connection

Bug

Bug causing incorrect longitude value and app crash

Bug

Seems to only paint the swing on the map sometimes

Bug

Difficulty finding the drop anchor button

Bug
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Requested Features

11 requests

Compatibility with Android

Feature

Apple Watch app

Feature

Ability to share remote monitoring with other Apple IDs

Feature

Ability to form non-circular swing areas (e.g., pie slice, freeform)

Feature

NMEA live wind data integration

Feature

Support for Garmin GPSMAP plotters

Feature

Graphics based on GPS when no internet

Feature

Cached graphics when offline

Feature

Apple Watch support to set, pause, stop

Feature

Alarm if GPS fails to update

Feature

Support for NMEA connection to Vesper Cortex

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FAQ

What does Hooked do?

Hooked functions as a digital anchor watch for your boat. It continuously monitors your vessel's position and will sound an alarm if it drifts beyond a predefined safe zone. This allows you to have peace of mind whether you are on deck or ashore.

What are the key features of Hooked?

Key features include real-time tracking with visual trails, remote control of anchor sessions, the ability to review past anchoring history, extensive customization options for units and appearance, sharing capabilities with friends and family, smart connectivity with chart plotters for enhanced GPS data, and an energy-efficient design to conserve device battery.

How much does Hooked cost?

The app offers different subscription tiers. Hooked Premium is required for full remote monitoring with two devices, while Hooked Essential enables remote notifications, similar to other premium anchor alarm services. Specific pricing details are available within the app.

What devices is Hooked compatible with?

Hooked is designed to be compatible with various devices, especially when it comes to its smart connectivity features. It can connect to your chart plotter for more accurate GPS data and to display depth and wind speed, enhancing its functionality for boaters.

When would I use Hooked?

You would use Hooked anytime you anchor your boat and want to ensure it stays within a safe area. This is particularly useful when you are away from the helm, sleeping, or enjoying other activities on or off the boat, providing an essential layer of security and peace of mind.