In this navigation app, you can view NOAA nautical charts, plan routes, and connect onboard instruments. Includes offline map downloads, tide information, and community sharing features.
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AppRecs rating 4.3. Trustworthiness 81 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 21 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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Credible reviews
81% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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Many low ratings mention paywalls or pricing
About Aqua Map Boating
Aqua Map offers weekly updated OFFICIAL NAUTICAL CHARTS (NOAA) for marine navigation. Purchase a chart subscription for the area of your interest, download the map areas for offline use, and connect your onboard instruments for a complete experience.
● BASIC FEATURES
- Switch between manual and auto route planning modes
- Record your GPS tracks
- Store and share your navigation data (markers, routes, and recorded tracks)
- Display tides and currents predictions and simulations
- Increase your safety with Anchor Alarm
- Enable Live Sharing to interact with the Aqua Map community
- Display points of interest from the "ActiveCaptain" and "Waterway Guide" communities
● EXPERT SUBSCRIPTION
Note: this subscription does not include charts; it must be paired with a chart subscription.
- Marine forecasts (wind, waves, currents, gusts, salinity, sea surface temperature + weather information for any point on the map)
- Overlay satellite images on the charts
- Advanced AnchorLink with anchorage mirroring and email/telegram notifications for greater peace of mind while anchored, even if you are away from the boat
- Connect your NMEA instruments via WiFi (autopilot, depth sounder, wind sensor, compass, GPS) and use their data on the app
- AIS with automatic collision detection
- Route Explorer for real-time information on all elements along your route
● MASTER SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE BEST NAVIGATION EXPERIENCE
Note: this subscription does not include charts; it must be paired with a chart subscription.
- All features of the EXPERT subscription are included in the MASTER subscription.
+ LOCAL DATA:
> US: Army Corps of Engineers surveys for safe navigation in shallow waters
> US: LNMs and "List of Lights" navaids from the Coast Guard.
> Canada: NAVWARNs from the Coast Guard.
> France: Warnings, Notices and Regulations from the PING
> Denmark: Warnings and Notices from the DMA
> Western Australia: temporary Notices from the Transport WA
● PURCHASE OPTIONS
To access the charts, you need to purchase a chart subscription for the area of interest. Optionally, you can add the Expert subscription or the Master subscription to unlock extra navigation features and additional data. Subscription payments will be made through your account (Apple ID). The annual subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before expiration. You can manage your subscription and disable automatic renewal in the account settings section after purchase.
Terms of use: https://www.aquamap.app/terms-and-conditions
Privacy policy: https://www.aquamap.app/privacy-policy
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Reviews for Aqua Map Boating
SV Estrellita 5.10b
Satellite images
Unsatisfactory! After downloading the satellite images, we lost some level of zoom. When offline. We did not have that issue last year. We are now paying more for that option and getting less. We were in the middle of coral heads and luckily we had good satellite imagery on Iboating/Navionics. You can’t expect boaters to be online all the time when navigating.
JFM NYC
Extraordinary
Aquamap is the best chartplotter I have used — and I have used a lot of them. They all take time to get to know. Aquamap too. But a lot of it is intuitive, and worth the effort. It has a ton of features, including some forms of remote access, great integration of AIS and weather, access to all sort of nautical information, and active captain, which is not quite what it once was but is still helpful. It is also inexpensive — quite remarkably cheap. Best of all, Aquamap clearly was not produced in some basement, by some nerd who was trying to make some money to buy more silly computer games. The team is responsive, listens to ideas (honestly, they had already thought about everything I have suggested to this point) and continues to be innovative. I have convinced many fellow sailers to try it. None has been disappointed.
