Navionics® Boating

Contains adsIn-app purchases
3.2
44.1K reviews
5M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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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
27 Nov 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

3.3
39.9K reviews
A.M. Heijboer
3 May 2024
This app used to work great and I was happy with it. Unfortunately as of version 20 (released around oktober 2023) they unilaterally changed their T&S and now you can no longer view your expired maps, even though they promised you could when subscribing. I find this very unfair. Please revert this change. I am now using the older version of the app, the benefit of using Android is that you can still find and install it. The old version works great. I will look for a replacement app soon.
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Garmin
6 May 2024
Sorry to hear you feel this way. Expired subscriptions are no longer supported by the current app version. However, previously downloaded charts will remain accessible as long as they are stored on the device’s internal memory. See the link for actions that will cause the loss of previously downloaded map areas. https://tinyurl.com/mj6vn3cs
Abel Braaksma
21 June 2023
Mixed feelings. It's one of the best out there, but downloading maps is very slow (even on 500Mb conn), and to download all, you must select very small areas one by one. I spent a full afternoon just getting the Mediterranean. But the real problem is that details disappear too quickly when zooming out, it's so badly drawn that a kid can do a better job. These are vector maps. Allow us to play with the defaults, so that on high end phones and iPads we can use that computing power to see details.
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Garmin
22 June 2023
Abel-We have this suggestion (one-shot download) in place, however, we cannot guarantee if/when this may be implemented. You can download your maps in small portions at a time: https://tinyurl.com/3c4kcbuh For help, write us from your App Menu > Submit Feedback or to [email protected], ref. SPK8909 with a screenshot of your situation.
Michel van Deudekom
25 January 2022
It's a great sailors app, I use it for free sailing and as captain worldwide for my profession, next to the professional map systems on board, just because it's handy to use. Anchor alarm is the only thing I can't find And a nightmode would be very appreciated! It's the brightest light on the bridge, so I have to put it out of my view
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What's new

Bug fixing and optimization.