Afloat Plan Home vs GhostGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afloat Plan Home
This app allows water sports enthusiasts to submit a plan for their activity, including details about their watercraft and emergency contacts. It tracks your location and sends alerts if you don't return on time, with offline capabilities and a first aid guide.
- Submit float plans via text
- Watercraft description
- Emergency contact notifications
- 10-minute location tracking
- Offline GPS data archiving
- SOS eVDSD signal control
- On-water first aid guide
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Afloat Plan Home for anyone who boats, kayaks, canoes, jet skis, or paddles Purpose: To submit a plan while recreating on the water. Let others know you arrived home safely. Have someone search for you if you don’t come back. Submit via text message all the details of your planned water sports activity. Choose 5 contacts to receive a description of your boat, kayak, jet ski, paddleboard, or canoe. Setting up the app is easy, and you only do it once. • Enter your name, address, phone number, and contact information. • Complete the description of your watercraft—hull numbers, registration, size, and colors. • List your emergency contacts so they are contacted if you are late and do not end your trip. File a float plan in just a few easy steps. Type in your starting location, what your destination is, and what the arrival or return time are. When you push submit, it sends a description of your watercraft, with your starting location and a Google map link, to your contacts. During the course of your activity, your location will be captured every 10 minutes and stored in the cloud. The app continues to acquire your GPS location via satellite and track your trip even when you are out of LTE range. When you are out of range, trip location data is archived locally on your smartphone or tablet. As soon as you reenter LTE range, your offline trip locations are synchronized with the cloud. In the event you don’t end your trip at the scheduled time, the app will send a notification for you to end your trip. After 15 minutes, it will remind you again to end your trip. If after 30 minutes you have not ended the trip, the app will send your trip map to your contacts with route information and your last known location. If you have a Sirius Signal model C-1002 SOS eVDSD, you can test and turn on your signal remotely. The app also shows the light’s battery status. The app also includes an offline interactive looped audio first aid treatment guide for common on-water emergencies.
GhostGuard
Instantly shield yourself from common cyber threats like phishing emails and suspicious texts. This utility app provides one-tap protection against prevalent online attacks, making cybersecurity accessible to everyone.
- One-tap scam protection
- Phishing email defense
- Suspicious text message blocking
- Cyber attack prevention
- User-friendly interface
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Scam protection from phishing emails to sketchy text messages in only one tap. GhostGuard allows you to protect from the world's most common cyber attacks with the click of a button! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GhostGuard at 5.0 against Afloat Plan Home's 3.3. GhostGuard also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). Afloat Plan Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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. GhostGuard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Afloat Plan Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
GhostGuard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Afloat Plan Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of GhostGuard's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afloat Plan Home | GhostGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sirius Signal, LLC | Amani Dworkin |
Customer experience
Afloat Plan Home
GhostGuard
In-app purchases
Afloat Plan Home
No in-app purchases
GhostGuard
- Basic$5.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$10.991 Month
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