Boat Watch

Electric Pocket

In-app purchases

About this app

Ever wanted to know more about boats, ships and other marine traffic? Boat Watch lets you find boats and ships and follow them on a real-time map...

Boat Watch is free to download and use* and lets you:-

- Spot any Boat or Ship via real-time AIS system
- Watch boat positions on a live map
- See the Name, Type and Destination of each vessel
- Set any boat as your favorite, and track it on the map
- Search and find boats and places
- Share boats on Facebook, Twitter or by email

Our optional In-App upgrade sends you alerts when a boat you track sets sail or arrives - perfect for people with loved ones at sea, for tracking cruise ships, ferries and rescue vessels - or following cargo across the world!

Optional One-time In-App Upgrade Purchase adds...

- Boat positions refresh automatically
- Get alerts when your favorite boat arrives or departs
- Full boat information - phtoto, speed, course, country, etc.
- Boat tracks
- Multiple favourites

And, you can also add Live View by In-App Purchase, showing ships drawn at true scale with positions updated every 5 seconds.

*Boat Watch's live AIS service is available free to use for 1 month. To continue receiving live ship positions after that an IAP upgrade is required.

Ratings and reviews

Brilliant basic maritime traffic information. Ideal for the casual user and more serious enthusiastic. Backed up by an attentive support team. I am well pleased, using it frequently when at the UK coast.

It's an ok app, but there's some annoying attributes that could make a big difference. Search is slow, then when you select a ship, the app decides the zoom level. When you zoom out, the pin and ship tend to disappear, until you go to search again, which doesn't cache the previous results.

Boat Watch is a great app I use it often, I could once get more info by clicking on the i. That seems to be gone.

What’s new

Updated for latest Android OS 16 requirements
Fix for info button on ships sometimes not being clickable
Fix for occasional crash on app launch
Fix purchase menu item