Boat vs Vessel Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boat
Access free nautical charts for Finnish waters, featuring live vessel tracking. Connect with agent software to display your boat's routes on the map. Utilizes official navigational data for accuracy.
- Free nautical charts
- Finnish waters coverage
- Live vessel tracking
- Vessel information display
- Route display with agent software
- Official navigational data
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Free nautical charts for Finnish waters. Includes live tracking of vessels in Finnish waters. Tap on a vessel icon to view further information. When used together with the Boat-Tracker agent software installed in a boat, routes driven with the boat are shown on the chart. Uses navigational markers from Finnish Transport Agency and public vessel identification data.
Vessel Tracker
Track commercial vessels in real-time with live marine traffic data. View their exact positions and access live control tower information and weather updates.
- Marine traffic live tracking
- Real-time radar
- Live control tower
- Weather information
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With Live Vessel Tracker: Marine Traffic it is possible to track all the movements of the vessel every day. You can follow commercial vessel in real time and get its exact position. Main Features: * Marine Traffic Live * Real Time radar * Live Control Tower * Weather
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vessel Tracker at 100% against Boat's 0%. Vessel Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Boat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Vessel Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Boat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vessel Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Boat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vessel Tracker's.
Boat ships an update every 5 weeks, Vessel Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boat | Vessel Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Skogberg | Leticia Vila |
Customer experience
Boat
Vessel Tracker
In-app purchases
Boat
No in-app purchases
Vessel Tracker
- Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Annual$34.991 Year
- Vessel Tracker Marine Traffic$44.99
