Boat Watch v4.0.11

Electric Pocket

• In-app purchases

About this app

Developer Description

Boat Watch lets you find boats and ships and follow them live on a real-time map

Ever wanted to know more about boats, ships and other marine traffic? Boat Watch lets you find boats and ships and follow them on a real-time map...

Boat Watch is free to download and use* and lets you:-

- Spot any Boat or Ship via real-time AIS system
- Watch boat positions on a live map
- See the Name, Type and Destination of each vessel
- Set any boat as your favorite, and track it on the map
- Search and find boats and places
- Share boats on Facebook, Twitter or by email

Our optional In-App upgrade sends you alerts when a boat you track sets sail or arrives - perfect for people with loved ones at sea, for tracking cruise ships, ferries and rescue vessels - or following cargo across the world!

Optional One-time In-App Upgrade Purchase adds...

- Boat positions refresh automatically
- Get alerts when your favorite boat arrives or departs
- Full boat information - phtoto, speed, course, country, etc.
- Boat tracks
- Multiple favourites

And, you can also add Live View by In-App Purchase, showing ships drawn at true scale with positions updated every 5 seconds.

*Boat Watch's live AIS service is available free to use for 1 month. To continue receiving live ship positions after that an IAP upgrade is required.

What's New

Updated for latest Android OS 16 requirements
Fix for info button on ships sometimes not being clickable
Fix for occasional crash on app launch
Fix purchase menu item

In-app purchases

$1.99 - $6.49 per item

Version Information

Version: 4.0.11
Downloads: 500K+
Updated on: Nov 18, 2025
Released: Dec 18, 2013
Requires: Android 5.0

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Boat Watch users say on Google Play

★★★★★

A Google user

A great programme, more user friendly than others. Any issues that occur are dealt with straight away. Fully recommend it.

★★★★

A Google user

2 Nov - the app just updated today and it's back to functional. Thanks for fixing that. Good app again. 31 Oct - A very nice app prior to 9 Oct upgrade, after that nearly useless. Used to show all ships in the Great Lakes when zoomed out, now spotty if it will show ships or say "No ships found" at large overviews, and also spotty when zooming in, doesn't always show the ships. That's really unfortunate because it was a really nice app prior, very much enjoyed it.

★★★

A Google user

Guys you're headed in the right direction, but there's a lot of additional options you need to add. One being a users "Fleet" where they can add their favorite ships they watch the most. Also, the option for users to add pictures of these ships. Also, more ship data. I use an app called FindShip which is unfortunately no longer available in the Google store, but it is available as apk file to download and use. It is far superior to your app now, but you can change that. If you want.

★★

A Google user

Doesn't update the location of a vessel. When you first search for the vessel it finds it right a way, but after that doesn't update the location. It just stays at the same spot for hours on end. Useless

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A Google user

The ships that I am trying to track are consistently "out of range" though they are both in the Caribbean / en route to the Caribbean. I purchased the upgrade to no avail. It shows other ships beyond where the two ships I am tracking. Please provide a refund.