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Boat Watch lets you spot and identify boats and ships in an instant.\n\nThe Pro In-App purchase even sends you alerts when a boat you track sets sail or arrives - perfect for people with loved ones at sea, for tracking ferries and rescue vessels - or following cargo across the world!\n\nBoat Watch is free to use for 1 month and offers...\n\n* Spot any boat or ship via real-time AIS network\n* See the name, type and destination of each vessel\n* Set any boat as a favorite, and track it on the map\n* Search and find boats and places \n\nAfter 1 month a Pro upgrade is needed to continue getting live ship positions.\n\nPro upgrade ( lifetime or yearly subscription):-\n* Real-time ship positions updates\n* Full boat information - picture, speed, where its from, etc.\n* Show boats' recent tracks\n* Set multiple favorite boats, to find them easily\n* Get alerts when a tracked boat arrives or departs\n* OpenSeaMap charts with buoys, lighthouses & shipping lanes\n* Filter ships on type to declutter the view and show more vessels of the type required.\n\n3 other optional IAP upgrades are also available:- \n\nLive View upgrade ( one time purchase):-\n*Augmented Reality view to identify and spot boats using your camera\n*View boats true to scale and with Apple Maps amazing 3D views when zoomed in\n\nPortWatch (subscription):-\n- set a radar alarm ring around an area (0.5 to 10nm)\n- get notified when any ship is entering or exiting a port or area. Early alert for all ferries, cruise or cargo ships arriving at a port.\n- alerts when ships are passing or approaching a location. Great for folks who live by the water and want to know when a ship is approaching. \n\nYou can set your gps position or the current map centre as the PortWatch location and the radar alert range from 0.5nm to 10nm.\n\nFleet upgrade ( subscription):\n* Fleet - set and receive arrival and departure alerts for multiple boats\n\nBoat Watch also gives you the option to buy official NOAA nautical charts for the US and UKHO Admiralty derived charts for the UK&IE so you get the same view of the ocean as the ship's navigator. See the shipping channels, buoys, lights and hazards and why a ship is taking a particular route.\n\nOur ship coverage is global and amongst the best in the world. You can find out how our system works and check our coverage here :-\n\nhttp://pocketmariner.com/coverage\n\nPocket Mariner are committed to providing great customer service and continually improve our Boat Watch apps. If you have any questions please email us via help@pocketmariner.com and we'll be happy to help.\n\nTerms of Use: http://seanav.net/termsofuse.php\n\nPrivacy Policy: http://seanav.net/privacy.php\n\nSupport: help@pocketmariner.com\n\nSubscriptions:-\nPro and Fleet upgrade\" subscriptions are yearly and will automatically renew at the end of the subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the iTunes account holder and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. 
No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period\n\nNOT FOR NAVIGATION \nBoat Watch should only be used for basic navigation reference and should not be solely relied upon to determine precise locations, proximity, distance, or direction.","facts":{"developer_id":719592131,"developer_url":"https://pocketmariner.com","first_released":"2013-07-29T21:36:26Z","support_url":"https://crowdais.com/ais/bwapp/index.html","privacy_url":"https://seanav.net/charts/privacy.php","website_url":"https://pocketmariner.com/","app_version":"2.5","release_notes":"Duo and iOS27 ready","rating_current_version":4.58015,"rating_count_current_version":3849,"star_counts":[162,75,150,440,3018],"genres":["Travel","Navigation"],"languages":["EN","FR","DE","ES"],"content_advisories":null,"device_families":["watch","iphone","ipad"],"made_for_iphone_duo":true,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-11-03T07:06:12.712Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-25T18:39:13.139Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-22T10:24:13.109Z","placed_at":"2026-10-18T06:57:11.911Z","scored_at":"2026-11-03T11:58:12.788Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Identifies and tracks boats and ships on a map using a real-time AIS network, with optional alerts and charts.","what_is":"Boat Watch shows the name, type and destination of vessels using a real-time AIS network. Users can set favorite boats, search for boats and places, and track vessels on a map. Pro, PortWatch, Fleet, Live View and chart purchases add alerts, extra vessel information and augmented reality features.","good_for":["Following loved ones' boats or ferries at sea","Tracking cargo ships travelling across the world","Getting alerts when a ship approaches a local port or area"],"pricing":"Boat Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.","faq":[{"q":"Is Boat Watch free to use?","a":"The app is free to download and free to use for 1 month. After that, a Pro upgrade is needed to continue getting live ship positions. Pro is offered as a lifetime purchase or yearly subscription."},{"q":"What do the paid upgrades add?","a":"Pro adds real-time position updates, full boat information, recent tracks, multiple favorites, arrival and departure alerts, OpenSeaMap charts and type filters. 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