Ship Finder App Reviews

VERSION
9.2.2
SCORE
4.2
TOTAL RATINGS
3,562
PRICE
$4.99

Ship Finder App Description & Overview

What is ship finder app? Ship Finder shows live moving ships on a worldwide map. The intuitive design combined with incredible performance puts you in control. Watch in full screen, view in AR, search, add filters and so much more!

Ship Finder has been top rated and top ranking since 2009 and covers most of the world, tracking 20,000+ ships simultaneously.

Our incredible app performance means that you can see all tracked vessels at once - no clustering here!
Simply tap a ship to see its name, type, photos, speed, dimensions and much more.
Powerful features such as filters, search and the ability to save favourite ships are included. (You can choose Apple or Google maps too!).

Add and browse bookmarks to saved locations around the globe to quickly navigate to areas or ports of interest.

You can even use Augmented Reality (AR) view to identify ships out at sea using your device camera.

Ship Finder works by picking up AIS ship feeds used by all passenger vessels, vessels over 300 tons and increasingly by smaller pleasure craft and yachts. This technology is actually faster than radar and is used by vessels for safety and navigation.

Ship Finder provides near real time “virtual radar” AIS maps. It’s easy to use and is an amazing app for anyone interested in shipping, cruising and sailing in ports and locations across the world. It’s also great if you simply want to know what boats are out there or want to see where your friends and family are. Ship Finder is also used extensively by maritime professionals and mariners.

Our global AIS coverage is impressive and expanding all of the time as we add new AIS feeds and receivers. Please check www.shipfinder.co regularly to see the latest coverage.

Pinkfroot are committed to customer service and continually improve our Ship Finder apps based on feedback. Why not join our online community at www.pinkfroot.com or if you have any questions please email us via support@pinkfroot.com and we’ll be happy to help.

Disclaimer: Ship Finder should not be used for navigational purposes.
Under no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use of the data or its interpretation.

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App Name Ship Finder
Category Navigation
Published
Updated 13 November 2018, Tuesday
File Size 38.45 MB

Ship Finder Comments & Reviews 2024

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When it works. When it works it is very helpful!

Seriously ???. I’m not sure who writes the reviews for this App, but I can tell you that there are much better apps out there ! It used to be my go to for marine traffic in my area, but I’ve had to look elsewhere for better accuracy. But ok, you got my $5.... don’t spend it all in one place

OK not great. I’ve been tracking a ship that has my car on it from Sweden. It does not update as well as the free app. The ship shows as not trackable but the ship is parked in Panama waiting to go thru the canal. Shows up on the free app. Not here though.

Helpful but slow. We use it to keep track of bigger boats as we sail around the San Juan islands near a big refinery port and across busy shipping lanes & ferry channels. It’s generally helpful, but the refresh interval often seems to be as long as 10 minutes, which is too slow.

No longer useful. I used to love this app. I live on a busy East coast river and I was able to identify all the ships and yachts passing by my window. But the app has changed and no longer updates frequently. The map will continue to show boats that already passed by five hours earlier, and ships I can see from my window don’t show up on the “live” map at all. It’s sad, because I used to really enjoy this app.

Only works part of the time. Doesn’t update very fast hour to two hours sometimes doesn’t work at all sometimes it works great not trustworthy

Doesn’t work on majority of Texas coastline. I was excited about this app when my free ship finder app I was using stopped working. However it will only pull 2 of the boats up in my husbands fleet of 10 towing vessels. Neither of those is the boat my husband captains, so it’s useless. We’re based out of the southern Texan coast and the app doesn’t show any vessels from south of Houston to Mexico. So it’s literally useless to me.

App is getting much worse!. To add to the frustration of not ‘finding’ ships I can see in front of me with my own eyes, now for the very few that actually show up, they disappear entirely. Ghost ships I guess. It’s hard to imagine an app that was less worth the waste of money. This app literally does nothing it was supposed to do.

Great app. Works great in puget sound (Seattle). We see many ships going to and from port of Tacoma. We enjoy sharing this information with people visiting us at our home.

I’m a ferry crew member. I work for Cross sound ferry and Ship Finder is very helpful in terms of tracking boats and when they’re coming into port

Great Lakes missing a lot of ships. Can’t be right. I had this app a few years ago and it had an accurate tracking number. Now there’s just two ships and one lighthouse in all of Lake Michigan? Interesting reaction to COVID19 if that’s real but I think something must be wrong with the tracker here... Wish they had a discussion forum available for stuff like this.

Waste of money. I have friends and family on the ship coming from England and New York. While riding Queen Mary II, there is no internet available for social communication so she can’t keep me informed of the status of the cruise. The attempt to track the ship started fine, once it got to open sea it disappears. The reason to have this was for one single cruise, and I can’t even follow the one I wanted to follow. I could have spent my $5 for lottery tickets and would feel better losing my money that way.

Poor signal. Is a good apps very accurate. I had trouble with find my vessel in Port Fourchon. Had call tech support and had it fixed but after few storm come through Louisiana is drop off map again. Could we get this back up please.

App not working. I paid for this app and can’t find any ship i type in,also every time you type a ship in it goes to some land town that has the ship name in it! Talking about getting ripped for $5! I get better results from Ship Tracker, and that’s free!Pfft! So I’ll give this One Star until it’s rectified!!! (Money Returned)or sight fixed.

Great App. I use this while on my boat on San Francisco Bay. Works very well and gives me the heads up knowing what ships are moving and their destination. Please remember that the ships and boats broadcasting AIS can turn their reporting off, so many users reviewing this app are simply not knowledgeable when it comes to the operation of AIS. GREAT PROGRAM!

Ok but.... I like the app but you should know that it only works for ships near the coast. I paid for the ad free version so I could identify ships we passed while on a cruise in the Caribbean only to fine it did not work off shore. If your needs are close to shore I recommend.

I would give it a zero if possible. I PURCHASED this app as I regularly go to Mobile and am around the ships. I have used another find my ship app that quit working so I got this one. There are no ships visible in the Mobile area. I’ve searched for the name of the ships and they are not there, they don’t even come up in the search. And let me assure you, there are ships there....I was physically looking at them! I’ve given this over a week and I’ve regular checked the Mobile area and they are not showing any there. I am beyond disappointed. Due to this extreme lack of usefulness, my money should be refunded. I

Mile markers. I would to see more mile makers in the app. I do use this app a lot due to work, and it would help me out if you would add something of the sort to the app. I use to use a different app but due to it being taken off the market this is the next best thing. But over all the app is wonderful. I just would like some mile makers on the Mississippi River so that I can calculate time and distance! Thanks

Need more information. After paying for the App would like to see information on the Ship where it’s coming from where it’s going.

Along the Columbia River near Woodland, WA. My wife and I really enjoy camping in our 40-ft motorhome along the Columbia River, while watching all kinds of ships traveling between Portland and the Pacific Ocean. Several years ago we discovered this wonderful app—now we know beforehand what to expect passing by.

Useless. Unless something happened with the download I can’t tell this app is completely and totally useless. I work in the Gulf of Mexico which means I have to go to Port Fourchon and locate boats there. It doesn’t show anything in the Gulf of Mexico. I don’t know how that’s possible because one of the biggest ports is there

Aggravating. This is the second app I’ve used like this and it seems that every time I pay for the subscription it stops working soon after. I work on tugs and it never shows any boats in my area I’ve done all that I could to fix it but still nothing. I have most of our boats saved to my fleet and I won’t show them nor will it show any other vessels in my area. It will show boats around in other states

Fun app ashore or aboard.. Great app for shop watchers. Works well in U.S. waters, e.g. Puget Sound. Also works well in U.K. (Scotland), and Norwegian (Bergen) waters. Fun to use while aboard ship such as high-speed ferries. Not a substitute for radar, GPS, or navigation apps. Occasionally spooky because the app only tracks ships that have a working transponder. Some very big vessels such as cruise ships forget to turn them on. The VR feature does not work very well.

Ship finder. Can't beet this . I've used it while on a gov ship works great . Used this on my own boat, better than radar

Feeling stopped. This app may work for you but I found it to be a total waste. The advertised description failed to explain the limitations of this app’s ability to track a cruise ship after it left port. Yes, I did read the instructions. Prompt response to my email questions, so that was nice. No, they don’t issue refunds...said go talk to Apple. Not impressed with this app at all, so much so that I’m breaking my usual practice of not posting reviews. THEY should have initiated the refund process, not me.

Not sure why it’s still here. It hasn’t been updated in years. There are much better alternatives out there, they really shouldn’t be charging money for it at this point.

Too many areas are constantly offline.. If you’re a professional mariner on the north-west coast of North America, you will be disappointed. Currently, these are the areas that aren’t showing data for me: Portland, OR/Willamette River-Tongue Pt, Western BC north of Seymour Narrows up until Prince Rupert, large swaths of SE Alaska including Ketchikan and Juneau, nothing in Prince William Sound or Cook Inlet on the Alaska South Coast (nothing in Valdez, Cordova, Whittier, Seward, Homer, Kodiak, Anchorage), Western Alaska. I know my app is working, I’m getting real time tracking in some areas, but this app has proven too spotty to be worth paying for. I’ve requested a refund through the link in my app.

Useless. I used to love this App and it worked very well. As I live in a Lake Michigan harbor city, there were alway lots of ships showing on the screen near me and around the Great Lakes. But then I switched between using a personal phone to a work phone with a different Apple ID so I had to buy it again. Now it’s Useless - almost no ships appear, even when I’m standing looking at large ships. Very disappointed.

Missing many ships.... I’m in Hawaii currently, and watching a huge container ship enter the harbor, and there doesn’t appear to be a ship within several hundred miles on the app. Many ships are visible in the area..

Disappointing consistency Columbia River region. Used paid version of app for couple years now. Reliability showing vessels use to be great in Columbia River region. Lately (last 6 mo.) it often has blank areas not showing vessels where I know there are vessels. What gives ship finder??? I do not see this issue in other regions around my area. Please fix or refund 1/2 my money since it only works half the time.

Not enough images. I’m kind of disappointed. Most ships do not have images so it feels like the app is not as good as it should be. Search is also not too good. If you reach a cruise ship by name you will rarely find it.

Mostly great. We’re tracking a cargo vessel from the USA to Lisbon but were disappointed to find that tracking doesn’t work until vessels are relatively close to land. Aside from that, the app is great.

Has Gone Downhill. This used to be a pretty good app that I could rely on when I saw a vessel that piqued my interest. Sure, I would have preferred to see the vessel name instead of just the MMSI, but it was still okay. Lately, however, it has become much less reliable. It fails to register vessels that I can clearly see. I thought at first that maybe some military vessels just weren’t broadcasting due to recent tensions, but then I realized that some civilian traffic such as the ferry that is normally detected and displayed has also failed to register in the app. Frankly, these days when I open the app I do it with lowered expectations.

Greaf. Love the ship finder, even gets the info on ships at night. Can hardly wait for the cruise ships to come back. On Puget sound we had had 3 coming in at night 3 leaving Seattle every afternoon.

Terrible for the rivers don’t waste your money. One person I know has ship finder and pickups everywhere. I have the paid version as well as free version and with our phones side by side I can’t pick anything up except in Memphis, Vicksburg and Baton Rouge south. Made sure we both had Sam e settings and nothing. Why can some pick up everywhere and majority of people can’t. Very poor app and very disappointed. Use to work great when first came out years ago and went plum downhill later !

Missing vessels. This app seems to have blackout locations. I’ve read that you can’t see boats in mobile and I know you can’t see any boats further down the Texas coast than Galveston. It’s important to be able to see vessels down around Corpus Christi all the way down to Brownsville but they aren’t showing up at all like they don’t exist.

One issue. Some of the ships don’t have photos attached to their profile. It would be nice to have the capability to upload the photos I take to the photo gallery for future paid users to see.

Very disappointing. Paid for and Downloaded so we could learn about the freighters traversing the St Clair River at Algonac State Park. The first use showed two freighters going upriver about 10 miles from our location. When I checked again, they had disappeared and never passed the State Park. In the past 6 hours, at least a dozen freighters have passed and none showed up on the app. Basically, does not perform as advertised.

Clear and shows all the action.. Can see all the boats in area... as a photographer, very handy.

Getting to be a disappointed user. I had high hopes for this when I upgraded from the Lite version, but the thrill is quickly leaving. The first thing I found was random boats traveling at 1177MPH. The developer acknowledges this is a bug. Now, with Crab season starting in Alaska I have been watching all the Deadliest Catch fleet moving into the area, but now ALL of Alaska has lost AIS coverage for this app only! This is a hobbiest viewer app, nothing more, and now one of the key places to follow boats in the US has been lost on this app. Why? Additionally when on the Calif coast looking at marine traffic I can also clearly see the oil platforms that I have already requested be included because they are marine obstacles and nice to locate on the map. There are a very few that show on Ship Finder, but they come and go randomly. Maybe there for a day or two, then gone for weeks. That’s useless too

Dissatisfied. Slow to load ships on the map and whole area of map not displaying any vessels. Search of my cargo ship is missing in action. Not in database. Either ship database is not up to date or there is a problem with the app.

Good for the most part except. This is a very good and allows you to track boats of all kinds. I like the information it gives about the boats, But I would like more information if possible. Also it won’t show any boats that are actually in the ocean just in rivers and sounds and things like that once you get too far off the coast it won’t show them anymore. I would like to see the boats on the ocean that’s my only complaint about this game is that I want to see them in the ocean. It cost five dollars by itself which right now I think is too expensive. If you buy it in the bundle along with the airplane tracker (witch is 5 dollars as well) it only cost $8.00. So if you want to ship tracker I would suggest buying the bundle until the price goes down or until they make it better and more worth the money.

Watching the Boats Go By. Spending the summers on the shores of Beaver Island, MI, USA, its fin to identify the vessels passing miles off shore. The app provides the name, flag of port, speed, size, and more information on ships. It's user friendly and can be displayed on either Google Maps or Apple Maps. Photos of many of the identified ships help to reveal what you're seeing 15 miles off shore.

Not working now. When I bought this it worked great but now I can be looking at a shop and doesn’t see it. No upgrade either. Disappointed!

Was Better. I really depended on this for several years. Lately, vessel locations have been truly inaccurate; when the ferry is shown to be on dry land, it can't be a good thing. Updates are current and I even deleted then reloaded the app. No luck.

Useless on the West Coast. Despite contacting support on the number of occasions, this app continues to be unreliable, which renders it basically useless? I am in LA Harbor, and while the app shows several boats in the area, mine is never listed as well as boats nearby that I have a visual on. I have a second ship locator app, and it is much more reliable, and also free.

Shipping information. It is great to watch large ships on the Chesapeake Bay and I learn their identity, especially while sailing and a small boat!

Ship Finder. A MUST HAVE for those who love to ships and boats of all sizes. I use this app to track the big cargo ships in the New York and jersey area for picture taking and drone pictures. The App i would give ten stars !

Doesn’t track all boats. Can’t find my boat or dozens of other AIS boats in the Caribbean. Like, not a single boat in St Vincent and the Grenadines. It was cheap so I guess I don’t care but still bugs me I spent money on it.

Good but not flawless.. My job is loading/unloading cargo vessels. This app allows me, at a glance, to see what vessels are docked and where. As a rough guide it works well, but sometimes ships aren't shown that are there. On the whole I would recommend it.

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Useless Avoid. Does not show locations of vessels I’m searching for that other apps do

Disappointed. Quite often I am looking at 4 or 5 ships anchored off the coast and Ship Finder shows nothing at all. Also ships sailing past are not on the app. It is very unreliable. When it works I love it.

Didn’t work for me. Unfortunately this app never worked for me. It couldn’t even find the boat I was wanting to track when it was in the harbour

Disappointed. Waste of money, I live on the NSW Illawarra coast. The app doesn’t identify any ships sitting off the coast or in the Port Kembla harbour. Setting page is all jumbled and unclear so I can’t adjust anything either. Can I have a refund?

Ship finder that can’t find ships. Should have read reviews before wasting my money. I’m coastal south Australia and see ships regularly but they don’t show on ship finder. No not filtered. I only paid for the app to see cruise ship locations and this won’t show Princess cruise ships. Please don’t waste your money google will give you a better result for free.

Ok...... but. The app is ok but it does not show all ships. The data is limited. Perhaps the developers could add a greater database driven site where sighting photos could be displayed, links to perhaps wikipedia could be made. Just more improvements i guess, but it does need to show all ships visible from a particular site if it is to be useful.

Good but not great.. The app does what it claims. Not sure why, but vessels often appear over land.

Disappointed. Had used the lite version and didn’t mind the issues. Paid and they seem to get worse. At least 60 ships just disappear when you really want to know.

Great App. Good to be able to see flight status and path. Nice to have historical (past flights) too. Well done.

Not to be used for finding ships. If you need to know whats around you dont rely on this app. Very poor performance. DOnt waste your money

Disappointing. I can’t really see what I got for paying for it over the Lite (Free) version. Poor search functionality. Sometimes doesn’t show ships I can see right in front of me. Save your money.

Not all the features I like. I can’t look ships up. I have to manually go where I think it is to find it. Large ships are often a very small icon and hard to see.

Finding Boats. Looking for boats sailing Amerstdam to Budapest. Boat does not show location most times.

Ship finder. So much potential, but such poor location data eg nothing from Newcastle, NSW to Gold Coast in QLD. This was reported to the developers some 5 years ago and no improvements. Disappointing.

No ships. The app doesn’t show any ships when Can see them outside my house. Other similar apps show the ships as seen

Does not work. I could not find the vessel I wanted to track. I tried to look in the area I know the vessel is in, no luck. My 1st search was unsuccessful so I will reverse the purchase. No good

I enjoy it because it gives me long time intertaneing myself and it. It is fun

Refund please. I have been a long time user of the free version, it was great. Having used it for so long I thought it was time to get the paid version for all the hard work that goes into the app. I was so sad to see that it didn’t show me anymore ships then what’s on the free version and it doesn’t show many at all. I’m sitting on the beach looking at more ships then I can count on 2 hands and not one of them is on the app, so disappointed. Purchase at your own risk, wish I hadn’t.

Review. This app has not been working for weeks. I cannot see any ships in North Queensland. I have paid to have the pro version and it is not working.

Poor. Does not track some ships other apps leave this way behind.

What about Adelaide?. For whatever reason no details shown for Adelaide. Much better free options available.

Limited plotting. I’m very disappointed with what this app actually performs. I have friends travelling on the Celebrity Solstice, only time I saw the ship was when it was in Sydney harbour. They have left the ship in Melbourne today, have a guess what, no vision that this ship is in Melbourne. I had thoughts that this app would show the position of the ship at all times. Flight radar 24 app leaves your app for dead. Extremely disappointed your app is rubbish. Andrew Dawson.

Shipfinder38. Best app I have ever used

Utter Rubbish. Wow just unable to believe how bad this app is. I live in Adelaide on the coast, I can see a 160 degree view of the gulf. There are at least 5 large ships out there right now, not one is showing on this app/map. What an unbelievable take this piece of junk is, it should be withdrawn from sale until it is fixed. I too want my money back, the worst app I have ever purchased the developers should be VERY ashamed of themselves ...shame,shame,shame!!.

Waste of money. I want a refund. Paid my 7.99$ and despite loads of vessels on the horizon not one appears on the app. Waste of money, don't bother buying this app as all it shows at ships near major ports. I have changed settings but still no ships.

Ship not finder. Would be a great app if it found ships. It doesn’t, even when you can see them right there, ferries, cruise ships, all kinds; same thing, not found.

Poor!. It’s poor when you pay for an app to supposedly track a passenger vessel but the vessel is not even on their list….as I said…Poor !!!

Paid for nothing!. Paid for app, doesn’t cover Pittwater. Tried to seek refund, not interested, beware if this app provides coverage where you need it!

Vessels shown on city streets!. Very disappointing - live on a busy waterway and only few of the ships and vessels located and even then they are sometimes on land. Not even the large cruise ship shown! Only a couple of ferry’s shown even though there are more on the water and show up on a cruise tracker site. Sorry if it isn’t suitable for Australian waters tell us before we buy it.

Doesn’t work. I actually paid for this app, but now it doesn’t work with ios 11. Very disappointing & should have been fixed by now.

Not worth it. Simply does not work - non of the large ships in my local area ever appear on the map. When I zoom out it also appears this is the case for other areas as no ships, other than some local small boats, appear to be showing. Choose an alternate app.

Refund please. This app does not work. I can’t see the ship I am looking for and your “support” offers no support. Please refund me.

HP1010HP. Doesn’t show more info even paid money for the app. Not worth it.

Not too bad. This app shows good info and photos of the ships when they are in a location with coverage. Unfortunately it doesn’t show the last known location so sometimes it is difficult to locate a vessel.

Ship database not as generous. App is easy to use but limited database when it comes to ships

Ship Finder needs to find itself. I am so glad that I did not pay for this App. There are cruise ships putting up and down the Queensland coast at present because of the civod-19 virus. This App cannot locate a single ship, not even by name!

Not Correct. I was looking friends Pacific Explorer KI not showing. Waste of time .

Data feed. Limited or no data feed at present for Port Darwin Northern Territory Australia. The port is a busy import and export and service hub and has a naval base with numbers of local and passage making recreational vessels.

Ordinary. Doesn’t find every ship. Turn your phone off then on and it sometimes will find it.

Terrible. My partner is sailing the HMB Endeavour so I thought I’d follow his journey home. Ship Finder platform on the internet can clearly see the vessel but the website suggested I use the app. Bought and downloaded for convenience and the app can’t find the HMB Endeavour! What exactly is the point of an app if it doesn't do what the webpage equivalent does?

Unky Dan. I have paid the money and when I tap on a ship only the country of origin is displayed, no other information comes up. Very disappointed and a waste of money.

My view.. I had used the free version for some time so paid for this one. I get that It can’t display extra traffic over the free version if those ships don’t share the details. It does provides additional information on ships. Over all I say. Nice.

Rubbish. I know there is around 40 vessels that are using AIS around me, not one of them is visible using this app. They show up on my vessel’s AIS and on the MarineTraffic app, which I will be using after I delete this one.

Can’t find the ship. Waste of money as the search doesn’t find the ship I’m looking for.

What a letdown !. I purchased this app to track my son's yacht at present in Indonesian waters. His yacht has an AIS transponder which is on all the time. All I can receive are the positions of three pleasure craft moored in the Brisbane River. Not good, there appears to be some problem with distances. I will be looking for refund if the reception cannot be improved and also request Apple to remove the app from their site.

Not that useful. Downloaded and soon realised this is pretty useless for any purpose other than seeing the names of ships in a city port. The big limitation is its dependency on terrestrial receivers connected to the internet - no receiver nearby, no ships show but one doesn’t know where the terrestrial receivers are not located! There could be ships present or no receivers. Pretty useless.

Refund please.. After using the free version I upgraded to track a particular ship, guess what the paid version can’t find the ship the free one can!

Paid version. I got the lite app and saw lots of ships in my location. Wanting too see further away I bought the full version and can see nothing except our own boat. !! Am trying to contact support.

👍. Occasionally ships not showing up as I'm looking at them at the Wharf but generally pretty good, I work at the Wharf and use regularly to check them coming in

I would like a refund. Really lacking. Does not show many ships, inaccurate and cannot search.

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No good. It does'nt work ,

Pas fort!!!. Pas fort comme application payante. J’ai trouvé un site gratuit qui montre les navires qui passent devant chez-moi, Donnacona avec identification/photos et pleins d’infos. Avec cette application impossible d’avoir aucun information et les navires sont devant moi. J’ai payé et j’ai aucune information...

Not worth the money. I live in Atlantic Canada and the coverage is horrible here. The only coverage is for Halifax and I don’t live there. Want my money back

Missing St Lawrence River. Disappointed that it doesn’t show ships in the St Lawrence River such as near the Iroquois Locks.

Intéressant mais décevant. Cette application aurait pu être très pratique, mais plusieurs zones ne sont couvertes donc celle où j’habite. Décevant car elle est bien faite

Ship finder. I had 2 ships meeting ( st. Lawrence River ) in my city ( Brockville, Ontario , Canada ) and the app didn’t show either boat . This app stinks . Wasted money .

Do Not Buy This App!!. It looks good and has some cool features but I've noticed it does not track ships in real time. For example, I can see a ship right in front of my place and it is not showing up on the app despite refreshing it several times. Don't waste your money!

Ripoff. Just wasted $7 on this nonsense. Doesn’t show hardly any of vessels currently out on Lake Huron!

Zéro star. There are boats in the St Laurent , ferries, tankers and others but on your site we don’t even see one of them It doesn’t worth a penny so I want my money back !!!!!

Welland Canal. This app is useless,there are two ships in front of me,but nothing on this app!

Not working correctly. I recently upgraded from shipfinder lite to the paid version and cruise ships not longer appear as they used to in the lite version. I’ve deleted and reloaded the app and no change. Now cruise ships no longer appear in my lite version either. I checked the filter and passenger ships are ticked. Other vessels show up. Ferry’s show up but not cruise ships. Very disappointed. I feel ripped off.

Good on the West Coast. App works well for identifying ships off southern Vancouver Island... Juan de Fuca Strait. More photos would be nice. A friend has a similar app that has way more photos... and that app was free.

Apps. That apps is useless and not good at all

Grande Utilité !. J’apprécie énormément le fonctionnement de cette application !

Ship Finder. This app shows very few AIS equipped ships on the Great Lakes. If this is your area of interest, it is not worthwhile.

Great App.. As I live near Georgia Strait I like to check names etc. Thanks.

Inadequate. Seems to have a poor ability to track ships along the St. Lawrence Seaway or East Coast of Canada. Too small of a database, I guess. Not adequate for my needs... MarineTraffic is much better, sorry!

Great Lakes lacking information. Ships disappear on Lake Huron and St Clair River (on their way towards Lake Huron). I live at the mouth of the St Clair River and this app - that myself and others have payed for - never shows what vessels here are coming and going. Why doesn’t the app show us the ships that are going to pass by???... please fix this 👎🏼

Review. As an avid cruiser I enjoy finding ships, tracking them around the world I would rate this an eight out of 10 it is most enjoyable.

Better. Better with last update. Some AIS targets disappear (AIS transponder issues?) Otherwise almost as good as $20,000 dedicated receiver!

Best ever App. Living on an island with ferry service, this has got to be the best app ever. It lets me see where my ferry is and why it will be late, etc. Most useful app. Plus at nights when it is quiet and you hear the big engine of a monstrous size freighter or cruise ship or whatever, I can check on my app who is going past my island and where it is going to and all kinds of wonderful information. Better than any game. I am sure I am the most avid and satisfied user of your app. Worth every penny. Thank you very much!

From Ducati II. Good info. When the info is there. Unfortunately it’s not always avail. Overall? A pretty good app!

Wheelr. I would love to keep using it, but it needs an update to use it

Waste of money. Does not pick up any ships in Halifax harbour or Nova Scotia

Better apps out there.. Forget this app. The free Marine Traffic shows many more vessels.

Garbage. App doesn’t give nearly any ships. I have a free app which is way better than this one. Don’t waste your money!

Mail. Missing half the ships in the St Lawrence seaway

Useless. Only shows few ships and absolutely nothing about the ships passing by. Don't waste your money. Can't we rate 0 star?

Fun. Love showing my hippie friends all the tankers

Where’s the boats. Doesn’t show boats along the Sunshine Coast if British Columbia.

Vraiment inutile. Aucune information disponible sur la majorité des bateaux.

What you see isn’t what you get. Can see ships in front of me and passing by that don’t register with the app.

Terrible. No improvement over sf lite. Paid for the app and it won’t find vessels in sight of me! I’m in Cabo San Lucas and it doesn’t show any ships at all. I want my money back

Need help. Why does it not show any ship in do key west Florida

Not recommended at all. Found only 1 of the first 3 vessels I searched in the MSC fleet. Definitely wasted my money on this garbage.

Ship finder. Je vois 9 bateaux mais l'application mentionne qu'il y a que 3 bateaux.

Lake Ontario?. Bought the app, doesn’t seem to show any traffic on Lake Ontario?

Ship finder. The app is not working for me at all , no ships on east coast of Canada showing up ??? It says the number of ships visible but no targets in the map at all ??? I paid 6.99 for the app . Not sure what to do ?? Some feedback would be great,maybe I’m doing something wrong ??

I want my money back. App is useless for Atlantic Canada! Don’t waste your money on this app! Never any ais targets,and I can see ship movements,useless!

Good app. For the most part works really well. However, sometimes some boats don’t appear- usually if you wait 5-15 minutes it will refresh and the boats that weren’t showing, will appear. If it wasn’t for that I would’ve gave it 5 stars.

Does not show ships. I live near a busy shipping port and there are no ships shown. Contacted developer months ago who acknowledged issue, but still not resolved and no further information / update on situation.

Fun app. Live by the water, handy👍🏻

A fun app. Great at keeping track of the cruise ships going to and from Alaska. Plus a lot of the larger yachts visiting the area. A few inconsistencies, but I'm sure they will improve over time.

Doesn’t work.. Apparently I’m not in a location where data are available. Wish I had known that before I purchased it

Terrific App. I enjoy Ship Finder! I live on the water in the Pacific NW and it is very useful particularly if you are sailing through a pass and you are wondering what is around the corner. I use it daily. Money very well spent!

Disappointing. Very disappointing as there are no photographs for most ships and no names for many.

Application fonctionne mal. Bateau en face de moi et rien sur l’application

Are you in Canada?. I purchased this app thinking that few or no ships were showing in Canadian waters because this might have been a limitation of the lite version. WRONG! $6.99 payment DID Not HELP. BEWARE!!!!

Poor ship coverage. Sitted on the shore of St-Lawrence river. I see big ships. Nothing on the app paid version.

Hopeless. It can’t find a ship known to be at sea; it doesn’t display the ship you know is in harbour. Last display of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, full of many ships, the note at the bottom of the screen said “0 of 29562 visible”. Further, their link for app support is merely a photo sharing site; no help. Nice idea, bad app. Don’t bother downloading it, it’s a waste of money.

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Doesn’t work. Paid for full version only for it to show ZERO ships in my area (while I could visibly see two tankers, a pleasure craft, and two tugs.) Money down the drain for me....

Inconsistent tracking. Ships often drop off the tracking. Other apps are more consistent.

Too few ships show up in search. I’m looking for very specific ships, and none of them are showing up. Not as useful as I would’ve hoped.

Don't understand.... Not sure why I can't see ships coming and going at Mayport Florida jetties. Large ships visible in person but not on ship finder AP.

Ships not found. 9 times out of 10 ships that I know are sailing do not show up on this app. In fact whole areas of the oceans are blacked out with no ships. Norwegian Jade for example is hardly ever there. APP is a waste of time!

Try others first. Does not find many vessels that I know exist. Responsiveness of server when trying to find a vessel can be numbingly slow. When more than one ship has same name, impossible to see details to figure out which is the right one.

Valuable app.. Excellent addition to my chart plotter and Radar!

Has gone downhill. I’ve had this app for a few years now and it used to work very well. As of late a lot of ships drop off the radar or don’t show them at all.

Buy it today and wonna money back. Hello. I live in Ukraine, so I plan use Ship finder here, port Reni - your ship finder dont show any vessels here, but if i open marine traffic, here a lots of vessels. The same problem in port Herson, your app dont show anything there, but marine traffic show. Please back my money, I dont need your app. Thanks

Can’t find ship!. Looking for location of Freedom of the Seas. Know that it is currently in port but app does not find it. Used another app and it pick it up. This app is not worth downloading.

Doesn’t work on the Mississippi River.. After downloading app I found out it doesn’t track anything on the Mississippi River!

Very Limited. I bought this app to track tugs on the Mississippi River and it failed miserably. It only seems to track river boats around Memphis. Waste of my money for sure. Reached out to support but nobody responded.

Doesn’t seem to work out of port area. When out to sea in Caribbean, never worked except for ships in port areas. You could be next to another vessel at sea and the app could not ID your own ship or the one you could see in the distance.

Works great when it works right. When it works the right way it works great. Been having issues body locating boats nearby

Almost useless. Boats I'm tracking only sometimes show up. Updates to locations are infrequent. I thought all ship tracking apps were the same, clearly I was wrong. The free marinetraffic website is better than this. Don't waste you money.

Good app gone bad. Used it for years. But last 6 months the app has gone straight down the drain. Totally unreliable if it shows the ships at all. Free version do better than this now.

Helpful. Good but flawed - can be looking at a ship but won't see it on app. Most times it is accurate though. Worth the money

False advertising and No Support. Cannot see Training ships. My sons is off the coast of Panama and on way to Hawaii now, TS Golden Bear. MarineTraffic has no problem finding it. When I click on support link it claims no email associated to my account which is crap. NEED REFUND.

Disappointed. I bought this to track a cruise I’m going on. It couldn’t find the ship even though it’s Carnival and shows up on other apps even the free ones. Don’t waste your money.

Not worth the money. Very disappointed in the app wish I would not have spent the money to buy the full version. It does not show me most of the time the boats on Lake Huron that I can see from my cabin.

What good is it?. I live on the Delaware Bay and I can see ships out there this app only shows ships on rivers and ports evidently because it’s not showing any of the four ships I see right now I hope I didn’t get charged for this!

Ships don't show up!. I paid $5 for this app to not show ships I can see clear as day from my window. They show up on Marine Traffic and that app is free. Wish I could get a refund for this garbage.

Awful. Actually bought this because prior app Marin Traffic, stopped working. I use it to follow my son and the yacht he is working on. So disappointed and have renewed my feelings to NEVER spend money on an app.

Crappy app. I pay 5.00 for this app and it doesn’t show me boats that is a 100 feet away from me can not track boats for the company I work for don’t pay for this crap does not work save for money

I know where my Son is located. It’s fantastic that I know where his ship is anytime!

Do not pay for this!. Every sense The app crashed it has not worked on my phone. So I purchased the app still nothing. Since then I’ve gotten a new phone, app still doesn’t work. I will not purchase anything Else from this app designer!!!

Waste. I could not get ships to show on the app even though I could see them in person. I didn’t expect to see every ship and boat show on the app but I shout see at one ship somewhere. Waste of money.

Ship Finder. Good tool lots of bells and whistles and seems accurate and in real time

Apple Watch?. An Apple Watch feature would be great.

Wish I could get my money back. I can see ships in different states but I can’t see the one in front of me. My coworkers using other apps will say such and such ship is coming up. When it gets into view this app still doesn’t show it. Does me no good, I got the wrong app.

Follow cruise ship. I find it easy to locate my cruise ship with Ship Finder.

So much fun and a good geography lesson too!. Absolutely LOVE this app! Wish I’d had it decades ago!

Limited Data. Bought the app to track some vessels in AK family members are on. None of them show up. In fact, zoom into Dutch Harbor AK and no boats show up at all. Waste of $5. Developers should be ashamed. Not a working app. Scam and waste of money.

Terrible. Doesn’t show any ships in my area which there are many, I am at Blount Island close to mouth of Atlantic watch at least 4 ships go by my house an hour. if you find a ship it doesn’t give any information, pictures, nothing!!!

Disappointed. Another vessel app which was free often shows ships that this app that I paid for doesn’t. I would save my money and use ship finder free and VesselFinder free instead. Wasted my money.

Basic info about ship traffic.. There is way more public data out there about these ships. This app only scratches the surface.

Unable to search for ships by their info. Search

Worked for a while then stopped tracking ships. Worked through the winter. Now a ship can be right in front of me and it doesn’t show any activity for 100s of miles.

Total waste of money. Don’t do it.. Worked for many years. Quit working for a while. Thought maybe I needed to start paying for it. Paid way to much and still doesn’t work in my area. Total scam. Don’t purchase this app!!!

Try any other tracker. Used this in the past. Had to re-up. Now I can’t search ships by name and I can’t find help. At least it was cheap. Even when I have it show “all”, the ships I am tracking don’t show up though they do on other apps I’m using concurrently.

It Just Doesn’t Work. This is theft, basically. The app does not work. The search bar can’t find correctly typed boats by name. The app freezes. This is a waste of time. Whoever’s selling this is unethical.

Not that great..... I’m sitting on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay with a huge container ship in sight and (and other large ships) there’s not one dot on the entire bay. When I got the lite version, it seemed fantastic, with lots of information. I’ve checked my settings but still nothing.

Ask. Great program and it works great.

Limited. This app works great until the ship get over a 100 miles from shore and then it disappears... even from the search menu. If you are planning on tracking a cruise ship for its entire voyage... forget it

Wack. I’ve had this app for 2 days worked really good the first day now it won’t show any ships around me deleted and reinstalled the app to try for a fix still nothing pretty bummed I wasted 5$

In & out info. Great app but lately the AIS info has been missing for certain areas, Savannah and Tampa on a regular basis. The rest of the world seems to be covered. Has anyone else experienced this?

The best. Can’t live without

Doesn’t work anymore. Tried to use it and it didn’t find any vessels. Deleted it and Spent $5 to get it again and it still didn’t work. Very disappointed.

Large areas not covered. There are apparently no ships around Nantucket or Cale Cod. The pay app never shows them even when they are visible on the free website.

Very disappointing. It only shows the ship traffic for a limited number of ports, not the whole world. For example, for Japan (where I am) it only shows the ship traffic near Tokyo and Osaka, but not for the rest of the country. A waste of money!

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Language English
Price $4.99
Adult Rating 4+ years and older
Current Version 9.2.2
Play Store com.pinkfroot.BIGSHIPS
Compatibility iOS 9.3 or later

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The application Ship Finder was published in the category Navigation on 01 April 2010, Thursday and was developed by Pinkfroot Limited [Developer ID: 319726822]. This program file size is 38.45 MB. This app has been rated by 3,562 users and has a rating of 4.2 out of 5. Ship Finder - Navigation app posted on 13 November 2018, Tuesday current version is 9.2.2 and works well on iOS 9.3 and higher versions. Google Play ID: com.pinkfroot.BIGSHIPS. Languages supported by the app:

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