iBobber app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: ReelSonar, Inc.
First release : 17 Jan 2014
App size: 99.07 Mb
iBobber can now display fish detection and depth info on your Apple Watch!
Love at first cast. The fishfinder that
syncs with your iPhone or iPad.
There’s a lot to love about iBobber™. It syncs via Bluetooth® Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy Technology) with your iOS device up to 100’ away from a boat, shore, kayak, or pier, so you have a fishfinder with a solid connection, that wont deplete your phones battery like wi-fi does, a fishfinder that goes up to 8hrs on a charge, thats half the size and weight— a fishfinder that’s as mobile as you are.
The Bluetooth Smart standard is different from the Bluetooth® used in other fishfinders.
Bluetooth Smart is designed for short messages from nearby devices such as temperature sensors, proximity sensors, and medical devices such as heart monitors, and now sonar signals.
The iBobber app in conjunction with the iBobber bobber (sold separately) enables you to locate fish up to 135’ under water, GPS Tag favorite hotspots, map the contour o waterbeds, and measure water temperature.
You’ll love that you can save all your fishing adventures with the Trip Log, and share them all on social media. You’ll also love the Lunar Calendar, Fish Alarm, Strike Alarm, Bobber Beacon, Weather sync, and the app’s stunning graphics.
iBobber is for anyone who loves to find fish, and wants to catch more of them.
Just cast the bobber (sold separately) and Ping! the iBobber app syncs via Bluetooth Smart and displays where the fish are.
The iBobber app is designed for one-handed use, and can help make fishing more fun
than its ever been. Even if you have a boat-mounted fishfinder, iBobber can free
you from seeing fish only under your boat. And finding more fish is always a lot
more fun than just fishing!
iBobber App Features:
Sonar Screen
Locate Fish at Depths up to 135ft
Depth Scale
Fish Tagged with Depth
Sonar Status Dashboard
Battery Status (up to 8hrs of charge)
Water Temperature
Fish Alarm (on/off)
Strike Alarm (on/off/adjustable)
Bobber Beacon (on/off)
Trip Log
Just tap any GPS Tag button on any screen and the Date, Time, and Location of your trip auto-loads in Trip Log. Name your trip, then log conditions and the type of fishing. Log lures the fish are hitting on, and species of fish youve caught. Then share it all on social media with your friends who are stuck back in the office.
Date
Time
Location (GPS coordinates)
Title
Lure
Conditions
Type of Fishing
Fish Caught (type & number)
Notes
Share: Facebook, Twitter, Mail, Text
Waterbed Mapping
Map the contour of the bottom up to 100ft. Just cast, tap Begin, get ready
to a count of 5, then reel the
iBobber over the area to map,
tap Stop, and have a look at the waterbed map, and see the contours of the bottom (up to
135 deep).
Lunar Calendar
Moonrise / moonset
Sunrise / sunset
The monthly lunar calendar will give you the moon phases by day and date. And you can also get the moon rise and set, and the sunrise and set— just tap todays date to see it.
Weather
iBobber weather is GPS based and provides current temperature, estimated high and low temperature for the day, the percentage chance of rain, wind speed and what direction its blowing in from, as well as the barometric pressure.
Settings
Bluetooth Smart Sync
Imperial / Metric
Sonar Demo. And Waterbed Mapping speed adjustment.
Bobber Specs
Sonar Depth: Up to 135ft / 41m
Bluetooth® Smart Range: Up to 100 ft / 30m
Sonar: Single Beam, 90º, 118 kHz
Power: Auto-On in water
Units: Imperial / Metric
Battery: 3.7V Rechargeable
Battery Charge: Up to 8 hours
Size: 59mm Diameter
Weight: 47gm / 1.7oz
Latest reviews of iBobber app for iPhone and iPad
Used it long side a friends unit, when the bobber said there was fish, we caught fish. Even when the typical unit wasnt registering any. Very accurate for depth, never used the mapping but It seems to know the bottom. Phone battery drained quickly, but used bobber for 4 hours and was still over 3 quarters.
It is crap used it once , now it will not charged , or work , emailed reel sonar got no help
Easy to use app with all the bells and whistles to help you spot good fishing grounds, so you dont waist time. Cool graphics...love the ad-ons!
Having tested a pre release prototype this new version is really slick. Great improvement. Looking forward to the product launch.
I used the I bobber for the first time the other day. We were out in the boat because I wanted to compare the soundings on my Lowrance HDS system to the iBobber. To my amazement the iBobber gave dept readings within a foot of my Lowrance. I never got deeper than 45 feet but I got the impression it was capable of going deeper. It was late in the day and the wind was picking up so we werent able to play around with it very long, but the time that we did it was a lot of fun! My daughter kept grabbing my iPhone to play around with it! One other feature i wAs able to compare was the water temp readings, it took a minute or two to get a stable number but once it did it matched the Lowrance. Im looking forward to getting some more time to use it and i will post my findings.