Boat Watch Pro2.4.20 - App Store

Ever wanted to know more about the boats and ships you see? Boat Watch Pro lets you spot boats and ships and follow them on a real-time map wherever you are...

If you are interested in a particular vessel, Boat Watch Pro can send 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!

If you're in port or at the marine, point your camera at a boat and Boat Watch Pro's amazing augmented reality mode will instantly tell you what it is and where its headed!
Boat Watch Pro offers...

* Spot any Boat or Ship via real-time AIS
* See the Name, Type, Photo, Origin, Destination and past track of vessels
* Set multiple boats as favorites, and automatically find and follow one of them on map
* Get alerts on your phone and watch when a selected boat arrives and departs
* Search and find boats and places
* Easily identify vessels with in-built Augmented Reality (AR) display
* Includes Apple Watch app with arrival and departure alerts
* OpenSeaMap charts showing buoys, lighthouses and shipping lanes
*NOAA US Marine charts (IAP)
*UK&IE Marine charts (IAP)
* Share boats on Facebook, Twitter or by email

Fleet Watch upgrade:
* Fleet - set and receive arrival and departure alerts for multiple boats ( IAP subscription)

Pocket 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.

Terms of Use: http://seanav.net/termsofuse.php

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Support: help@pocketmariner.com

Subscriptions:-
PortWatch (subscription):-
- set a radar alarm ring around an area (0.5 to 10nm)
- 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.
- 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.

You can set your gps position or the current map centre as the PortWatch location and the radar alert range from 0.5nm to 10nm.

The "Fleet upgrade " subscription is 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

Boat Watch Pro is a Universal app, which works on iPhone, iPod and iPad.

Our ship coverage is global and amongst the best in the world. You read our our ship tracking system works and can check our coverage on a map here :-

http://pocketmariner.com/coverage
NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Boat Watch Pro should only be used for basic navigation reference and should not be solely relied upon to determine precise locations, proximity, distance, or direction.

Version History PortWatch option added
- set a radar alarm ring around an area (0.5 to 10nm)
- get notified when any ship is entering or exiting a port or area
- 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.

You can set your gps position or the current map centre as the PortWatch location and the radar alert range from 0.5nm to 10nm. 2.4.20 Jun 17 Fix for Map freezing on iOS26 2.4.18 May 1 UI update for iOS 26 2.4.17 Mar 26 Ship type filter added. You can now hide and show different ship types. This is very useful in busy areas like ports and marinas or for just spotting your favourites.

- Hide all the moored vessels so you can more clearly see the moving ones.
- Only show your favourites on the map.
- Only show Tankers, Passenger boats or High Speed craft etc. 2.4.14 08/04/2025 User Guide added
NOAA and UK maps IAP now automatically enables the map chart view. 2.4.12 01/28/2025 Update for iOS18 2.4.9 10/13/2024 - Improved BoatWatch Apple Watch app with new Compass Radar display - point your watch towards a ship to see what it is.
- 3D mode - You can now tilt the map and also view the Apple Map 3D scenery (where available) around the boats ( map in satellite or hybrid mode).
- Rotate - Map can now be rotated using 2 finger rotate gesture. Tap on the compass to reset to north up.
- User guide now available in multiple languages
- Map compass restored
- Stability improvements 2.4.8 11/27/2023 - Improved BoatWatch Apple Watch app with new Compass Radar display - point your watch towards a ship to see what it is.
- 3D mode - You can now tilt the map and also view the Apple Map 3D scenery (where available) around the boats ( map in satellite or hybrid mode).
- Rotate - Map can now be rotated using 2 finger rotate gesture. Tap on the compass to reset to north up.
- User guide now available in multiple languages
- Stability improvements 2.4.7 11/22/2023 Map tilt and rotate
On supported models and in select cities see buildings and other small features in 3D with ships drawn to scale (LiveView IAP required): Zoom in.
Improved Apple Watch support
User guide now available in multiple languages
Fix for intermittent crash on start up. 2.4.5 02/07/2023 Apple Watch ship arrival & departure alerts improved
Ruler tool added to measure distance and bearing to ships etc.
Scale indicator added to map display
Improvements to text visibility on NOAA raster charts
Setting for Auto/Dark/Light mode
iOS15 ready 2.4.2 02/01/2022 Fleet watch - receive arrival and departure alerts for multiple favourite boats ( IAP required)
Revitalised Boat Watch Apple Watch app.
Fix for search not working for some users. 2.4.1 07/07/2021 Improved search function
iOS 11 compatibility
Improved and updated free Boat Watch companion watch app
Various bug fixes 2.2 07/26/2018 Minor fixes 2.1.1 11/07/2017 iOS11 ready
Free OpenSeaMap navigation charts showing buoys, lighthouses and shipping lanes ( http://openseamap.org/ ) 2.0 10/23/2017 Added a new option to enhance the app with NOAA marine charts 1.40 01/25/2016 New popover showing boat picture and other key information at a glance.
Journey track shown for selected boat. 1.30 09/17/2015 Added information on where ships have sailed from and how long ago - very interesting when looking at cargo ships and tankers. 1.28 08/12/2015 Added ActiveCaptain Points of Interest markers. 1.27 07/13/2015 Apple Watch support.
Fix for boat names disappearing after a refresh. 1.26 04/21/2015 Fix for boats not displaying after a screen refresh. 1.25 04/16/2015 Support for Apple Watch 1.24 04/11/2015 Improvements to search results presentation. 1.23 03/04/2015 Support for new phone sizes.. 1.22 01/21/2015 Added multiple favorite boats, name labels on boats and rate of turn vectors when ships cornering. New Live View feature, with ships drawn to scale and real-time AIS updates when map zoomed in. 1.21 09/01/2014 Option for larger symbols
Support for Aids to Navigation AIS standard 1.20 07/15/2014