Reviews of Expedition White Shark

By: Marine Conservation Science Institute MCSI

List of user reviews and ratings for Expedition White Shark

Total ratings

2.70 (Rating count: 30)

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Review summary

User reviews praise the app's tracking visuals and detailed shark profiles, but repeatedly fault its outdated data and limited geographic coverage. Many users report reliability issues (crashes, connectivity errors) and feature instability, along with concerns about price. Overall, the concept is appealing and educational, yet the app fails to deliver current, comprehensive data for a broad region, impacting its usefulness.

Pros

Animated tracking visualization showing each tagged shark's movements with time-stamped points
Detailed shark profiles and information, including a video feature
Engaging for learning about shark migrations and movements
Local-interest accessibility with daily pings and visibility of nearby sharks
Overall concept is appealing and provides educational value despite limitations

Cons

Data is outdated or not updated regularly, with many reviews noting stale or old information
Very limited geographic coverage (mostly West Coast; minimal or no Atlantic data) and few sharks tracked
Not real-time or unreliable data, with reports of animals appearing on land or moving inconsistently
Reliability issues such as crashes, connectivity errors, and features breaking after updates
Perceived poor value for money, with many users feeling the app is overpriced or not worth the cost

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User Reviews

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All time rating average: 2.70

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77% (23)

Date	Author	Comment
2022-12-13	Th*****	This app costs money and it’s not worth it. After buying abd downloading it, I found that the satellite pings show the sharks to be on land. The only “land sharks” I know of were on SNL! It’s clearly not accurate. I recommend OCEARCH app. It’s free and it’s quite accurate. Not only is their app good, but I’m sold on their work. I plan to donate to them soon!
This app costs money and it’s not worth it. After buying abd downloading it, I found that the satellite pings show the sharks to be on land. The only “land sharks” I know of were on SNL! It’s clearly not accurate. I recommend OCEARCH app. It’s free and it’s quite accurate. Not only is their app good, but I’m sold on their work. I plan to donate to them soon!
2022-01-02	cj*****	1) I surf in waters where big sharks hunt 1.) my friend’s kids were in the water at El Capitan when they got out because they saw a fin. The dad told them to get back out there because he was sore it was a dolphin. He had the app and looked just for fun and sure enough Poe Girl the 17 ft shark had pinged in the bay. Everyone got out of the water. A couple weeks later a bit north a guy was killed by a shark. And the same one was in that area 2) cool little animations of where each tagged shark has traveled and each point it registers has its time of year 3) seeing the animation was pretty cool as the shark I was most concerned about makes an incredible journey… but for now has parked it’s 17 ft self near one of my favorite spots 3) would be nice to have all the sharks but that’s not gonna happen. This is Pacific Ocean specific
1) I surf in waters where big sharks hunt 1.) my friend’s kids were in the water at El Capitan when they got out because they saw a fin. The dad told them to get back out there because he was sore it was a dolphin. He had the app and looked just for fun and sure enough Poe Girl the 17 ft shark had pinged in the bay. Everyone got out of the water. A couple weeks later a bit north a guy was killed by a shark. And the same one was in that area 2) cool little animations of where each tagged shark has traveled and each point it registers has its time of year 3) seeing the animation was pretty cool as the shark I was most concerned about makes an incredible journey… but for now has parked it’s 17 ft self near one of my favorite spots 3) would be nice to have all the sharks but that’s not gonna happen. This is Pacific Ocean specific
2021-02-07	Op*****	Could you also include the record number of sharks tagged in 2020 off the California coast specifically Santa Barbara and San Diego? That would make the price of the app worthwhile and make the app extremely useful.
Could you also include the record number of sharks tagged in 2020 off the California coast specifically Santa Barbara and San Diego? That would make the price of the app worthwhile and make the app extremely useful.