Put it on your phone.

How to · 5 November 2026

You will open YachtGrade ten times a day, so put it where your thumb already goes. The app runs in your phone's browser at app.yachtgrade.com, and it can sit on your home screen with its own icon, full screen, like any other app. The quickest way is the app: from the App Store on an iPhone, or from Google Play on Android.

Download it on an iPhone

1. Open the App Store and search for YachtGrade.
2. Tap Get and install it.
3. Open it and sign in with the same email and password you use on the web. Your boats, checks and photos are already there.

The first time you take a photo or answer by voice, the phone asks for the camera or the microphone. Allow it, or those buttons cannot work.

Or add it to an iPhone home screen

Use Safari for this.

1. Open app.yachtgrade.com in Safari and sign in.
2. Tap the Share button, the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom of the screen.
3. Scroll the list and tap Add to Home Screen.
4. The name is already YachtGrade. Tap Add.

The icon appears on your home screen. Open the app from that icon from now on.

Or add it to an Android home screen

1. Open app.yachtgrade.com in Chrome and sign in.
2. Tap the three dots at the top right to open Chrome's menu.
3. Tap Add to Home screen. On some versions it reads Install app. Either one does the job.
4. Confirm the name and tap Add or Install.

The wording of those menu items belongs to your phone and browser, and it shifts between versions. Look for the one that mentions the home screen or installing.

Why a home screen icon beats a browser tab

• One tap to open. No address to remember, no tab buried under twenty others.
• It fills the screen. The app is set to open full screen, with no browser address bar taking up room on a phone you are holding in one hand.
• It has its own icon. You can put it on your first home screen page next to the camera and the phone.

What happens with no signal

A marina dock is not a data center. YachtGrade saves your answers and photos on the phone first, then sends them when there is signal. While you are out of range, the app tells you so: No signal. Everything is saved on this phone. When photos or answers are waiting, it says how many are held safely on the phone, and they go up on their own when signal comes back. Nothing needs you to tap anything.

If you open a screen the phone cannot reach and it has no saved copy of it, you get a No signal screen with the boats saved on the phone. Walking to the end of the dock or stepping off the boat is usually enough to get signal back. The full story, including how photos keep the time they were taken, is in offline boat photos with no signal.

Before you delete the app

If you ever delete the app or remove the home screen icon, for a new phone or a reinstall, check first that nothing is waiting to send. Work held on the phone that has not gone up yet is lost when the app is deleted. Open the app with signal and wait until it says everything has sent.

New to the app? Start with getting started with YachtGrade.

Common questions

How do I put YachtGrade on my iPhone home screen?
Open it in Safari, tap the Share button, tap Add to Home Screen, then tap Add. Open it from the new icon from then on.

How do I install YachtGrade on Android?
Get it from Google Play and sign in with your usual login. Or open it in Chrome, tap the three dots, then tap Add to Home screen (some versions say Install app) and confirm.

Is YachtGrade in the App Store or Google Play?
The iPhone app is in the App Store: search for YachtGrade and sign in with your usual login. The Android app is on Google Play: search for YachtGrade. It is the same app, with the same login.

Does it work with no signal?
Your answers and photos are saved on the phone first and send when signal returns. The app tells you what is held on the phone. See the offline article for what to do before you leave the boat.

I added it to my home screen and it asks me to sign in again. Is that normal?
It can be. The home screen icon can open as a separate window from the browser, so sign in once from the icon. Use a password rather than waiting on an email link, which is covered in trouble signing in.

More how-to guides

• Getting started with YachtGrade
• Trouble signing in
• Join your company from an invite
• Settings and language
• Add a boat and build its equipment profile
• Set up a boat by walking it
• Equipment, engine hours and parts
• Documents and renewals
• Photos and the cover photo
• Set up a boat inspection checklist
• Run a boat inspection on your phone
• Photos and answers with no signal
• How the boat health score works
• Show boat owners what changed
• QR codes and maintenance by engine hours
• Findings and the to-do list
• Finish a check and send the report
• Answer checks by voice
• Photos not uploading
• Make a fire and safety plan
• Maintenance schedules
• Add techs and set permissions
• Teams and assigning work
• Schedule visits on the calendar
• Send owners a list to approve
• Give boat owners access
• Vendors and estimates
• Customize checklist templates
• Your logo and email on reports
• Fleet trends and reviews
• Export your data and billing
• Remove or archive a boat
• Common questions and fixes

YachtGrade was designed by a USCG 100-ton captain who spent five years managing, detailing, running and selling boats in South Florida, after four years building IT systems for businesses. Who built it →