Life at Sea

Helm follows a ship
the way a good logbook does.

Quietly, precisely, and only when there's something worth recording. Live position on an engraved chart, a voyage log kept properly, the honours earned along the way, and a keepsake card at the end of every crossing.


25Heritage ships aboard
4Ways to sail — ocean, river, expedition, crew
6Languages spoken
1Log worth keeping

For passengers

The bridge, in your pocket

Every crossing deserves a proper record — where the ship is now, where it's been, and what it earned you along the way.

The living map

Real position, heading, and speed for any vessel on the water, drawn on Helm's own engraved chart — not a schedule guess. Watch your own ship sail, or follow one from afar.

Live position, no navigation reliance

The voyage logbook

Every crossing, recorded properly — ocean, river, or ice. Ports, dates, ship, the ceremonies that mark a milestone at sea. Kept like it matters, because it does.

Keepsake voyage cards

A beautifully engraved card for every sailing — route, dates, ship — ready to share the moment you dock. Try building one below, right now.

The Glass

A live position on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while a voyage is under way, widgets for the Home Screen, StandBy on the nightstand, and a companion Apple Watch app with its own complications.

25 heritage ships & the Navigator

Heritage stories from 25 storied liners, This Day at Sea for every date on the calendar, aurora watch for polar crossings, and the Navigator — an onboard guide that answers questions about your own voyage, grounded in your log, not a script.

Roll Call & the family circle

Wardroom boards for the passengers sharing your sailing, a family circle with junior profiles and a Cadet stamp book for the crew you're travelling with, and companion links that need no account to join.


For crew

Helm, on duty

A plainer register for anyone using Helm at work, not on holiday. Crew mode is a different door into the same ship.

Duty deck & career log

Vouched crew access, an offline-first Duty deck for time on and off, a running career log, and a Service Record — with a disclaimered sea-service PDF for the paperwork that follows you between ships.

Service Marks

Honours earned across a career at sea, awarded once and kept for good — 10,000 sea days logged, a Service Mark awarded.

Ship's Company

A mess-deck for the crew aboard your current ship — sign-off ceremonies that mark the arms off leaving, and dignified, silent exits when it's time to go.


Try it, right here

Chart a keepsake card

This is the same engraved-chart language every Helm voyage card uses — pick a route, name a ship, and Helm charts a card in your browser. No account, no upload, nothing leaves your device.

Rendered entirely in this browser tab — a stylised chart, not a map tile, so no attribution is owed. The app version charts your real route, live.


"31 nights, 4 seas, one ship — the first log I've kept that felt like it counted."
— Early access tester

The Watch

A membership, not a subscription

Logging voyages is free, up to 21 nights a crossing. The Watch carries you the rest of the way — every deck, every ship, every night at sea.

Helm

The essentials, for occasional sailors.

Free

No card required

  • Voyage logbook — up to 21 nights per voyage
  • The living map, delayed position
  • Lifetime stats overview
  • Export or delete your log, any time
Start free

The Watch

For anyone who takes their crossings seriously.

$49.99/ year

14 days free, one cruise long. Cancel anytime in the App Store — see managing your membership.

  • Live position on the map, The Glass, and Watch complications
  • Unlimited nights, every voyage in your logbook
  • Shareable keepsake voyage cards & Wrapped
  • Roll Call, family circle, and Cadet stamp book
  • The Navigator, without the taste limit

Family Sharing included — one Watch, one household.

Commission the Watch

Set sail

Which ship?

Helm is coming to the App Store. Chart your own crossing the moment you leave port.

Coming to theApp Store