Ship Finder

Name: Ship Finder
Rating: 4.20589 (3157 reviews)

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User Reviews for Ship Finder

Has Gone Downhill

This used to be a pretty good app that I could rely on when I saw a vessel that piqued my interest. Sure, I would have preferred to see the vessel name instead of just the MMSI, but it was still okay. Lately, however, it has become much less reliable. It fails to register vessels that I can clearly see. I thought at first that maybe some military vessels just weren’t broadcasting due to recent tensions, but then I realized that some civilian traffic such as the ferry that is normally detected and displayed has also failed to register in the app. Frankly, these days when I open the app I do it with lowered expectations.

A4Cabrio, Mar 09, 2022

Good for the most part except

This is a very good and allows you to track boats of all kinds. I like the information it gives about the boats, But I would like more information if possible. Also it won’t show any boats that are actually in the ocean just in rivers and sounds and things like that once you get too far off the coast it won’t show them anymore. I would like to see the boats on the ocean that’s my only complaint about this game is that I want to see them in the ocean. It cost five dollars by itself which right now I think is too expensive. If you buy it in the bundle along with the airplane tracker (witch is 5 dollars as well) it only cost $8.00. So if you want to ship tracker I would suggest buying the bundle until the price goes down or until they make it better and more worth the money.

Afh 2016, Dec 27, 2017

Too many areas are constantly offline.

If you’re a professional mariner on the north-west coast of North America, you will be disappointed. Currently, these are the areas that aren’t showing data for me: Portland, OR/Willamette River-Tongue Pt, Western BC north of Seymour Narrows up until Prince Rupert, large swaths of SE Alaska including Ketchikan and Juneau, nothing in Prince William Sound or Cook Inlet on the Alaska South Coast (nothing in Valdez, Cordova, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Kodiak, Anchorage), Western Alaska. I know my app is working, I’m getting real time tracking in some areas, but this app has proven too spotty to be worth paying for. I’ve requested a refund through the link in my app.

Btedd, Jan 27, 2020

Watching the Boats Go By

Spending the summers on the shores of Beaver Island, MI, USA, its fin to identify the vessels passing miles off shore. The app provides the name, flag of port, speed, size, and more information on ships. It's user friendly and can be displayed on either Google Maps or Apple Maps. Photos of many of the identified ships help to reveal what you're seeing 15 miles off shore.

EvTocs, Aug 07, 2017

Great Lakes missing a lot of ships

Can’t be right. I had this app a few years ago and it had an accurate tracking number. Now there’s just two ships and one lighthouse in all of Lake Michigan? Interesting reaction to COVID19 if that’s real but I think something must be wrong with the tracker here... Wish they had a discussion forum available for stuff like this.

james5686, May 09, 2020

Waste of money

I have friends and family on the ship coming from England and New York. While riding Queen Mary II, there is no internet available for social communication so she can’t keep me informed of the status of the cruise. The attempt to track the ship started fine, once it got to open sea it disappears. The reason to have this was for one single cruise, and I can’t even follow the one I wanted to follow. I could have spent my $5 for lottery tickets and would feel better losing my money that way.

Jimbax67, Jul 28, 2018

I would give it a zero if possible

I PURCHASED this app as I regularly go to Mobile and am around the ships. I have used another find my ship app that quit working so I got this one. There are no ships visible in the Mobile area. I’ve searched for the name of the ships and they are not there, they don’t even come up in the search. And let me assure you, there are ships there....I was physically looking at them! I’ve given this over a week and I’ve regular checked the Mobile area and they are not showing any there. I am beyond disappointed. Due to this extreme lack of usefulness, my money should be refunded. I

NahlaNaca, Aug 02, 2019

Terrible for the rivers don’t waste your money

One person I know has ship finder and pickups everywhere. I have the paid version as well as free version and with our phones side by side I can’t pick anything up except in Memphis, Vicksburg and Baton Rouge south. Made sure we both had Sam e settings and nothing. Why can some pick up everywhere and majority of people can’t. Very poor app and very disappointed. Use to work great when first came out years ago and went plum downhill later !

rusty7896578, Nov 22, 2020

Fun app ashore or aboard.

Great app for shop watchers. Works well in U.S. waters, e.g. Puget Sound. Also works well in U.K. (Scotland), and Norwegian (Bergen) waters. Fun to use while aboard ship such as high-speed ferries. Not a substitute for radar, GPS, or navigation apps. Occasionally spooky because the app only tracks ships that have a working transponder. Some very big vessels such as cruise ships forget to turn them on. The VR feature does not work very well.

Shipping 101, Nov 03, 2018

Aggravating

This is the second app I’ve used like this and it seems that every time I pay for the subscription it stops working soon after. I work on tugs and it never shows any boats in my area I’ve done all that I could to fix it but still nothing. I have most of our boats saved to my fleet and I won’t show them nor will it show any other vessels in my area. It will show boats around in other states

THE NuclearKnight, Feb 14, 2021

Description

Ship Finder shows live moving ships on a worldwide map. The intuitive design combined with incredible performance puts you in control. Watch in full screen, view in AR, search, add filters and so much more!

Ship Finder has been top rated and top ranking since 2009 and covers most of the world, tracking 20,000+ ships simultaneously. Our incredible app performance means that you can see all tracked vessels at once - no clustering here! Simply tap a ship to see its name, type, photos, speed, dimensions and much more. Powerful features such as filters, search and the ability to save favourite ships are included. (You can choose Apple or Google maps too!). Add and browse bookmarks to saved locations around the globe to quickly navigate to areas or ports of interest. You can even use Augmented Reality (AR) view to identify ships out at sea using your device camera. Ship Finder works by picking up AIS ship feeds used by all passenger vessels, vessels over 300 tons and increasingly by smaller pleasure craft and yachts. This technology is actually faster than radar and is used by vessels for safety and navigation. Ship Finder provides near real time “virtual radar” AIS maps. It’s easy to use and is an amazing app for anyone interested in shipping, cruising and sailing in ports and locations across the world. It’s also great if you simply want to know what boats are out there or want to see where your friends and family are. Ship Finder is also used extensively by maritime professionals and mariners. Our global AIS coverage is impressive and expanding all of the time as we add new AIS feeds and receivers. Please check www.shipfinder.co regularly to see the latest coverage. Pinkfroot are committed to customer service and continually improve our Ship Finder apps based on feedback. Why not join our online community at www.pinkfroot.com or if you have any questions please email us via [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help. Disclaimer: Ship Finder should not be used for navigational purposes. Under no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use of the data or its interpretation.