# Link: Connect Your Boat

> Lowrance, Simrad and B&G

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id565848636](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id565848636)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id565848636`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Navico Norway AS
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 2.20 / 5 (148 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3.6
- **Last updated:** 2021-01-22
- **First published:** 2012-10-09
- **Size:** 60 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/link-connect-your-boat/id565848636)
- **Website:** [https://www.brunswick.com](https://www.brunswick.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.brunswick.com/dsar](https://www.brunswick.com/dsar)

## Description

The Link app lets you remote-control wirelessly connected Simrad, Lowrance, or B&G displays from your iPhone or iPad. Select any onboard display, mirror its screen in real time, and access most display functions from your mobile device.

Navigate charts, sonar, and radar, control your onboard entertainment, and view data from engines and instruments. It also backs up and restores waypoints, routes, tracks, and display settings to your phone for safe keeping and syncing. Compatible with a wide range of NSS evo3/evo2, NSO evo2, NSS7/8/12, GO series, HDS Carbon/Gen3/Gen2/Elite Ti, and Zeus/Vulcan displays; a WIFI-1 module may be required for displays without built-in wireless; a free software update may be needed.

## Rankings

- #154,212 — Overall

## Review summary

The Link app shows potential by enabling MFD pairing and remote screen mirroring, and it supports trip planning and cross-brand usage. But reviewers consistently report major reliability problems: loss of full-screen viewing, unstable connections, login errors, device compatibility gaps, crashes, and data-transfer issues. Overall, it’s a promising concept hampered by persistent usability and compatibility defects across updates.

### Pros

- Occasional successful pairing with boat MFDs (e.g., Simrad GO9) when connection holds.
- Screen mirroring/remote viewing of the MFD on iPad/iPhone is a core feature reviewers value when it works.
- Trip planning and waypoint management are part of the app's functionality (preplanning trips, adding waypoints).
- Cross-brand intent with Zeus/HDS Live/Vulcan support is mentioned as a broader compatibility goal.

### Cons

- Full-screen mode is broken or removed, with the app running in a small window and limited panning/zooming.
- Frequent connection drops, instability, and lag make the app unreliable in real use.
- Login/authentication problems persist (incorrect password messages despite correct credentials).
- Compatibility gaps with Zeus2/Zeus3 and other brands lead to outages or forced upgrades.
- Crashes, freezes, and data-transfer/save issues undermine reliability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id565848636)