CruiseLink

Group chat at sea, no internet

Only for iPhone

Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Stay connected with your group onboard, even without internet. CruiseLink is a group chat for families and friends on a cruise. Instead of buying the ship's internet package for everyone, CruiseLink passes messages directly between your phones using Bluetooth and the ship's Wi-Fi network. No internet plan needed. • Chat with your whole group • Ask "Where are you?" and check everyone is OK • Set a meeting point and see who's coming • Share your cabin number and the day's plans • See at a glance who is nearby and when you last heard from everyone HOW IT WORKS Messages travel phone to phone. When two phones in your group are close, they swap messages. When they're further apart, messages can hop through other CruiseLink phones on board, sealed so only your group can read them. In port, or if you do buy internet, CruiseLink can use that too. GOOD TO KNOW Messages reach people when phones are within range of each other or of other CruiseLink phones, so across a large ship they can take a while. Every message shows whether it has been delivered and seen, so you always know. Keep Bluetooth on and let CruiseLink run in the background, and it will tell you if it ever stops. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no phone numbers, no adverts. Your group's messages are encrypted with a key only your group holds.

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A large update since the first release. Looking for someone: start a search and every phone in your group joins in, so whoever is nearest finds them. They get one button to say they're here, which ends the search for everyone. Much faster, and much steadier. Long conversations no longer slow the app down, phones stop carrying old history around, and a phone that gets stuck now stops itself and tells you why. Far fewer notifications, and better ones. The app tells you when Bluetooth is switched off, which is the one thing you can fix in a tap, and it stays quiet when messages are getting through. Android and iPhone now reach each other properly, and "Is it working?" gives you a straight answer instead of a green tick it isn't sure about.

The developer, Maximilian Youell, 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 Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Identifiers
    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Provider
Maximilian Youell
Size
3.7 MB
Category
Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
  • 4+
  • Contains
    Messaging and Chat
    User-Generated Content
Copyright
© 2026 Max Youell