Marine Tools is the sailor’s toolbox: safety, fishing, live ships, instruments, weather, marinas, exam practice, knots and 45 marine calculators in one app, built for use on board, even with no signal.
SAFETY, ALWAYS FREE
• Anchor alarm: drop the anchor, set the radius and the app warns you if it drags. It keeps watching with the iPhone locked and shows the distance on the Lock Screen.
• Man overboard: mark the position with one tap and get the distance and bearing back.
• Distress call: your position ready for a VHF MAYDAY.
• Float plan to leave with someone ashore.
FISHING
• Biting today? A solunar table with the best times day by day, and an alert on good days.
• Species in season this month, with the best bait.
• Secret spots saved by GPS, with a compass to get back to them.
• Catch log with photos, personal bests and a 26-species collection.
LIVE SHIPS
• Real-time map of ships worldwide (AIS): course, speed and destination.
• Vessel page with photo, particulars and recent track (PRO).
• Search any ship and follow your own fleet.
INSTRUMENTS
• GPS with speed in knots, course and position.
• Trip recorder with distance and speed (PRO).
WEATHER
• Wind, gusts, waves and pressure hour by hour: 24 hours free, 3 days with PRO (Open-Meteo data).
• Go or no-go: a green, amber or red light based on your boat.
• Warning before strong gusts (PRO).
MARINAS AND ANCHORAGES
Marinas, harbours and anchorages near you or in Spain's coastal areas, with VHF channel, phone and directions when they are mapped in OpenStreetMap. The 5 nearest are free; everything within 25 NM with PRO.
SPANISH BOATING EXAMS (PER, PNB, YACHTMASTER)
More than 300 illustrated questions: rules of the road, lights, buoyage, flags, safety, weather, navigation and law. One practice a day free; mock exams, mistake review and unlimited practice with PRO.
KNOTS AND GUIDE
• 10 animated sailing knots, step by step (3 free, all with PRO).
• International Code flags, buoyage, navigation lights, sound signals and radio.
• Checklists before departure, at anchor and back in port (PRO).
45 CALCULATORS
Anchoring, chain and rope, fuel and range, engine and propeller, electrics, sea and weather, maintenance and unit converters.
MY BOAT
Boat details, photos, equipment, maintenance and logbook, with expiry reminders for flares, extinguishers and services. Several boats and a boat report with PRO.
BUILT FOR USE ON BOARD
• Big buttons, high-contrast sun mode and red night mode.
• No sign-up, no ads, no analytics: your data stays on your iPhone.
• Home and Lock Screen widgets.
INOX-MAT CATALOGUE
Developed with Inox-Mat, specialists in stainless steel fasteners and marine accessories with their own manufacturing in Spain. Browse their catalogue with photos and product details and send an enquiry from the app. Always free.
MARINE TOOLS PRO
Safety features (anchor alarm, man overboard, distress call), unit converters, the home-screen calculators and the catalogue are free. PRO unlocks the rest of the 45 calculators, every animated knot, unlimited mock exams, the 3-day forecast and more. Auto-renewing subscription: yearly €49.95, 6 months €29.95 or weekly €1.99 (prices in Spain; they vary by country) with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://agunapps.com/apps/marine-tools/privacidad/
Disclaimer: Marine Tools does not replace official charts, navigation equipment or the skipper's judgement. Results are reference values.
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What's new in Marine Tools 1.3.1:
• Ships around you now works like a chart: your position, speed and course on top, and a toolbar with GPS, radar, AIS, seabed, filters and MAYDAY.
• Tap a point at sea for the bearing, distance and time to get there.
• Every ship shows how close it will pass you and in how many minutes, in red when there is a risk.
• Live rain and storm radar, plus seabed contours and seamarks (PRO).
• Ask Rumbo if a ship is a collision risk and what the COLREGs say.
• Rumbo now moves on every card in the app.
• Improvements and fixes.
Version 1.3.1
The developer, Hector Jimenez Navas, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Location
Contact Info
User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Purchases
Identifiers
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Accessibility
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Information
Seller
Hector Jimenez Navas
Size
100.7 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.