SARnotes

GPS voice log & SAR toolbox

$2.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

GPS-tagged voice notes for anyone who carries operational responsibility. Capture decisions, rationale, and position the moment they happen. Built for the field. Built by Search and Rescue crews, SARnotes turns your phone into an operational log book. Press and hold to record a voice note and it's instantly tagged with your GPS position, an accurate timestamp, and an optional photo, then plotted on a map to build a complete, chronological record of your operation. Made for people who carry operational responsibility: SAR teams, coastguard, vessel masters, skippers, and incident commanders. SARnotes lets you record your decisions and the reasoning behind them as they happen, for playback, handover, and after-action review. FIELD-READY RECORDING • Press-and-hold recording, hands-free, one-handed, works with gloves • Automatic GPS tagging with a live accuracy readout • Photo capture linked to each recording • Interactive map with smart pin clustering and tap-to-play • Manual waypoints with distance and bearing to steer • Day grouping and date filtering for multi-day operations • Email a full operational log to ops, with your vessel details pre-filled SAR TOOLBOX A built-in set of field calculators and reference cards, all working offline: • Search Patterns: Expanding Square, Creeping Line and Sector search, with leg timing and turn-by-turn prompts • Distance / Speed / Time solver • Tide height and tide time calculator • Sunrise, sunset, first and last light, and day length for any position on Earth • Beaufort scale: wind force and sea state • Radar horizon and maximum detection range • Metres to nautical miles converter • Quick-reference cards: IMSAFE, GSMEACR briefing, casualty status codes, and hypothermia NIGHT OPERATIONS Preserve your night vision with full-screen colour modes: • Red (640nm): minimal vision disruption • Green (555nm): best visibility balance • Blue (470nm): enhanced text contrast WORKS OFFLINE No internet required. GPS works via satellite, anywhere in the world. Every recording is stored locally on your device. PRIVACY FIRST Your operational data is sensitive. No cloud sync, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party services. Everything stays on your device, under your control.

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New in this release: the SAR Toolbox. SARnotes now includes a full set of offline field tools: • Search Patterns: Expanding Square, Creeping Line and Sector search, with leg timing and turn-by-turn prompts • Tide height and tide time • Sunrise, sunset and twilight for any position • Beaufort scale, radar horizon, and a distance / speed / time solver • Quick-reference cards: IMSAFE, GSMEACR, status codes and hypothermia Plus bug fixes and reliability improvements under the hood.

Version 1.1.7

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    Information

    Seller
    • Robert Love
    Size
    • 4.3 MB
    Category
    • Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Rob's Apps. All rights reserved.
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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