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Best Ship Tracking Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking is the top-ranked of the 8 tiered ship tracking apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 317,156 ratings.
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Top 5
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★ 4.5 · 16.7K ratings · Free + IAP - 3
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Ship TrackerA tier★ 4.5 · 6.2K ratings · Free + IAP
Key takeaways
- MarineTraffic ranks #1 of the 8 tiered ship tracking apps, S tier with a score of 97 out of 100.
- The highest-ranked free app with no in-app purchases is The Cruise Globe (#3).
- MarineTraffic has the most App Store ratings here: 317,156, averaging 4.7/5.
- 5 of the 8 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
See where a ship is right now on a map and follow its movement.
Not here: a flight tracker alone; a cruise booking or cruise itinerary app alone; a general location sharing app alone; a water intake tracker alone; a static port or ferry timetable alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MarineTraffic - Ship TrackingBest overall | S | 97.1 | 4.7 | 317,156 | Free + IAP | |
| 2 | S | 92.3 | 4.5 | 16,715 | Free + IAP | ||
| 3 | The Cruise GlobeBest free | S | 91.2 | 4.8 | 3,370 | Free download | |
| 4 | Ship InfoMost recently updated | A | 89.1 | 4.6 | 2,385 | Free + IAP | |
| 5 | A | 88.8 | 4.5 | 6,243 | Free + IAP | ||
| 6 | B | 70.9 | 4.5 | 15,191 | Free + IAP | ||
| 7 | C | 64.3 | 4.3 | 22,466 | Free download | ||
| 8 | C | 63.6 | 4.3 | 23,670 | $4.99 |
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Questions people ask
What is the best ship tracking app for iPhone?
MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.7 by 317,156 people.
Which ship tracking apps are free?
7 of 8 are free to download: MarineTraffic - Ship Tracking (S), Boat Watch - Ship Tracking (S), The Cruise Globe (S), Ship Info (A) and more. 5 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which ship tracking app has the best App Store rating?
The Cruise Globe at 4.8 from 3,370 ratings.
How many ship tracking apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 8.