Click on any tidal diamond and you get a tidal height curve that you can scroll across, choosing times up to several days ahead to see the rise of tide – no need for secondary port corrections or 12ths rule calculations. There are some other clever features, such as being able to overlay satellite images, giving a view of what’s around on land, and excellent live weather, tide and current data. Downloading new charts is a simple matter of zooming in on a new area, and with the in-app purchase of the optional navigation module you can make routes very simply, and see distance, bearing and XTE.
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Boat Beacon was designed and developed by Pocket Mariner’s sea-faring CEO after a near miss at sea the app provides an affordable and reliable AIS-based collision detection system for iPhone and iPad or Android smartphones and tablets.
Zooming in and scrolling over charted areas is extremely fast and easy. Live Marine AIS Navigation on your iPhone, Apple Watch and Android Smartphone. There are other reasons why Navionics stand out as a best buy. The charts used are the same as the much more expensive Navionics Gold for fixed GPS chartplotters with the addition of a few features from the Platinum charts, so they look identical to the charts used on big-seller standalone chartplotters such as Raymarine. It’s worth mentioning that chart upgrades are free once the app is purchased, so you should re-download relevant areas from time to time. This and their pricing for the Navionics HD iPad app – £37.99 for all the charts for the UK, Holland and Ireland, for example – explains their continuing popularity. They were one of the first to launch mobile products and the apps are regularly developed and updated.
Navionics is the market leader in iPad and iPhone navigation apps. Edit: Feb 2017 – This test is superseded by Navionics+ test by Pip Hare.