Navionics® Boating

Detailed nautical charts and a boatload of useful features.

Navionics® Boating

App stats

Version: 22.1 (Last updated: 2024-11-27)
Creation date: 2014-01-02
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device
Contacts: find accounts on the device
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception
  • full network access
  • reorder running apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • Google Play license check

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App summary

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.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great charts and accurate mapping
  • Long-standing user support and familiarity
  • Useful backup and planning tool for boating
Cons
  • Significant price increases for subscriptions
  • Removal of previously available features (e.g., satellite overlays)
  • App may not function correctly across different devices
  • Confusing user interface and lack of intuitive features
  • Mandatory subscriptions for basic functionalities
Most mentioned
  • High subscription costs
  • Removal of previously included features
  • Issues with app performance and reliability
  • Frustration over subscription model changes
  • Rushed implementation of poorly received updates
User reviews
From bad to worse, MyChart plotter is navionics software not Garmin. I tried to renew my app subscription but, the app will not allow my payment to go through. I don't know if the new app will communicate with my chartplotter. Before my app subscription expired I was able to plan routes from my phone to my onboard raymarine chartplotter. If you can't even collect the subscription fee, what good are you!? Update, After several trys my payment for the renewal went through. Last renewal was 04/2024
by Brett Mozingo, 2024-11-12

Pay attention to the routes! It will route you outside of a marked channel, or refuse to create a route in a marked channel. You need to have basic boating experience and common sense when using this app. Also they have doubled the subscription price in the last couple years, while recently removing the ability to create routes on the web chart viewer even for subscribers. So now you pay more, for less features. I teach boating and am looking for a new app, and no longer reccomend this one.
by Erlin L, 2024-10-30

Since becoming Garmin some changes have been made making the app worthless for those of us cruising in uncharted waters. "Bing Satellite overlay and Terrain overlay by Open Street Maps has been removed from the current version of Boating." In Mexico the Bing overlay was a must and it's even more useful here and Fiji. For use cruising far away, removing satellite imagery has taken away our ability to use this app. It would have been more useful to add different satellite opinions.
by OGGventures chris, 2024-10-29
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