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Boat Beacon App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Boat Beacon app received 40 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Boat Beacon? Can you share your negative thoughts about boat beacon?
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✓ App does not work and constantly turns it self off so your loved ones can not track uDoes not work at all.Version: 4.9.3
✓ AIS on Every Boat! by the Sloop CaptainThis is a brilliant App for AIS that identifies your vessel and the other craft out there without a lot of additional electronic hardware. As long as the user has a good cellular signal AIS equipped ships and boats in your area are identified in almost realtime. And, they can identify your vessel. It makes radioing a fast moving ship by name easy if you have to. Sailing in busy shipping areas, fog, or darkness is now much safer. Well done!.Version: 2.85
✓ MarkThis app is clunky. But worse is that it is limited in coverage. For what ever reason the company is not collecting data in, for example, North Queensland..Version: 2.9
✓ No boats showing upPurchased this app but AIS or Boat Beacon boats not showing up. Very dissapointed and not worth the money.Version: 4.5
✓ Will not open anymore; not happy about it since I paid for it!My Boat Beacon app will not open. It crashes EVERY TIME I try to open it. Please help, or provide an update patch for it. Thank you!.Version: 5.0
✓ No help when requestedVery poor service app worked well then just stopped working, sent emails via provided link but still no help Very poor as so often you read that once you have paid for the app there is no help no refund !! App developers should be held more accountable.Version: 3.1.2
✓ Boat Beacon reviewIf you wish to use this app on inland waterways throughout Europe then don’t bother. System relies on shore based relay stations which may be in abundance around coastlines but are few and far between inland. Have just navigated the Rhône and not one vessel was identified. I feel that I have been miss sold this product!.Version: 4.5.1
✓ MThe most accurate app. Better than the rest..Version: 2.1
✓ Stopped workingUsed it for a year was great but now, all of sudden will not show any nearby boats..Version: 4.4.1
✓ Good App but crashes when I hit the location….…it takes several tries before it comes back on. There is a bug with the app..Version: 4.9.8
✓ Can’t add chartsI used my Apple pw to purchase the app, but when I try to add charts, it requires my pw again (why?!) and rejects the same pew.Version: 5.0
✓ Still brokenLeft a 2 star review a week ago... text editing your boat details are still broken. I have the latest iphone max and the edit page only accepts 1 letter for things like the boat name. Please fix this app..Version: 4.9.8
✓ No iPhone X native resolutionSeems last optimized for iPhone 4 or similar.Version: 4.4.1
✓ TerribleVery dissatisfied and disappointed with what the app offers. Couldn’t even acknowledge that the boat I was on top of was my boat!! Doesn’t offer any benefits.Version: 4.9.6
✓ Have to pay for AIS sharePaid for app to use AIS Share functionality with Navionics. After installing, was disappointed to discover AIS Share required a monthly/annual subscription. This was not clear in app info pre purchase. Also, not clear why a subscription would be needed to share data already available in app with Navionics. This was a big (only) selling point. Very disappointing..Version: 4.7
✓ Useless for the Great Lakes area..Its useless for the Great Lakes, has yet to find any vessel anywhere on them, you can watch some ship traffic in and around other areas of the country. But on the great lakes it WILL NOT FIND ANY SHIP, I live a couple blocks from the Detroit river and have been standing there watching freighters go buy yet this app says it see's no ships.... Gave it 2 stars because it doesn't work in the great lakes and it would of been nice to know that b4 I purchased it...Version: 1.4
✓ Works great on 1 IPad sitting down on second iPadCan’t get it to work on second IPad nor won’t let me pay for a second app and yearly service. I’m using IPads to navigate the Great Loop. Any ideas?.Version: 5.0
✓ CrashesSeems to crash if signal lost and have to delete and reinstall. Not good when entering the Solent.Version: 4.9.8
✓ Accurate but expensiveNeed to buy the app and any small function needs subscription.Version: 4.7
✓ Sorry - Not worth the moneyThere are other apps that are surpassing this one. I just bought this app as I love AIS technology and I own a boat in New England, but this App was a huge disappointment. Does not update as often and misses many vessels out there. Don't be fooled tat the more expensive Approved is better, because often it is not. This Approved is simply not worth it..Version: 2.3
✓ Lots of potential - need serious UI attentionHey guys, great work, lots of potential but needs a lot of work regarding attention to detail - looks like the UI was designed and executed in a garage by a pair of teenagers. Don’t get me wrong fabulous potential but it’s been 7 months since the last update and at 15€ a pop you would expect some more, behind the scenes action. You could start on TCPA and CPA data - many times the app has said N/A to both of these and I can clearly see it is very applicable...😳 Anyway, hope more people buy the app and you can then reinvest to make things slicker and even better rather than just pocket the cash..Version: 5.0
✓ Does Not Enter My Info I to AIsApp does not enter my AIS I for into the AIS system.Version: 5.0.3
✓ Can’t restore purchasesNo great.Version: 5.0.1
✓ Really buggy.Crashes constantly, expensive and unreliable..Version: 5.0.3
✓ Not worth the moneyIf this were a free app then it's shortcomings could be forgiven. It does not pick up ships in the area. There is a free app which tells you which ships are around far better than this. I can't comment on CPA etc as its not picking up vessels. The GPS is ok but it drains the battery very quickly. I would not risk using this as a chart plotter except for areas I know well and even then I'd doubt it's info. My last use of it put me a mile south of my actual position. I was at sea and it put me half a mile inland! Don't waste your money!.Version: 2.4
✓ Do not buyBought this app thought it was good, but it sucks not worth 20$ , lots of other apps are cheaper and better would want a refund.Version: 4.5.1
✓ Not happyFor $10 not happy with what I got..Version: 2.51
✓ Works well but…..This app generally works well, but there are big areas of my local region where there is no coverage at all. Other apps have much better coverage..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Sketchy!When I first purchased this app, it included charts. The charts were later removed and the company wants to sell the NOAA charts to me again for me to have access. I emailed them to ask if it was a mistake and they didn’t respond. I don’t trust these guys and there are plenty of other good apps available..Version: 4.2
✓ Link to NavionicsThe App works great. My only complaint is that I wanted to overlay the AIS data in Navionics which the App says it can do. As soon as I downloaded it tried to charge me more for the link to work. Had I known that before I probably would’ve gone down a difficult route..Version: 4.9.8
✓ Why can't it find its bearings?A very good application, useful for planning an extended trip. But, everytime the app is opened, I must spend a lot of time waving my iPad around to eliminate the irritating "compass interference" warning. The iPad can't be that bad in finding headings, and no other app dependent on heading gives me this type of notice..Version: 2.85
✓ Doesn’t show ships “out of the box”Got the app. Set up my boat info while sitting in an anchorage with two boats with AIS on. We do have AIS on our boat but we don’t see the names of boats with newer AIS boxes. Neither boat have this app but they do have AIS. And neither boat showed up. Have yet to see ANY boats show up on the app. And, yes, I have good wifi. Also, I upgraded (obviously too soon) to “live view” on my iPad but the app on my iPhone is asking me to pay for it again. I’ve contacted the company. I’ll update the review when/if I hear from them..Version: 4.9.6
✓ Boat BeaconWorks best on iPad 3 with cellular/wifi as this iPad 3G has a GPS assisted capability whether connected or not to a cellular network. IPad 2 wifi (no cellular) dees NOT have a GPS Satellite Receiver in them so you would need to add a GPS receiver to an iPad 2. I tried using a Verizon Hot Spot Cellular with iPad 2 and neither worked, nor did Apple Maps or Google Maps. There are no cellular towers in the middle of Lake Michigan, so the triangulated cellular cannot function on a iPad 2. You end up sliding along the shoreline and never go out into the Lake. The same problem happens with Apple Maps and Google on an iPad 2 with wifi. Apple Tech Support acknowledges that they are having problems with Apple Maps and today acknowledged issues reported with SeaNav and BoatBeacon, both sold through their AppStore because of the lack of a GPS receiver in the iPad. I took back my iPad2 wifi and picked up a iPad 3G which allows SeaNav & Boat Beacon to work out on the water. The Technical Support and Management at SeaNav/Boat Beacon provided excellent support and personal attention to my concerns and answered all my help requests. A+.Version: 2.9
✓ Crashtastic…The app seems to crash every time I pan, or try to look at anything in settings etc..Version: 5.0
✓ ReviewI have had this app for over a year and it was good . We recently purchased the share with app and was working fine 2 weeks ago now the app will not display any thing and when connecting goes back to boat beacon Home Screen. Has anyone else noticed this over the last few weeks.Version: 5.0
✓ Best beaconVery useful. Would be great if more folk used it!.Version: 2.1
✓ Unethical AppsMost 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..Version: 4.9.7
✓ Hard to see my boat on a mapThank you.Version: 4.4.1
✓ Pretty much a rubbish appBought this app to track a certain ship. This ship could not be located using their search engine. Its a major cruiseliner, Norwegian Star. Sent an email to support, no response. Sent a message via the app to the developers, no response. Best avoid this app and save your money..Version: 3.9.6
✓ Nope doesn’t work trash wasted 15$Doesn’t work at all 0 boats displayed.Version: 5.0
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