# Search and Rescue - SAR Tools

> Search pattern calculators and timers for the marine SAR Community by RCMSAR.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rcmsar.SARTools](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rcmsar.SARTools)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.rcmsar.SARTools`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** RCMSAR
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 11,143
- **Rating:** 3.83 / 5 (65 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-16
- **First published:** 2014-01-22
- **Data as of:** 2025-02-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rcmsar.SARTools)
- **Website:** [http://www.rcmsar.com](http://www.rcmsar.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.rcmsar14.ca/privacy-policy](https://www.rcmsar14.ca/privacy-policy)

## Description

"Search and Rescue - SAR Tools" is an Android app designed for the marine search and rescue community, providing handy calculators like speed, distance, time, sector, and expanding square search timers. It features a direct Twitter feed, night mode, and search logging, ensuring efficiency in SAR operations. With user-friendly functionalities, the app supports rescuers in calculating parameters necessary for successful missions while maintaining an accessible interface optimized for mobile devices.

## Review summary

### Pros

- Effective and simple to use during search operations
- Reduces the chance of human error
- Very useful for setting up search patterns quickly
- Great layout and format
- Handy for course and speed calculations

### Cons

- Map it feature defaults West longitude to East
- No option to use metres instead of cables
- Inability to change Lat/Long numbers efficiently within the app
- Inaccuracies from rounding distance to one decimal
- Missing features like expanding square search and GAR risk assessment model

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.rcmsar.SARTools)