# Ship Finder — user reviews > 780 indexed App Store user reviews of Ship Finder by pinkfroot limited, rated 4.20/5 from 3,890 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ship-finder/id363360636/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ship-finder/id363360636.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,701 · 4★ 458 · 3★ 164 · 2★ 97 · 1★ 470 ## What do users think of Ship Finder? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great to track friends' boats - 👍 Helpful for identifying ships - 👍 Useful for ship spotting **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't show many ships in certain areas - 🐛 Inconsistent performance, ships disappear - 🐛 Limited coverage, many areas not supported - 🐛 Inaccurate ship locations and information - 💰 Paid version not worth the cost **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to track specific ships - Frequent disappearance of ships from the map - Lack of ship data in major ports and shipping lanes **Most requested features** - More detailed ship information (origin, destination, etc.) - Improved search functionality - Expanded coverage and support for more areas - Tide and weather information integration ## Newest reviews (17 of 780) ### 2/5 — Could do better *2026-05-18, version 9.2.2* Only covers certain areas leaving a lot out. ### 1/5 — Ships *2026-04-13, version 9.2.2* Where are all the ships? This app displays only 10% of shipping. ### 1/5 — Ship Finder Review *2026-04-10, version 9.2.2* Bought this from the App Store for £4.99, and it’s not even displaying ships that I can see in front of me on the Clyde. Very disappointed. ### 1/5 — hormus kein schiff!! *2026-04-09, version 9.2.2* dort müssten viele sein .. aber anzeige nur ganz wenig ### 1/5 — Vorsicht Betrug *2026-04-05, version 9.2.2* Habe die App auf Koh Samui gekauft. 0 Schiffe in der Anzeige, obwohl vor unsere Nase 2 Kreuzfahrt Schiffe liegen . Werde App wieder löschen. Schade um die 5.99€ ### 1/5 — Simply doesn’t work properly *2026-03-23, version 9.2.2* I’m at a major cruise port looking out over 5 massive cruise ships, tugs, bunkers etc etc. yet the app shows an empty port! Waste of money. ### 2/5 — Poor *2026-03-22, version 9.2.2* Very poor tool - not worthy the price ### 1/5 — What Did I Purchase *2026-03-22, version 9.2.2* I just purchased this app to view the route or vessels. I spent time looking for how to search for a specific vessel. I would love someone from the app to let me know why I can’t any vessels and their routes. ### 1/5 — Hard Pass *2026-03-15, version 9.2.2* No phos, IMO, etc. no tracking of oil tanker traffic jam 2026-3-13. Not sure who this app is for. No filters engaged for above. ### 1/5 — Curious *2026-03-08, version 9.2.2* Lacking coverage. Why is the Panama Canal showing zero marine traffic? The entirety of the Suez Canal. Both the southern,central and northern portions of which show zero traffic . South Korea and vicinity, no traffic shown. The three locations previously mentioned have some of the highest rates of shipping traffic in the world . Indian Ocean, South China Sea, mid Atlantic, mid Pacific Ocean no traffic shown. Kodiak Island, the Aleutian chain chain no traffic shown. ### 1/5 — Can’t even find my ship *2026-02-11, version 9.2.2* Twice now I tried to find the name of a ship close to us. Swing and a miss. Cruising the Antarctic. The SH Diana just pass us. I got zero ships in the area, including ours. I can see ships in other places in the Antarctic. ### 1/5 — Save your money *2026-02-03, version 9.2.2* Dreadful. Doesn’t work at all. ### 1/5 — Useless app *2026-01-27, version 9.2.2* Would like a refund as does not show any ships in my area whereas other free apps show the vessels ### 1/5 — Doesn’t show ships in my port *2026-01-24, version 9.2.2* We’ve been in Saint Lucia and can see ships come and go from our port but they’re not shown on the app. I have made a “ contact us” enquiry but have had no reply ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2026-01-06, version 9.2.2* Started off good on the ship my family was on and then all of a sudden it couldn’t find it at all. Also looked up another popular cruise ship and it never did find it. 3 other tracker sites had no problem with either one. Can’t believe I wasted $4.99 on this app. ### 1/5 — Annoyed purchaser *2025-12-14, version 9.2.2* This app does not show any marine traffic in the greater Atlantic basin, not worth the fee paid ### 3/5 — Curious *2025-11-27, version 9.2.2* Lacking coverage. Why is the Panama Canal showing zero marine traffic? The entirety of the Suez Canal. Both the southern,central and northern portions of which show zero traffic . South Korea and vicinity, no traffic shown. The three locations previously mentioned have some of the highest rates of shipping traffic in the world . Indian Ocean, South China Sea, mid Atlantic, mid Pacific Ocean no traffic shown. Kodiak Island, the illusion chain no traffic shown. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not happy *2026-08-30, version 9.2.2* Every time I look up a ship it cannot find it ### 1/5 — Where are the ships *2026-08-06, version 9.2.2* Literally looking at a ship and ship finder says it’s not even there. It hasn’t shown majority of the ships coming through the Bristol Channel! ### 1/5 — Garbage *2026-07-10, version 9.2.2* If I could get my money back I would, saying it’s basic is an understatement I should have stayed with my other marine app ### 1/5 — Useless *2026-06-27, version 9.2.2* It shows some ais data but it doesn’t show anything important like the ferries that I’m looking at or anything else for that matter I am in a very popular boating area and it showed nothing from New York City to block island Rhode Island useless not even sure if what it is showing even exists ### 1/5 — No ships *2026-05-23, version 9.2.2* I used to see the ships. None showed. So I upgraded, still have no ships. ### 1/5 — not worth it *2026-05-02, version 9.2.2* very poor. does not show lots of ships even when using search function ### 1/5 — Apps is useless *2026-05-01, version 9.2.2* I had purchased the apps but when i access the access it shown nothing at all ### 1/5 — No ships *2026-04-27, version 9.2.2* There are 14 ships in the company I worked for, and only 2 show up on this app. ### 1/5 — Has become awful. *2026-04-19, version 9.2.2* This app used to be good but it’s now almost useless. So many ships are not displaying. My advice, don’t bother it’s rubbish. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2026-04-17, version 9.2.2* Completely useless doesn’t tell you any you would want to know about the ship and it doesn’t show all ships that are actually there ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Pork pie *2026-06-22, version 9.2.2* Such a great app always gives you a good up to date information in a position of a ship you looking for 👍 ### 5/5 — Bien pour pas cher *2026-06-15, version 9.2.2* Manque qq photos mais pas grave vues les dimensions des Ship affichées ### 5/5 — This is excellent for tracking variables *2026-03-01, version 9.2.2* Perfect for checking variables from various ports ### 5/5 — Great *2025-02-23, version 9.2.2* Great to keep track of friends boat ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-03-25, version 9.2.2* Once in awhile the app doesn’t recognize ships but that’s rare. Love that I can see what ships are coming down the river in front of my campsite. ### 5/5 — Not Correct *2024-02-21, version 9.2.2* I was looking friends Pacific Explorer KI not showing. Waste of time . ### 5/5 — Follow cruise ship *2024-02-13, version 9.2.2* I find it easy to locate my cruise ship with Ship Finder. ### 5/5 — So much fun and a good geography lesson too! *2023-07-26, version 9.2.2* Absolutely LOVE this app! Wish I’d had it decades ago! ### 5/5 — Brilliantly *2023-05-18, version 9.2.2* Brilliant! ### 5/5 — Simple and informative *2023-05-15, version 9.2.2* This app is easy to use and tells me everything that I want to know. --- *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 2026-09-14.*