BOATINGDockbookMore than a logbook.
The logbook for powerboats and sailboats
Trips that record themselves, an anchor alarm you can rely on, weather forecasts tailored to your boat, and every service, fill-up and safety document kept in one place. On iPhone and iPad.
What it does
Dockbook works while you’re out on the water. It notices when you leave the dock, keeps watch while you’re at anchor, and turns every outing into a page of your boat’s history.
Automatic trips
Dockbook detects when you leave your marina or anchorage and records the trip in the background, then names it after your saved places or the nearest marina, bay or town.
Anchor watch
Mark the anchor where it went down, or ahead of the bow with the compass, then choose the swing circle. The alarm sounds if the boat starts dragging, even with the screen locked.
Weather & wind
Set the wind, gust and wave limits (when available) that suit your boat and crew. Every hour of the next ten days is colour-coded green, yellow, orange or red against those limits.
Fuel, maintenance and true cost
Log fill-ups and services in seconds, scan the receipt, and let Dockbook remind you when the next oil change or impeller replacement is due, by engine hours or by date.
Safety gear and papers
Dockbook identifies the equipment required for your boat’s size and waters, based on Transport Canada and U.S. Coast Guard rules, and tells you what’s missing or about to expire.
A look inside
And much more
Marine charts, waypoints, multi-day trips with overnight stops and fuel range rings.
Anchorages, marinas and fuel docks with depth, bottom type, photos and notes.
Your boats, trips and settings on all your devices with the same Apple Account.
Your whole season as a PDF: trips, photos, costs and the logbook.
Trip recording and anchor watch live on the lock screen and Dynamic Island.
GPX tracks and routes, spreadsheets (CSV) and full password-protected backups.
Keep your logbook, papers and costs private on a shared iPad.
“Start a trip” or “Watch the anchor” without opening the app.
English, French, Italian and Spanish, with your choice of units.
Why Dockbook
Most boaters keep a paper logbook for trips, a notes app for services and maintenance, a weather app and an anchor alarm. Dockbook brings them together and connects them: your trips fill the engine hours, the hours trigger the services, the services fill the shopping list.
| Dockbook | Paper logbook | Separate apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic trip recording | ✓ | — | Some |
| Weather rated against your limits | ✓ | — | Rarely |
| Anchor alarm with GPS smoothing | ✓ | — | One more app |
| Maintenance reminders by engine hours | ✓ | By hand | Rarely |
| Safety gear checked against the rules | ✓ | By hand | — |
| True cost per hour and per season | ✓ | — | A spreadsheet |
| Everything in one place, on iPhone and iPad | ✓ | — | — |
Privacy
Your logbook stays on your devices and in your own iCloud account. No ads, no tracking, no account to create. Back everything up to a single file whenever you like.
Questions
Yes. Trips, the anchor watch and your logbook work offline. Weather and charts load when you have a connection, and trips get their weather once you’re back in range.
Powerboats, sailboats and personal watercraft, with one or several engines: outboard, sterndrive, inboard or saildrive. You can keep several boats.
Yes, for everything at the dock. A Wi‑Fi‑only iPad has no GPS, so let your iPhone record the trips and watch the anchor: they appear on the iPad through iCloud.
Import trips from GPX files and your records from a spreadsheet (CSV). Dockbook matches them to your boat.
No. Dockbook’s charts and weather are for planning. Always carry official charts and all the safety equipment required for your boat and waters.