BoatSpeed: Course & Speed

I’ve had an overall buggy experience with this app. The app crashes not infrequently and also does a bad job at reporting your GPS speed. I use it while I’m sailing and the GPS speed will frequently drop to zero, or show a much higher value for a second, completely ruining the max speed from having any informational value (I’ll be cruising at 5-6 knots and it will record a momentary max speed of 15 knots). The watch is experience is also horrible, with any notification forcing the app into the background. This makes it useless when I’m single handing my boat without wanting to fiddle around with my watch to relaunch the app after a crash or notification. The heading information offered on the app is often completely wrong. I was originally turned on by the pay once model with this app but the feature set really isn’t there. Save your money and just pay for Waterspeed app and the subscription.

Don’t buy it if you plan on trying to troll under 4mph- it will very rarely pick up your speed which effects troll fishing- which is what I bought this app for. Wish I could get a refund.

Speed readings are “nervous” changing dramatically, sometimes going to zero, and changing rapidly.

We love this app

Got this 4 years ago (2018) on a Mediterranean cruise and have used it on every cruise since. It is great to know how fast the ship is going an on what course. Works very well on balcony and even in some interior areas of the ship.

For the pricetag, I expected better implementation on the Apple Watch. I have not found any faces that allow complications from the app. Inconvenient for monitoring speeds while paddling to have to stop paddling to open an app. The free app Waterspeed at least has a widget, but it’s not great either. Disappointed.

I have a mount on my helm for my phone just so I can use the app. I prefer it to the radar and 2 separate garmin units when I want this information.

Hasn’t registered speeds under 2.3 mph and then it’s very inconsistent. When trolling, speeds often need to be under 2 mph so for that purpose this app has proven itself useless

Compass just won’t work. Sometimes correct, but not even close aboard boat. Useless! Apple Store Link to developer support doesn’t work. Apple techs unable to resolve or explain why they can’t fix link. Could have been a little gem of a program. Too bad. Stay away until developer gets back on link.

For the price, this app doesn’t deliver. It gives you three simple read outs – boat speed, compass heading, and lat./long. data all available for free on multiple other instruments. Plus the compass is not a rose, it’s just a digital heading read out.