Boat Watch - Ship Tracking App Reviews

The title says it. First you buy and then you have to pay again to use it. Dont buy this.

ship locations are not updated, is always way behind actual whereabouts graphics are ok in overall, the app does not serve its purpose

I really like this app a lot. I love watching the ship traffic on the St Lawrence river and the Great Lakes. PLEASE keep updating this app!!!

I did get a response and have now begun using and enjoying this app. This is the best app for boat spotting. I see the boat, I check it out on Boat Watch and get all the details I need about the vessel. The users guide portion has great detail and tells me about ALL kinds of boats that I see. Next up I may download the nautical charts portion of the SeaNav app. I like it!

Not good. Waste of money. Didnt work. Got the app to follow my parents trip. Disappointed

Doesnt work

Never an issue.

They should add more movement to the map map movement and ship movement. They also should add the bouys

I was so excited to download Boat Watch. I live on Lake Erie on the East side of Cleveland, Ohio. I see ships multiple times a week and at all hours of the day and night. The free version of Boat Watch was so impressive I decided to spend $4.99 for the better one. Now every time I see a ship, I open the app. And EVERY time, the ship that I can SEE out my back window is not shown on my app. I get no information and it simply isnt visible on the app. I would not have even taken the time to write a bad review except that when I went to rate the app through the app, the developers made it impossible. If you want to rate the app a 3 or lower, they reroute you to contact the developers. I clicked on the email link and the app FROZE. I tried multiple times and even tried after rebooting my iPhone. It was then that I decided I should alert others. I do not recommend buying this app.

Worked great at first, now I dont see any ships. Waste of money!

Doesnt show any boats anymore. Useless.

I tried the free app and it works fine, but then after downloading the "pro"....I get nothing more. I want my money back or fix this!!!!!!

Disappointing! 70 percent of the time you cant track a certain boat or your favorites! If your trying to track a private yacht over 100 feet in length, Good luck! Because its up to the boat owner whether they want to be tracked or not! Also the pro version for 9.99$ is no better than the fre bee!

Useless app. They want you to pay to display any info.

I dont really know the details of these ship reporting apps go grab their data, I just know that when I use this one and compare it to Marine Traffic or BoatNerds AIS, they always seems to have a better representation of what I know is out there. As an example, the Soo Locks opened for traffic today and I know two boats are nearby waiting, and the Boat Watch app shows nothing. I pop over to Marine Traffic, and I see the two along with the supporting ice breakers. By the way, this is not an uncommon issue, and I can easily find other examples of this on a daily basis.

I can never find boats on the Great Lakes, always getting messages that the vessels arent transmitting their position. Dont waste your time and money, use other free AIS websites. Funny, the vessels are transmitting their positions to those sites.

When I first downloaded the app, it worked great. I can see the ship moving toward its destination... It was very cool. On day 2, I keep getting messages that the ship cannot be tracked, but when I check online through a different site, I get updated information within a ten minute window. Pop up adds are irritating... Need to spend more time providing the service instead of showing ads. Im glad I didnt purchase the app. I would have thrown money out of the window. Proceed with caution.

This app has not been working consistently for the past month. Can see tankers and cargo ships cruising by condo but they are not shown on the app. Has something changed since this app seemed to be dependable until recently.

Many times you can see a ship right in front of you and it wont show up on this program. I wish it was reliable. Erie Pennsylvania

No boats in Puerto Rico, and Im looking at various ships!