Pumpout Nav vs Lock Status
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pumpout Nav
Find nearby sewage pumpout stations, floating restrooms, and dump stations for your boat. View facility details, log your pumpouts, and learn about proper waste disposal to protect waterways. Available in select coastal and lake regions.
- Find nearby pumpout stations
- Locate floating restrooms and dump stations
- Real-time mobile pumpout tracking
- View facility hours and contact info
- Log pumpouts and favorite locations
- Learn about sewage disposal regulations
- Identify No Discharge Zones
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Marina Pumpout Finder – available in select regions including California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Rhode Island and in the Lake Champlain area of Vermont and New York with more being added regularly. • Find a marina near you and see the facilities it offers • Find the closest floating restroom or portable toilet, sewage pumpout station or dump station to your boat. • Find mobile pumpouts with realtime location tracking where supported • Switch easily from map to list view and find hours, price, contact info and the exact location of the unit. • Learn about how and why to pump out, the importance of your boat's y-valve and the rules and regulations of recreational boat sewage. • Log your pumpouts, choose your favorite locations and report non-functioning units • View No Discharge Zones (select states) • Using a pumpout station, dump station or floating restroom is a good way to preserve the waters we love!
Lock Status
Provides real-time information on U.S. river locks and dams. Get contact details and see upcoming locks for your waterway journey. Essential for boaters and canoeists navigating rivers.
- Up-to-date lock information
- Contact methods for locks
- Upcoming lock identification
- Supports waterway journeys
- River and dam status
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Canoeing down the Mississippi River? Taking your boat across the Okeechobee Waterway? Spending a year completing the Great Loop? When completing any of these tasks, you are bound to run in to locks along your journey! Use this app to get up to date information about locks, methods to contact the locks, and see which locks are coming up next!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lock Status at 100% against Pumpout Nav's 38%. Lock Status also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Pumpout Nav's advantage is ratings volume (117 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lock Status holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pumpout Nav has 117 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Pumpout Nav's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lock Status's.
Pumpout Nav ships an update every 4 months, Lock Status every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pumpout Nav | Lock Status |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (117 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 117 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ecom enterprises, inc. | Andrew Thom |
Customer experience
Pumpout Nav
Lock Status
In-app purchases
Pumpout Nav
No in-app purchases
Lock Status
No in-app purchases
