# Maritime Master – IALA Buoyage — IALA Buoyage & Lights

> IALA Buoyage & Lights (iPhone/iPad app by MARITIME MASTER LIMITED.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maritime-master-iala-buoyage/id6755937291 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MARITIME MASTER LIMITED](https://appshunter.io/developer/1107589346)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-12-08
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/maritime-master-iala-buoyage/id6755937291/reviews.md

## What is Maritime Master?

Maritime Master – IALA is your pocket trainer for buoyage and navigation lights, built for real-world sailing and exam-style practice.

See how IALA marks and light rhythms look, behave, then lock it in with targeted quizzes and mixed exams.

Master the two big IALA challenges
1. Buoyage
	•	Lateral marks for IALA Region A and Region B
	•	Cardinal, special, safe water and isolated danger marks
	•	Colours, shapes, topmarks and, crucially, what each mark means in practice

2. Navigation lights & rhythms
	•	Fixed, occulting, isophase, flashing, quick, very quick, ultra quick
	•	Morse, alternating and special patterns (including emergency wreck marks)
	•	Realistic animated “bulbs” plus timeline-style charts that mirror standard exam diagrams

Train the way exams test you
	•	Buoyage Basics – match descriptions and light characteristics to the correct mark
	•	Name That Buoy – image-only questions: identify the mark from the diagram
	•	Light Rhythms – match written descriptions to the correct IALA abbreviation
	•	Name That Light Pattern – watch the animated sequence, then choose the right answer
	•	Mixed Exam – longer, mixed papers for full pre-exam practice

Choose your IALA setup:
	•	Region A, Region B, or A + B (mixed)
The active region is always shown in the question so you’re never left guessing which convention applies.

Built for sailors and navigation students
	•	Ideal companion for popular theory and navigation courses
	•	Clear explanations under each question so every mistake becomes a lesson
	•	Modern, dark-friendly interface that echoes real chart symbols and light sequences

Maritime Master – IALA is designed to help you walk into your next theory lesson, exam, or passage planning session feeling confident with buoyage and lights – not just memorising patterns, but truly understanding what they mean on the water.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-07-21

- Light Simulator: choose how many cycles to display. Display time is now calculated from the light's period instead of being fixed at 20 seconds.
- Corrected the Fl and L.Fl abbreviations to match the reference sheet.
- Rhythms such as Mo(K) and Fl(9) can no longer be set to a period too short to contain them, the timeline and the light now always agree.
- Clearer timeline grid at longer display times.

The cycle count came directly from a customer request, thank you for writing in.

### 1.0 — 2025-12-08

No release notes.

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