What's New

From now on, when you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew each year. This means you can continue to access charts and features without disruption.
You can manage your subscription anytime, and you can turn auto-renewal off. Charts, overlays, daily updates and advanced features are not accessible after the subscription expires.

App Description

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 U.S. lakes. Want more? Display satellite imagery on land and water.
- MAP OPTIONS: Change chart-overlay combinations to customize chart views, 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
Updates are available with iOS 13.0 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. iOS is a trademark licensed to Apple, Inc.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • January 03, 2014 Initial release
  • February 12, 2014 New version 6.0.1
  • April 05, 2014 New version 6.0.2
  • April 10, 2014 New version 6.0.3
  • May 29, 2014 New version 7.0
  • June 29, 2014 New version 7.0.1
  • July 15, 2014 New version 7.1
  • July 26, 2014 New version 7.1.1
  • August 11, 2014 New version 7.1.2
  • August 27, 2014 New version 7.2
  • September 13, 2014 New version 7.2.1
  • October 10, 2014 New version 7.2.3
  • November 05, 2014 New version 7.3
  • December 05, 2014 New version 7.3.1
  • January 27, 2015 New version 7.3.3
  • March 09, 2015 New version 7.4.1
  • April 30, 2015 New version 7.5.1
  • June 11, 2015 New version 8.0.1
  • June 29, 2015 New version 8.1
  • July 04, 2015 New version 8.1.1
  • July 30, 2015 New version 8.1.2
  • August 18, 2015 New version 8.2
  • September 24, 2015 New version 8.3
  • November 05, 2015 New version 8.4
  • June 23, 2016 New version 9.0.1
  • June 30, 2016 New version 9.0.2
  • July 18, 2016 New version 9.0.4
  • November 07, 2016 New version 9.3.2
  • December 15, 2016 New version 10.2
  • June 13, 2019 New version 13.4
  • June 26, 2019 New version 14.0
  • August 16, 2019 New version 14.3
  • September 11, 2019 New version 14.4
  • September 24, 2019 New version 14.5
  • October 02, 2019 New version 14.6
  • November 26, 2019 New version 14.7
  • January 21, 2020 New version 14.8
  • July 14, 2020 New version 15.2
  • October 24, 2020 New version 15.5
  • December 09, 2020 New version 15.6
  • August 06, 2021 New version 17.0.2
  • September 16, 2023 New version 19.1
  • November 15, 2023 New version 20.0.2

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