# Seawatch24 Marine Traffic AIS — user reviews > 117 indexed App Store user reviews of Seawatch24 Marine Traffic AIS by Bach It Solutions, rated 4.70/5 from 43 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seawatch24-marine-traffic-ais/id437775747/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/seawatch24-marine-traffic-ais/id437775747.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 37 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Seawatch24 Marine Traffic AIS? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good concept - 👍 Well made - 👍 Easy navigation - 👍 Beautiful design - 👍 Interesting app - 👍 Helpful for identifying ships - 👍 Tracks vessels accurately - 👍 Cool and helpful **Cons** - ❌ Too many ads - ❌ Free version useless - ❌ No ships displayed - ❌ App freezes - ❌ Unusable due to ads - ❌ Misleading description - ❌ Doesn't work - ❌ Poor coverage - ❌ Not functional - ❌ High-priced upgrades - ❌ Terrible screen refresh - ❌ No effective vessel search - ❌ Ads every 10 seconds - ❌ Ads every 20 seconds - ❌ Ads every couple of seconds - ❌ Virtually unusable due to ads - ❌ Can't see nearby ships - ❌ Search failed - ❌ Useless app - ❌ Locks up on EULA - ❌ Free version has no features - ❌ Free version doesn't show ships - ❌ Paid version needed for functionality - ❌ Free version is hopeless - ❌ Doesn't show user location - ❌ Bought app, still needs bolt-ons - ❌ Only shows one ship - ❌ Free version not very useful - ❌ Doesn't show boats on rivers - ❌ Uses memory, nothing works - ❌ Free version not a demo - ❌ Upgrade is a waste of money - ❌ Misleading description - ❌ Lite version - ❌ Can't do anything without paying - ❌ Just a big map with no boats - ❌ Inútil - ❌ Free version totally useless - ❌ Has no ships on it - ❌ Can't do anything unless you pay - ❌ No features on free version - ❌ Ships did not load location - ❌ Pretty useless - ❌ Doesn't show any ships - ❌ Worthless - ❌ Utter Rubbish - ❌ No ships displayed - ❌ Doesn't work - ❌ Can't adjust anything without paying - ❌ Buyer beware - ❌ Gouging price - ❌ Useless - ❌ No data, no updates - ❌ Won't refresh - ❌ Terrible - ❌ Does not display any ships - ❌ Not magical - ❌ Doesn't even show cruise ships - ❌ Unresponsive - ❌ Can't pan or zoom map - ❌ No ships? - ❌ Doesn't connect to Internet - ❌ Super bad - ❌ Not tracking anything but freighters - ❌ All ships have sunk - ❌ Garbage - ❌ Only showed one ship - ❌ No search feature - ❌ No ship i.d. feature - ❌ Incomplete - ❌ Only GPS - ❌ Refresh not working **Commonly reported bugs** - Screen refresh is terrible - Ads appear every 10 seconds - Ads constantly bombard the user - App freezes on EULA page - Screen freezes on EULA page - Won't load past the EULA page - Locks up and becomes unresponsive - Refresh still not working - Doesn't connect to internet **Most requested features** - Make it fully functional with a time limit - Limit the number of ship searches - Better data in the future - Search feature for specific ships - Ship ID feature ## Newest reviews (19 of 117) ### 3/5 — 👌 *2023-06-12* Moins de pub donc plus sympa à utiliser, Possible de créer des alertes quand un bateau commence à bouger ? ### 1/5 — The app work beautifully but…. *2022-10-04* The app is great, the ads are every 20 second which makes the app absolutely unusable, it’s a shame as it’s something I would use. DONT BOTHER TOO MANY ADS ### 1/5 — Flop *2022-09-04* Nul ! Chaque 2 sec publicité de booking !!!!! ### 1/5 — Trop pub *2022-09-03* Application qui pourrait être intéressant mais trop de pub impossible de vérifier quoique ce soit Nul ### 3/5 — Calm down please *2022-06-13* At first I thought this is great, and it is. The concept is fantastic. But far far too many adds. Every couple of seconds an add. It gets to the point where it’s almost unuseable. ### 1/5 — Werbung nervt! *2022-06-12* Alle paar Sekunden kommt eine Werbeeinblendung als Vollbild. Die App ist nicht mehr zu gebrauchen. ### 1/5 — Can’t see all the ships *2021-12-13* I am on a ship, it doesn’t show in the map, there are two ships near by, can not see them either ### 1/5 — Very slow *2021-08-02* I tried searching for the Ever Given, which in knew was somewhere between Rotterdam and Felixstowe after previously blocking suez. Search failed. I tried zooming in to the route. No luck. I found it on another app easily, so I zoomed in with this app to that location. There it was! No use. iPad Pro 21 ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time with this one. *2021-03-29* App is as others have said is useless, I had hoped the developer might have listened a little to the reviews but clearly deaf. ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-10-06* Absolutely useless when marine traffic had us updated 2 minutes ago this useless app had us positioned over 2 days ago. Think they should stop wasting their time and ours. By the way we don’t pay for marine traffic either just google it. Would never pay for a AIS app when we get what we need for free. ### 1/5 — in der kostenlosen version geht nichts! *2019-04-02* schade! **Developer response:** We are happy to let you know that we will change our business model to freemium. Meanwhile please download the Trackaship Universal which is also free and shows more data. Best regards Trackaship ### 1/5 — Locks Up *2019-03-23* Couldn’t get past the EULA page. ### 1/5 — Locks up *2019-02-13* Couldn’t even get past the EULA page. The app locked up and became unresponsive. ### 1/5 — Junk *2018-12-10, version 6.5.1* Doesn’t work. Won’t load past the EULA page. ### 1/5 — Can't even accept the EULA *2018-10-08* Screen freezes on the EULA page **Developer response:** Hi there Sorry if that is the case. We have newer heard of that problem before. Can you tell us what iOS and phone you are using?? Best regards Brian@Trackaship ### 1/5 — Piece of krappp DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!’ *2018-07-19* Does nothing except pop up “this is a free version and you need to buy the full app to see anything”. Worse kind of click bait app. Surprising the Yahoo’s at Apple allowed this on the store site. ### 1/5 — Don't bother *2018-05-20* As far as I can tell, every single setting is pay-only, including the ones that show on the app ad. Misleading, to put it mildly. I deleted it after less than a minute. Get Marine Traffic instead. ### 1/5 — Sp *2018-04-03* Yes totally useless app. Unless you pay for it, it’s just a map! ### 1/5 — You don't get anything for nothing *2018-03-17* Agree with Mal The free version is hopeless I didn't expect much and that's what I got - not much Looked at Antarctica on the world map and there were no vessels showing at all, although I know there are plenty. No way I'm going to pay to find out if this app is any good or a WAFTAM. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nicht zu verwenden *2025-04-23* Die App wird alle 2-4 Sekunden von Werbung unterbrochen. Die App ist also nicht zu verwenden. Da man diese App nur sehr selten benutzt ist das Abo bzw. Kauf absoluter Kokolores. ### 1/5 — 使えない広告が頻繁に出て使い物になりません *2024-04-21* 広告が頻繁に出て使い物になりません アプリはおすすめ出来ない ### 1/5 — Almost nonfunctional app *2023-06-27* In comparison to other marine traffic apps available this app has nothing to offer the mariner. Screen refresh is terrible, no effective vessel search and no improvement with the high priced upgrades. I would not recommend this app. One star is too generous. ### 1/5 — No ships *2023-06-18* Not sure if I am missing something here, but it wasn’t showing any ships despite fiddling around with settings ### 1/5 — Pretty much useless *2023-01-18* There is no point trying to use this app for its intended purpose as ads appear every 10 seconds. It’s ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Détecteur de pub *2023-01-13* C'est trop, une annonce toutes les 30 secondes. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2022-11-18, version 7.3.0* I understand that free apps rely on ad revenue to make them viable, but the creator of this app has gone way too far, it bombards you with ads constantly. It’s a silly business model. If 90/100 people delete the app straight away because of the ads, that’s 90 people more that would’ve been watching a smaller amount of ads, which would’ve got you more revenue. App literally kills itself. ### 1/5 — Ads *2022-11-15* Too many make it virtually unusable ### 1/5 — Nur Werbung,nicht zu gebrauchen *2022-11-10* ….. 😡 ### 1/5 — Nulle *2022-10-16* Trop de pub….application inutilisable et énervante 👎👎 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Berfeckt *2024-05-04* Gut😍😍😍😍😍 ### 5/5 — Nice Tracking Funtion *2016-03-18* After the update of this app is really has been my favourite free ship and vessel tracker! ### 5/5 — Boatmike / Engine Dynamics INC *2016-01-03* Excellent App. Able to identify ships coming and going. Incredible accuracy. Keep up the good work ! ### 5/5 — Good little app *2015-06-23* I want to identify the ships off the coast where I live. It does this perfectly. ### 5/5 — 良い *2015-05-26* それは、本当に便利なアプリです。それは強力な実時間を提供するマッピングツールを使用して簡単に、世界の船舶運動の明確な可視性。偉大なグラフィックデザインと簡単に設定します。 ### 5/5 — すばらしいです *2015-05-26* 私は船を追跡し、検索するには、このソフトウェアを使用することができます。フル機能を備えた、強力なポジショニング。非常に便利に使用します ### 5/5 — Interessant *2015-05-24* Sehr interessante App, können Schifff finden, Details ansehen. Danke Entwickler für tolle App. ### 5/5 — helpful *2015-05-24* It is interesting and helpful. Good job ### 5/5 — 素晴らしい *2015-05-17* このアプリがあったら、船楽しめる。次回出港するとき使って見ようと思ってます。今のところはデザインに気に入りで、星を５つ差し上げる。 ### 5/5 — 優れたアプリケーション *2015-05-16* 位置決めアプリケーションの設計。これは、位置決めと検索船やボートのために使用されます。アプリケーションは、使いやすく、美しくデザインです！さらに、それはまた、ユーザーと船と多くの機能に出荷する船からの距離を測定するために使用される。 --- *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 2026-09-05.*