Simrad Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience48.5% of reviews
Neutral7.1% of reviews
Negative experience44.4% of reviews

~ Based on 396 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Simrad

Is Simrad Safe?

Simrad: Companion for Boaters appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Simrad is 92/100.

This assessment is based on 2,672 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.6/5.

Safety Analysis

92.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
6.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 2,513 App Store ratings for Simrad.

Is Simrad Legit?

Simrad: Companion for Boaters appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Simrad is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

App crashes

Love the app when it works but it constantly crashes and stalls. The offline maps idea is awesome but rarely works with no cell service. Amazing features just gotta work out the kinks

Unusable due to crashes

Constantly crashing even with offline maps. Now that I need it most!

Fishing BC

I fish all over BC and I’m able to access new waters accurately where ever I travel. It’s nice to be able to access charts and be prepared before your next adventure

Switched to Simrad app for navigating and have not regretted that.

Very good app, especially preparing your routes through the app remotely and syncing with your plotter.
Some glitches with syncing and searching points of interest, but works very good overall.

Problem with settings. (Ayarlar açılmıyor)

When I want to do some settings. It just doesn’t start. (Ayarlar’a gittiğimde ortada nokta dönüp duruyor, bir türlü açılmıyor)

Crashing

App keeps crashing new iPhone 18 pro max

Crashes

This has been crashing a lot with IOS 27. A shame

Go 9

The unit turns off and on by itself returned the first on they gave me a replacement after a year it does the same thing . It turns off then on by itself. You need to rely on your compass sometimes

They share your info

Before proceeding, a pop up appears and will not let you opt out. They don’t say WHAT info they will share. No thanks.

So bad

I’ve never disliked an app enough to write a review. Am app for a company like this should just work. Can’t even get it to open right now. Even when I could, can’t get it to sync with my boats unit. It’s not user friendly, asking with many other little issues. Do better Simrad

Can I get a refund?

Update - I deleted my offline maps and the app seems to be working. One offline map was trying to download, I was able to pause it before the app crashed. Once I did this I got my other two maps to delete. If you’re having issues try stopping the downloads and deleting offline maps. It took me numerous tries off the app crashing to do this. Might be easier to delete and reinstall but you’ll probably lose your saved waypoints and routes. Still one star because the Devs should know this and respond and a paid app shouldn’t have these kind of bugs.

This app is completely broken. It worked well when I first got it in July but sometime in August it completely stopped working. I can’t even get it to load at this point. I’m running it on an iPhone 17 pro max with the latest update. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app, restarted my phone multiple times. Nothing has solved the problem. Sad because it was much easier to create and save tracks on the app then it is on the actual Simrad unit. Simrad’s UI is a dumpster fire but that’s an entirely different topic.
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Constantly crashes. Unusable

I’ve had the app for a year and a half now, and they haven’t fixed it. It constantly crashes when I open it. I even uninstalled it and reinstalled it multiple times. It’s a known issue on the Internet, and they won’t fix it

Setting screen freezes

I wanna love it I’ve invested over $6000 in a Simrad NSS/20+ radar. The connectivity is mediocre. Pairing between the app and the unit constantly causes connectivity issues. I wanna love it for the money I invested but the app should work better with the unit! This is 1995 technology

Crash always after start

I start the app on an iPhone 16 pro max , lastest updates .
After I see the default screen and try to hit any function it crashes.
Can’t use the app where I payed for.
Please contact me asap

Crashes

When the app works, it works good. Lately, when I use the app it crashes. Tried to delete and re install. Nothing is working. Very frustrating.

Want to like but FORCED TO HATE IT

No matter how much I want to love the app, there are too many continuous glitches that I cannot rely on to be functional when needed.
It constantly faults out and resets itself when I’m doing any task (waypoint search, scanning map, gps coordinates).
When inputting gps, the numbers fault out and get stuck in glitch mode where it won’t input. It’s more really annoying, it’s useless most times!
Will be switching to Garmin with active captain as soon as my Simrad craps out. Want to like, forced to hate.
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Constant crashing

Just an unbelievably unreliable app. Crashes constantly. Can’t be relied upon for anything. Huge potential but mostly a waste of time.

Crashes

Constantly crashes, reinstalled multiple times on both iPhone and IPad.

Really wish it worked

This app has so many bugs and glitches I can’t even use it anymore. I’ve been using it for the past few years and have managed to deal with many of the unreliability issues but now I can’t even use it at all. The app just crashes every time it opens. Sometimes it will actually populate a map before crashing but most times it just freezes and closes out. Why can’t SIMRAD get their app to function properly year after year? It’s actually embarrassing.
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Bugged

App keeps crashing and you can’t even open up the app anymore. Every time you go to open it, it crashes after 5 seconds. I’ve deleted the app multiple times and reinstalled it. App is up to date. Nothing works to keep it from crashing.