Ship Finder Downloads & RevenueShip Finder · App Store
Ship Finder is #5 in Navigation Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 27 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Ship Finder charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · SA
- 📈Ship Finder charting in a new countryMalaysia
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · SA
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · BR
- 📈Ship Finder charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · KR
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · KR
- 📈Ship Finder charting in a new countryTaiwan
- 📈Ship Finder charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · AU
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · RU
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · RU
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · CA
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · IT
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · GB
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · JP
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · AE
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · FR
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 10Top Paid · Navigation · ID
- 📈Ship Finder new best rank in the overall chart: #39Top Paid · All Apps · NL
- 📈Ship Finder entered the top 100Top Grossing · Navigation · ID
- 📈Ship Finder new best rank in the overall chart: #72Top Paid · All Apps · SE
- 🆕Ship Finder first spotted by AppInsider#16 in Top Paid · Navigation · Italy
- 🆕Ship Finder released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Navigation PaidShip Finder at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Ship Finder is a paid navigation app that displays live AIS data for over 20,000 ships on a global map, designed for maritime enthusiasts, professionals, and casual users tracking vessel movements. The app maintains strong visibility in the paid Navigation category across diverse markets, ranking #5 in Great Britain and holding top-30 positions in regions including South Africa, Germany, Indonesia, India, and China.
Similar apps: MarineTraffic, VesselFinder, CruiseMapper
Ship Finder on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Ship Finder’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Ship Finder downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ship Finder's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Business model: Ad-led
How Ship Finder makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | NavigationPaid | #5 |
 United States | NavigationPaid | #30 |
 Germany | NavigationPaid | #13 |
 Australia | NavigationPaid | #9 |
 Japan | NavigationPaid | #32 |
 India | NavigationPaid | #11 |
 China | NavigationPaid | #40 |
 Indonesia | NavigationPaid | #7 |
 South Korea | NavigationPaid | #22 |
| United Kingdom | NavigationGrossing | #90 |
 France | NavigationPaid | #30 |
 Brazil | NavigationPaid | #27 |
 Canada | NavigationPaid | #28 |
 Russia | NavigationPaid | #22 |
| Italy | NavigationPaid | #28 |
 United Arab Emirates | NavigationPaid | #14 |
| Australia | All AppsPaid | #111 |
 Saudi Arabia | NavigationPaid | #24 |
| Indonesia | NavigationGrossing | #60 |
Apps near Ship Finder on the chart
Navigation Paid, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (3)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2.8 | 44% | ▼ -38% |
 Netherlands | 1.8 | 28% | – |
| United States | 1.8 | 28% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ship Finder
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report that the app fails to display visible vessels and lacks coverage in major shipping areas like canals and busy ports. Many reviewers express frustration over paying for a service that provides significantly less data than free alternatives or their own visual observations.
Mostly negative (12% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Waste of my money for sure”
- Crashes & bugs: “The developer acknowledges this is a bug”
- Useful: “Not as useful as I would’ve hoped”
- Privacy & data: “It seems their tracking ability ends at Miami”
About Ship Finder
Ship Finder has been top rated and top ranking since 2009 and covers most of the world, tracking 20,000+ ships simultaneously.
Our incredible app performance means that you can see all tracked vessels at once - no clustering here!
Simply tap a ship to see its name, type, photos, speed, dimensions and much more.
Powerful features such as filters, search and the ability to save favourite ships are included. (You can choose Apple or Google maps too!).
Add and browse bookmarks to saved locations around the globe to quickly navigate to areas or ports of interest.
You can even use Augmented Reality (AR) view to identify ships out at sea using your device camera.
Ship Finder works by picking up AIS ship feeds used by all passenger vessels, vessels over 300 tons and increasingly by smaller pleasure craft and yachts. This technology is actually faster than radar and is used by vessels for safety and navigation.
Ship Finder provides near real time “virtual radar” AIS maps. It’s easy to use and is an amazing app for anyone interested in shipping, cruising and sailing in ports and locations across the world. It’s also great if you simply want to know what boats are out there or want to see where your friends and family are. Ship Finder is also used extensively by maritime professionals and mariners.
Our global AIS coverage is impressive and expanding all of the time as we add new AIS feeds and receivers. Please check www.shipfinder.co regularly to see the latest coverage.
Pinkfroot are committed to customer service and continually improve our Ship Finder apps based on feedback. Why not join our online community at www.pinkfroot.com or if you have any questions please email us via [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help.
Disclaimer: Ship Finder should not be used for navigational purposes.
Under no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use of the data or its interpretation.
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