Boat Beacon is an internet AIS receiver and transmitter for your iPhone and iPad. It is the only AIS ship tracking app to provide Collision Warnings, share your boat’s position & use real-time AIS data.
Connected to the largest network of AIS shore receivers world-wide covering most major ports, harbours and popular coastal areas.
“An outstanding app, with great potential. Both interesting to use and very user friendly. This could be a life saver and especially of interest to small boat users. Everyone who goes on the water should have this on and use it!” ***** Sun Dream, App Store Review
Boat Beacon is designed for boaters & provides continuous Bearing, Range & Closest Point of Approach (CPA) calculations and alarms in addition to standard AIS information even when in the background.
Boat Beacon does not require any external AIS transponder or receiver equipment.
Key Features
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Over-the-horizon collision avoidance (30 miles radius) using continuous CPA calculations - highlights boats that are on a potential collision course and alerts you with an alarm.
Continually transmits and receives position information via the internet and calculates and alarms CPA even when the app is in the background.
Shares your position with Internet AIS Systems & apps & other Boat Beacon users in real time.
Real time ship map view with North up & Heading up modes so you can look in the direction of the ships on the map to locate them.
Nav display showing own boat's speed, course, heading and position.
SART Alarm
Man Overboard tracking, Anchor watch & Theft alarms (IAP).
Apple Watch App included
Siri voice commands
Apple Critical Alerts support
Export tracks
Boat-to-Boat & Group Messaging.
Local AIS & GPS via Wifi.
Boat Beacon InApp Add-ons (IAP):-
- LiveView - Augmented Reality view with ships, compass & horizon overlaid. Works with FLIROne IR cameras as well to see ships & people in the dark & fog
- "AIS Sharing" to other apps like Navionics & iNavX
- US, UK and IE Marine raster charts.
- MOB and Anchor Watch.
Let Friends and Family see where you are and where you're headed to with our free Boat Watch app or on web-based AIS systems like MarineTraffic which have free web viewers available.
Arm all the crews in a race with Boat Beacon and have real time updates on the race positions on the water and back in the club house.
Keep a watch and in touch with other boats in your flotilla when sailing in a group.
Boat Beacon requires internet access to work. Most popular coastal areas have cellular data access extending 12 or more miles out to sea.
Subscriptions
The "AIS Sharing " subscription is monthly ($5.99) or yearly ($16.49), 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.
Terms of Use: http://seanav.net/termsofuse.php
Privacy Policy: http://seanav.net/privacy.php
Support: help@pocketmariner.com
Your position can be shared and seen on all our apps without using an MMSI number. To be seen on Global AIS systems like MarineTraffic you need an MMSI number. In the US you can obtain one by visiting http://www.boatus.com/mmsi or email us for a free internet MMSI number.
Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Boat Beacon should only be used for basic navigation reference and should not be solely relied upon to determine precise locations, proximity, distance, or direction. You will not be visible to other ships on VHF only AIS systems.
One of my favourites apps and the best available replacement for AIS. This app was very well designed and it works flawlessly.
Confusing
101 Tanya
Not recommended
Developer Response
Hi TanyaWe are very sorry to hear you are confused by our app. Could you please email us at help@pocketmariner.com and let us know what you find confusing so we can try and help explain? There is a user guide in the app and also online herehttps://boatbeaconapp.com/ais/bb_userguide.phpBest regards The PocketMariner crew
Unethical Apps
Mizan90
most unusable apps. I bought to get ais target on my Navionics. Now this apps asking extra monthly subscription for that. That’s really un ethical.I want my money back.
Developer Response
Hi, Sorry to hear you are unhappy but our app description clearly states that if you want to also use Boat Beacon to share its AIS data with other apps an IAP is required for the AIS Share feature. The AIS share feature is free to try in demo mode in Boat Beacon. It costs us money to share the data to other apps. If you want a refund please contact the App Store as they handle the financial side of things.
Accurate but expensive
Mike prusa 9/7
Need to buy the app and any small function needs subscription
Duo and iOS27 ready
Fix for AR mode compass rotation
Longitude display format corrected for US
Version 5.2
The developer, Pocket Mariner Ltd., 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Pocket Mariner Ltd.
Size
159.3 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
