Report updated Apr 18, 2026
Boat Beacon
For small boat users and recreational mariners requiring mobile-based collision avoidance and vessel tracking.
Overview · Full Intel report in progress
Boat Beacon is an established navigation app that is a paid app. With a 4.6/5 rating from 822 reviews, it shows polarized user reception.
What is Boat Beacon?
Current Momentum
v5.1 · 2w ago
IntenseLast updated 19d ago. 5 versions tracked.
Competition
Rivals identification in progress
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What makes this app unique?
What Does It Look Like?
What Are The Key Features?
Allows users to share their boat's position and receive real-time AIS data without external transponder equipment.
Provides over-the-horizon alerts within a 30-mile radius using continuous Bearing, Range, and Closest Point of Approach (CPA) calculations.
Maintains continuous tracking and alarm functionality even when the app is running in the background.
Connects to a worldwide network of AIS shore receivers covering major ports, harbors, and coastal areas.
How much does it cost?
Who Built It?
Pocket Mariner
Empowering recreational mariners with real-time AIS tracking and collision avoidance tools that turn mobile devices into virtual AIS receivers.
Portfolio
8
Apps
What other apps does Pocket Mariner make?
SeaNav
SeaNav US
SeaNav UK & Ireland
Boat Watch - Ship Tracking
SeaNav NP
Compass Eye Bearing Compass
Explore the full Pocket Mariner report
Portfolio breakdown, audience, momentum, and every app published by Pocket Mariner.
Analysis in progress, available soon
What do users think recently?
Analysis in progress, available soon
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Mood gauge, ratings & review-volume history, every praise / complaint / request, and sentiment over time.
Analysis in progress, available soon
What is the competitive landscape for Boat Beacon?
Where is it available?
Localized markets (9)
How's The Navigation Market?
How does it evolve in the Navigation market?
Rank progression
119 active rankings tracked — 30-day window
Strategic analysis coming soon
SWOT, key takeaways & outlook
The outtake for Boat Beacon
Key Takeaways
Boat Beacon provides a hardware-free, mobile-based solution for AIS tracking and collision avoidance for the recreational boating market.
Where Is It Heading?
Trend analysis
Available very soon