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I just sailed from Chesapeake Bay to NYC. I don't have AIS on my boat, and was concerned about boat traffic in the C&D canal, the Delware river, and Ambrose channel into the Hudson. I DO HAVE cellular service on my Ipad. We remained within 10 miles of the coastline at all times, and this app identified all the freighters, both near us, and I could also look ahead and behind us. I was then able to hail them and discuss course and direction with them. There were a few times we needed to adjust our course a tiny bit, and avoid issues well in advance. This app was a life saver for our voyage. Even when I upgrade to onboard AIS, I will still use this app to see the freighters that are outside of the VHF line of site range to predict CPA. Thanks Marine Traffic!!!!
I was excited to pay for and download this app just to find that the 16$ I paid for it doesn’t do much. For example I bought a plane tracker app from a different company and the cost for life was 4.99$ which gave me an unlimited number of favorite planes and allows me to track planes wherever they are anywhere I’m the world. Not with marine tracker. Once a ship leaves a coastal area and moves into satellite range (which I think is about 20 miles off the coast) you have to pay 1$ per ship, per day). So say you want to track 3 ships for a month - 90$. You can pay for a monthly rate but only for each action the app does and those but add up pretty fast. For example to add more than 5 ships to you favorites would cost approximately 100$ a year at their best price of 8$ a month billed annually. What about larger packages. Those will cost you in the hundreds of dollars a year. The “pro” plan costs $1,200 a year. I would strongly suggest looking into what you want out of this app before dropping the initial 16$. Very disappointed in this app. It feels like the devs are just trying to milk every dollar out of me they can.
After using the desk top version of this I decided to download the app. I almost didn’t after reading reviews stating you had to pay for info on each vessel. After downloading I ran into the same issue, HOWEVER there is a super simple fix to see the vessel names/basic stats. For some reason the app does not default to this; but if you go to settings-map options- you will see “vessel names”, you just have to toggle that on and you will be able to see them for free. A few took a few minutes to update but overall it is working just as the desktop version does.
Right now I am using this app to track a single vessel on which I will soon be taking a cruise. I used to be able to filter out all other vessels as a default. Now with your recent update, while I can still do this, it doesn’t stay that way and all vessels keep on coming back. This clutters up the map a bit, and it is annoying to constantly have to go back and reset this filter. Other than that this is a great app and I enjoy it very much. Thank you.
I have had this app for almost a year now. My husband works on offshore tug boats and got to to be able to track where he is. It doesn’t track the boat past a certain point once he’s far from land and often it doesn’t even correctly say when he has artifices at his port. I have a basic account but I did still pay for the app and it should at least be able to properly give his position. That’s the whole idea of the app! A very good example is I know for a fact he had been docked at his destination port for over 24 hours now and this app still has him underway using engine near the Bahamas. It does say they have received more information in the last 24 hours and for .99 I can get it. Are you serious?!?!? Much of the time my saved fleet just disappears as well.
MarineTraffic displays near real-time positions of ships and yachts worldwide.
Using the largest network of land-based AIS receivers, the app covers most major ports and shipping routes.
• View VESSELS ON THE LIVE MAP, search for ships, boats and seaports and see what's near you!
• More than 170,000 VESSELS PER DAY report their positions via MarineTraffic AIS
• View live wind and 48-hour WIND FORECASTS on the map
• ANIMATED PLAYBACK of vessel's track
• PORT ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES live for over 4,000 ports and marinas,
current conditions in ports and estimated time of arrival for the boats & ships.
• Manage your list of vessels ("MY FLEET"), shared with all your devices and MarineTraffic.com
• Browse 2.5 MILLION PHOTOS of ships, harbours, lighthouses and more!
• Upload photos to MarineTraffic directly from your device.
• Identify and track vessels sailing beyond the range of land-based AIS receiving stations, using satellite tracking, with ACCESS PLUS 24 (in-app purchase)
• Identify vessels around you at a glance with the AUGMENTED REALITY tool (in-app purchase)
Just point your device's camera to the horizon and get all the information you need about vessels, ports and lighthouses in your area: name, flag, speed, distance from you and a lot more.
• Use the ROUTE PLANNER tool to plan a route on the map, measure distances and calculate ETA (in-app purchase)
• MarineTraffic now offers auto-renewable subscriptions for Nautical Charts, Weather Maps and Advanced Density Maps:
Get access to the marine environment with Nautical Maps
- Pilotage information such as sea bed, sea marks and landmarks
- Port details such as berths, dry docks and terminal location
- Position and characteristics of buoys, lights, lighthouses
- Depths of water and heights of land
Subscription name: Nautical Charts Monthly
Cost: $2.99 (USD)
Duration: 1 month
Renewed every month i.e. you will be charged monthly
Subscription name: Nautical Charts Annual
Cost: $29.49 (USD)
Duration: 1 year
Renewed every year i.e. you will be charged annually
Unlock real-time & forecast weather information with Weather Maps
- Wind contours
- Wind flow & gusts
- Temperature
- Wave metrics
- Clouds and Precipitation
- Ocean currents
- More than 20 key metrics
- 7-days sea meteogram
Subscription name: Weather Maps Layers Monthly
Cost: $8.99 (USD)
Duration: 1 month
Renewed every month i.e. you will be charged monthly
Subscription name: Weather Maps Layers Annual
Cost: $95.99 (USD)
Duration: 1 year
Renewed every year i.e. you will be charged annually
Advanced Density Maps
- Dig into global shipping traffic data, filtering by vessel type and size.
Subscription name: Advanced Density Maps Monthly
Cost: $1.99 (USD)
Duration: 1 month
Renewed every month i.e. you will be charged monthly
Subscription name: Advanced Density Maps Annual
Cost: $17.99 (USD)
Duration: 1 year
Renewed every year i.e. you will be charged annually
For all the above subscriptions:
• Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
• Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
• Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
• Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
Terms of Use: https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/terms
Privacy Policy: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/privacy-policy
Also, for MarineTraffic subscribers:
• NAUTICAL CHARTS
• SAT-AIS DATA
Join the great MarineTraffic community!
** If you're only interested in a specific area, please confirm coverage on www.marinetraffic.com before purchasing the app **