Has issues with iOS 17
Great app. Love it, but the trip history no longer renders properly with iOS 17 on an iPhone XR.
Coast Guard SafeTrx
Published by: Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association
Description
Official app of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard (AVCG) and Volunteer Marine Rescue Queensland (VMRQ) – The ‘Coast Guard SafeTrx’ app allows you to register your vessel and plan your journey on your smartphone.
Registering vessel and trip information could not be any easier. Follow the registration process to start using the app. Finalise the registration in the website with the same login codes. Once your registration details have been saved, you can make your choice from the menu in the app. You may either plan and file your trip (Sail plan mode) or just activate the tracking function of the app (Track only mode).
For filing a planned trip choose your vessel, determine the end destination, calculate the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival), enter the number of persons on board and the activity type. Then, using the built-in maps, select a starting point, an optional waypoint and the end destination. Once this is completed simply press the ‘start’ button when you are ready to start your trip.
Pressing ‘start’ in Sail plan mode or just pressing the start button in Track only mode will register the journey details with the SafeTrx server and will activate position reporting in the app. At regular intervals the app will send a position report to the server and your emergency contacts will be automatically alerted after the journey exceeds the ETA in Sail Plan mode.
At any stage during the trip you can end your trip, revise the ETA, number of people on board or the destination.
Use the Coast Guard SafeTrx app to:
- Create your own personalised checklist to be included as part of your Sail Plan before departing.
- Activate a distress call or call for assistance while your trip is in progress. (iPhone only)
- Quickly start your trip using the ‘Track only’ mode to begin tracking at a touch of a button.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can considerably decrease battery life.
By downloading this application you agree to have read and accepted the following:
The information and functions provided by the AVCG and VMRQ in this application are provided on the understanding that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use. Safety at sea is a serious consideration. In emergency circumstances, you should not rely on the information and functions provided in this application, but seek information and assistance from as many sources as possible. This application may provide you with information and assistance relevant to your current locations, as determined by the mobile device that you are using. However, the devices and the telecommunications systems that support them are inherently unreliable and there is a risk that there will be no connectivity between your mobile device and global positioning systems. We cannot guarantee uninterrupted connectivity between your mobile device and global positioning systems. You assume all risk associated with using this application.
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Registering vessel and trip information could not be any easier. Follow the registration process to start using the app. Finalise the registration in the website with the same login codes. Once your registration details have been saved, you can make your choice from the menu in the app. You may either plan and file your trip (Sail plan mode) or just activate the tracking function of the app (Track only mode).
For filing a planned trip choose your vessel, determine the end destination, calculate the ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival), enter the number of persons on board and the activity type. Then, using the built-in maps, select a starting point, an optional waypoint and the end destination. Once this is completed simply press the ‘start’ button when you are ready to start your trip.
Pressing ‘start’ in Sail plan mode or just pressing the start button in Track only mode will register the journey details with the SafeTrx server and will activate position reporting in the app. At regular intervals the app will send a position report to the server and your emergency contacts will be automatically alerted after the journey exceeds the ETA in Sail Plan mode.
At any stage during the trip you can end your trip, revise the ETA, number of people on board or the destination.
Use the Coast Guard SafeTrx app to:
- Create your own personalised checklist to be included as part of your Sail Plan before departing.
- Activate a distress call or call for assistance while your trip is in progress. (iPhone only)
- Quickly start your trip using the ‘Track only’ mode to begin tracking at a touch of a button.
Continued use of GPS running in the background can considerably decrease battery life.
By downloading this application you agree to have read and accepted the following:
The information and functions provided by the AVCG and VMRQ in this application are provided on the understanding that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use. Safety at sea is a serious consideration. In emergency circumstances, you should not rely on the information and functions provided in this application, but seek information and assistance from as many sources as possible. This application may provide you with information and assistance relevant to your current locations, as determined by the mobile device that you are using. However, the devices and the telecommunications systems that support them are inherently unreliable and there is a risk that there will be no connectivity between your mobile device and global positioning systems. We cannot guarantee uninterrupted connectivity between your mobile device and global positioning systems. You assume all risk associated with using this application.
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User Rating
4.8 out of 5
507 ratings in Australia
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Easy to set up & use
Saves a lot of time and you get a very useful map of your trip at the end
Needs to run whilst phone locked
This app use to continue to run whilst the phone was screen locked now it doesn’t do it keeps stopping the recording which is annoying. All other features are awesome!
Apple Watch
Just wondering when (or if) you’re going to include Apple Watch in this App. It would sure beat lugging around my IPhone Pro Max when racing. 🤷♂️🙏
Not monitored in Queensland AT ALL
This app is not actually monitored in Queensland despite being plugged by Coastguard’s website and stating it is the “official app of search and rescue Queensland”. Do not use this app unless your flotilla explicitly states they’re watching you on it.
Installation is very painful
This review relates to the installation and set up of the app and vessel details. Very painful process. Assuming I manage to actually get set up and use it, I’ll post a second review.
SafeTrx
Great App, in the past my emergency contacts could follow my trip and at any time see exactly where I was. Looks like this is no longer the case, when I now submit a sail plan my emergency contacts see a start pt and at end of trip see end pt, no more tracking info for during the trip. Is this right or do I have an incorrect setting?
Chris
I think this app is great it notifies the cost Gaurd of your location even when my phone is in flight mode to save the battery . Highly recommend it
SafeTrx
Love this app. Feel safer knowing my position is constantly updating with the coastguard and my chosen contacts can live track me
Great App
I used the app in the past week and found that it destroyed my battery. I don’t need the app to track my location at all times. Just being able to lodge a trip without a tracking option would be great.
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App Info
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Languages
- Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek (modern), Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish
- Recent version
- 2023.1.3 (1 year ago )
- Released on
- Feb 26, 2013 (11 years ago )
- Also available in
- Australia, New Zealand, United States, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Norway, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Germany
- Last updated
- 1 hour ago