Navionics® Boating

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2.8
42.5K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Get up-to-date, detailed charts you can use offline plus a boatload of features on your mobile device, so they’re on hand wherever you go. The Boating app is a must-have for cruising, fishing, sailing, diving and all your activities on the water. Try it free for a limited time. To continue using charts and advanced features, you can purchase a yearly auto-renewable subscription*.

A COMPLETE PACKAGE
• INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED NAVIONICS® CHARTS: Use them offline along with multiple overlays, so you can be more aware of what’s above and below the water.
- NAUTICAL CHART: Use this premier marine reference to study port plans, anchorages and safety depth contours, locate navaids, marine services and more.
- SONARCHART™ HD BATHYMETRY MAPS: Extraordinary 1’ (0.5 meter) HD bottom contour detail is the ideal tool for locating new fishing areas.
- U.S. GOVERNMENT CHARTS (NOAA): These are available within the following coverages: U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Caribbean to Brazil.
- OVERLAYS: The relief shading overlay allows you to have a better understanding of bottom topography for improved fishing and diving. Sonar imagery reveals bottom hardness clearly and in vivid color on select lakes. Want more? Display satellite imagery on land and water.
- MAP OPTIONS: Change chart-overlay combinations to customize chart views, activate night mode, highlight shallow areas, target multiple fishing ranges and more.
- DAILY UPDATES: Benefit from up to 5,000 daily updates worldwide.

• TOOLS FOR PLANNING AND ENJOYING YOUR DAY
- AUTO GUIDANCE+TM TECHNOLOGY**: Easily plan your trip with a suggested dock-to-dock path based on chart data and navigation aids. Get ETA, distance to arrival, heading to waypoint, fuel consumption and more.
- WEATHER AND TIDES: Knowing conditions before heading out is crucial. Access real-time weather data, daily and hourly forecasts as well as wind, weather buoys, tides and currents.
- MARKERS, TRACKS, DISTANCE: Place a marker on a good anchorage spot or where you reeled in a big fish. Record your track, take photos and videos within the app, and look back at your day anytime. Easily check distance among two points.

• AN ACTIVE AND HELPFUL COMMUNITY
- COMMUNITY EDITS and the ACTIVECAPTAIN® COMMUNITY: Obtain and contribute useful local knowledge along with thousands of fellow boaters, such as points of interest, navigation aids and valuable recommendations from people with firsthand experience of the local environment.
- CONNECTIONS: Stay in touch with your friends and fellow boaters by sharing your live location, tracks, routes and markers to easily meet on the water or let them check out your adventures.
- GPX IMPORT/EXPORT: Share your saved data outside the app or transfer it to your chartplotter.
- SHARE MAP OBJECTS: Share a marina, repair shop or any other location outside the app.

• EXTERNAL DEVICE-FRIENDLY FOR MORE FEATURES
- PLOTTER SYNC: If you own a compatible chartplotter, sync it with the app to transfer routes and markers, activate, update or renew your Navionics chartplotter card subscription.
- SONARCHART LIVE MAPPING FEATURE***: Connect with a compatible sonar/plotter, and create your own maps in real time while navigating.
- AIS: Connect to a compatible AIS receiver with Wi-Fi® connectivity to see nearby marine traffic. Set a safe range, and receive visual and aural alerts to signal potential collisions.

NOTES:
*You can manage your subscription anytime, and you can turn auto-renewal off.
**Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations
***Free features
The app is specifically designed to load and operate on devices with an OS of 7.0 or higher. A tablet device with Wi-Fi connectivity locates your approximate position if it is connected to Wi-Fi. A tablet Wi-Fi + 3G model operates similarly to a phone device with GPS.
Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Updated on
Jun 25, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

2.7
38.4K reviews
Will Dixon
July 5, 2024
Depth is shown based on a paper chart. To adjust the depths, there is a manual offset, but no capacity to synchronize with any weekly readings on major shipping waterways. Price has skyrocketed, with the development long paid for. Since useful features are not being added, and fluff that is not wanted bloats the app, I am paying for unwanted bells and whistles I will never use. This is likely the last time I purchase this app, and will look at one of the multitude of alternative free apps.
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Jim Arndt
June 28, 2024
Great charts but the user interface on the app is confusing and difficult to use. Basic features like adding a Marker by lat/long, you do that under the search (why no option on the marker page???) Try to edit a Markers lat/long, there is no such option. Everything is NOT intuitive, and there is no manual to reference, you have to skim through a 7 minute video to find what you need. I've been using the app and charts for 10 years, still confusing,the user experience design of this app kills it.
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Garmin Italy Technologies srl
July 2, 2024
We offer multiple videos getting familiar with the Boating app https://tinyurl.com/5732dtcx As for markers coordinates can’t be changed, only deleted or renamed https://tinyurl.com/44nwnpdm We offer a range of FAQs for the app https://tinyurl.com/2bznwrbu further questions email help@navionics.com with SPK 10870 in the subject and we can assist.
Pete Petersen
May 31, 2024
They've lost the plot and will continue to lose customers. The new features seem great and if you need them then the subscription price would make sense however, most of us have no need for all that! I just want an app to keep from running aground. @dev response. That's exactly the point I'm making. You've alienated 99% of rhe people I know that would pay for basic functionality
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Garmin Italy Technologies srl
May 31, 2024
Pete: Our Boating app has evolved into a premium navigation tool offering the latest technology in updates, overlays, planning & navigation. It offers the same charting experience and value as our premium chart plotter mapping products, Navionics Platinum+™ and Garmin Navionics Vision+™, at a competitive price point.

What's new

Bug fixing and optimization.