VesselView Mobile Reviews

by Choey62

Like having engine data access but set up and design is rudimentary. Cannot rotate screen to landscape which is the way my tablet is mounted, cannot read inputs (e.g. oil temp, volts, etc) as font too small and gray, cannot design gauges, clusters, etc. Really a very basic program that needs a serious facelift. Suggest programmers look at OBD Fusion to get some ideas as to what is possible.

by PL8888

I have had VesselView on my 150 Fourstroke for about 2 years and in general appreciate the data. My biggest dislike of VesselView is the lack of info on how things are calculated such as fuel level. Does VesselView adjust the fuel level if you ran without VesselView on? Or only when you remember to connect? Also, can’t seem to get a performance report on my engine - says no data for the selected series. Would love to see these items addressed

by Trotman

The latest update has broken the speedometer. It fluctuates randomly 2-4 mph and sometimes registers zero mph even at full throttle.

Another nice feature would be a choice of black on white background for better legibility during daylight hours.

by Ronnie Herrera

I love this product but it won’t stay connected, i purchased this when I had an iPhone 7 and thought it might just be the phones Bluetooth, but I upgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max and have the same issues. I feel like I am losing valuable data due to the constant disconnected problem.

by Edge175

As others have said it’s a must have for VesselView to switch between portrait and landscape mode. Adding digital trim support would also be welcomed. Also why must you manually connect, all other Bluetooth devices connect as soon as they are detected/in range? If these could be implemented this would easily be a 5 star app.

by Dr.How

Would like to see a complete set of features available in Vessel View for VesselView . Cruise control would actually work on this. Especially tow features. Accelerate curves, top speed limits (especially in tenths mph for surfing), Cruise. Hey, why not full auto pilot? And troll control. With larger iPhone, or a iPad these would work great and made to be safe.

In the future, Remote Boat control! Launch control Drive it right off the trailer, park. And vice verse. For a single person launching (or recovering) boat this would be valuable (especially with other people who can tie or hold a boat, but not drive either boat or tow vehicle. In the meantime, please add all the other Smart Craft and Vessel View features.

by Mercury-mike

I bought the VVM for my new boat mainly for maintenance and early notifications of engine faults. If there is one thing I would like to have it do is store more data for use in offline mode. I would like to know the actual engine hours without having to connect for live data. Seems like this would be a simple addition. Unless I missed it somewhere.

by Lostone65

Works ok. As others have said, landscape is a must. It’s hard to believe that over 2 years into this and you haven’t got that figured out.

Also the remaining fuel on board needs to be broken down it tenths. When I (and I’m sure others) add fuel, it’s not always exactly whole gallons. If I go to add fuel to the remaining total, I can only add whole gallons. This seems to be an easy fix and I can’t believe someone hasn’t brought this up yet.

by COtroiler

While this a good app there are some things to make it great needed. It really needs troll control, that is must have when you are trolling in a windy place like Colorado mountain lakes. The other is auto roll so the display can be rotated for easy viewing when on the boat dash. Other than these two things, I can live with this. It’s nice to know when to change oil, and the other info. Then I would give it a true 5 stars.
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by Sparky8784

I just installed VesselView and while I don’t have enough experience with it to provide much feedback I would like to request one feature. I would like the ability to log maintenance items that are not included in the small list of options. Possibly user defined maintenance categories - like replace bellows, gimbal bearings, fuel lines, spark plug wires, etc.

by Tiredtridude

I got VesselView with my new boat a few weeks ago and it’s been fantastic so far. I was a little leery that it was going to drain my phone battery to leave it running all day while I was out on the water, but VesselView developers have done an excellent job in managing features vs battery load. It’s great to be able to send the info to my dealer, who helps me monitor service and maintenance needs. It’s a great app!

by CGrosby

Mercury Vessel View is a fabulous upgrade to my 2001 Sea Ray with twin 8.1L Horizon engines. It was easy to install and really helps me monitor the various condition of the engines. RPM, oil pressure and temp, water temp and psi, fuel consumption, etc...
Makes my analogue gauges obsolete. I am very happy with the product. Works very well.

by Johnsterman

I would still like to see any data parameter selectable for the main screen. Some of the parameters such as mpg are a couple of layers deep.

Now to some compliments. Version 1.9 was a big update. To heck with using this on my iPhone, this is now really cool on an iPad. I use an iPad mini.

You can use the built in iOS map app on one side and Vessel View on the other using split screen. Both apps have to support split screen for this to work. Other apps such as Navionics Boating do not support split screen, but you can use iOS slide over to put show Vessel View on about a third of the screen over such an app as Boating. You can do a search to find out the difference between slide over and split screen and how to use them.

If you try this on an iPad, consider the following: The cellular iPads have GPS already built in and are ideal. However, you can get a Bluetooth GPS such as the Garmin GLO or Bad Elf to give a non-cellular iPad GPS capability.

by 150xl

VesselView is great. I wish it stored some data so that I don't have to be connected to know some of the stats. It would be especially useful to have fuel level available on my local device. Thanks!

by Daboot162

I bought an older ipad to run VVM on my boat. VesselView would crash upon start up so I contacted their customer support. They took the time to request my diagnostic loga and fix the issue with VesselView for me. I can’t say enough great things about how much it meant to me as a customer, for them to do that! Highly recommend VesselView... Thanks again guys!!

by Teats156

Hey guys since the last update my fuel remaining and burn is waaay off on the “pages” I created. However it’s still accurate under the fuel settings. Can we get that fixed please!? Otherwise I love the AP

Update 8/28

The development team made quick work of the fix. All is well again back to 5+ stars!!!

by JohnnyGnStafford

I’ve had this on the boat since it first came out and I am very pleased with the information it provides. Love the fact that I can move it to another engine if needed. Also the colors from dark to light are great for seeing at high speed runs (70+mph). The main things that I focus on are h2o pressure, h2o temp and hours on the engine. Bottom line well worth the money.

Would like to see a tuner mode add on. Be nice to touch a couple buttons and go from gas safer mode to go fast mode. Thanks.

by Tatman5000

At first my phone would not stay connected to the vessel view device. Sent an email to Mercury support, they quickly replied with what they thought seemed to be a device placement issue. I sent pictures and sure enough, the dealer had not placed it in the recommended spot. Rerouted the wires, and placed it where Mercury recommended, it has not disconnected since!!! You get a lot of cool features and several gauges in one app! Loving it so far. Thank you Mercury!

by Junk_stuff

Generally has been a good product. But the latest update won’t connect to my iPhone XR. My other blue tooth devices work fine.

It will connect to my daughters iPhone 8.

Added 14 July: followed the developers advice, and received this back

“Sometimes during application updates iPhones can corrupt the information stored in them for the device they are trying to connect to. I have found luck in downloading a free app called LightBlue. It is in VesselView store. Once you download VesselView, turn the key on so the module powers up. Go into LightBlue and locate the module in there, and connect to it. Once LightBlue has established a connection close out of VesselView. Now try it with VVM. I have found that by interrogating the device with an outside Bluetooth scanner app like LightBlue it fixes the information between the two.”

I followed these directions and it worked like a champ. Completely solved my problem. Thanks!

by Peat-Me-Off

After three years and two different boats with mine, i still love it. Would love to see more updates for water pressure and few other things, as well easier for setting the records etc. but all in all it’s an awesome app to keep running in while boating.

Would like to see water pressure, as well possibly a way to read the individual hours, rather than only total hours, but hours at each rpm range would be a great addition, for being able to keep closer attention to service intervals etc.

by Fredb73

This product looks cool easy to install lots of info BUT customer service doest seem like they listen to their customers.. people have been requesting landscape mode... all I see from the developer is it will be in future releases .. I was reading reviews from 2 years ago so where is it? Something so simple.... I think I’ll hold off on this

by Ant1708

I’ve been using this app mobile for over a year and have been patiently waiting for the landscape feature to be added. Developers please come through, a lot of customers are waiting on this.

by Mmsubs

We bought a brand new mercury 4 stroke last spring and bought the vessel view from dealer. Used boat all season using app with no problems. Very easy to use and realized analog tach was 200 rpms off.