# Loop Captain — Great Loop trip planner

> Great Loop trip planner (iPhone/iPad app by HENRY KATZ.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/loop-captain/id6820353613 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [HENRY KATZ](https://appshunter.io/developer/6820353615)
- Category: Navigation, Travel
- Price: Free
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-28
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Loop Captain?

Loop Captain is a free planner for boaters cruising America's Great Loop.

MY TRIP
Where the boat is, where it's headed next, and whether tomorrow works: distance, hours, the locks and bridges on the way, the wind along the route, sunset and a leave-by time. Log each night's stop in two taps.

BOAT TRACK
Your phone becomes the boat's tracker. Start a leg and the chart follows you with distance to go, ETA and sunset. NOAA, U.S. Army Corps inland and OpenSeaMap chart layers over satellite imagery. Already have a boat tracker? Pick it as your position source instead.

LOCKS AND BRIDGES
The Lock & Bridge Planner lays out every lock and opening bridge on your next leg with recent waits. Live Locks shows who is waiting and locking through now, with the next lock on your Lock Screen while under way and a home-screen widget.

WEATHER PLANNER
Wind and gusts hour by hour along your route for the leave time you pick, and the calmest daylight window. On open water, choose the fastest route or a calmer one near the sheltered shore.

ANCHOR WATCH
Drop the anchor and set the drag limit (suggested from depth and chain). Your phone then watches the boat on its own GPS, with no cell signal needed, and rings like an alarm clock, through silent mode, if the anchor drags, the GPS is lost or the battery runs low. The lock screen shows how far the boat is from the anchor.

BOAT CARDS
Photograph the boat cards you collect at docktails. Loop Captain reads each card, keeps it with where you met, and lets you search your cards later.

LOOPERS NEARBY
Show your boat to other Loopers, see who is in the harbor, and chat or start a group for docktails.

Also: fuel docks and prices, reminders when you leave or arrive, and notifications for your locks and chats.

Loop Captain is a planning aid, not for navigation. Always use official charts and local notices. Anchor Watch is an aid, not a substitute for keeping watch in bad weather.

## Is Loop Captain safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Loop Captain.

## Is Loop Captain legit?

Loop Captain has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Loop Captain is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-10-30

- Anchor Watch (Apps tab): drop the anchor, set a drag limit, and your phone watches all night on its own GPS, no signal needed. If the anchor drags, the GPS is lost or the battery runs low, it rings like an alarm clock, even on silent.
- Weather Planner: on open water, pick the fastest route or the calmest one near the sheltered shore, and see what you trade.
- My Trip: The Loop puts your timeline, dashboard and the trip map and photo story you share with family in one place, with a preview of what they will see.
- Fixes from captains' feedback.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-28

- iPad: Loop Captain now runs full-screen on iPad, portrait and landscape, with a sidebar.
- Weather Planner and Lock & Bridge Planner are rebuilt in the app: faster, with the leg's map beside the details.
- Trip log: your whole trip day by day; edit any day, add photos and expenses.
- Tap any marina, anchorage, lock or bridge on a map for its card.
- My Trip shows your dates (arrive by, time away) and plans around them.
- Many fixes from captains' feedback.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-28

No release notes.

## Related topics

[larder loop](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/larder-loop) · [waterway info system](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/waterway-info-system)

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-10-31.*