SeaNav app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 7744 ratings )
Travel Navigation
Developer: Pocket Mariner Ltd.
Free
Current version: 5.4.4, last update: 7 months ago
First release : 24 Apr 2014
App size: 69.24 Mb

Explore, plan and navigate your boating trips in real time and outstanding high-resolution using digital charts derived from the latest NOAA and UKHO data providing coverage across the US and Europe (US, CA, UK & IE, DE, FR, NL, BE, DK, NO,ES,HR,PT). Raster charts for US, NZ, FI & EE.

- Vector charts - all buoys, lights etc. are tappable
- Seamless fast panning and zoom across charts
- Route Planning and real-time tracking
- North up and course up displays
- Offline charts
- Configurable layers
- Built-in tutorial mode with full features including charts, AIS, AR & wind
- Tides, Streams & Weather
- Live AIS Ship positions and collision alarm (IAP)
- Import and share routes and POIs in GPX and KML formats via email and Dropbox
- Live Augmented Reality camera view (IAP) plus FLIRONE® night vision support.
- Includes free Apple Watch app with Nav,Waypoint,Wind,AIS faces.
- NMEA Depth, Wind Speed and Direction
- Real time local wind feed (IAP)

The free version includes all navigation and trip planning tools. High resolution vector charts are available by In App Purchase (IAP) including updates for 12 months.

Vector charts provide many advantages over traditional raster charts. Buoys, Lights, Bridges, Depth Contours, Depth Soundings, Rocks, Anchorage areas, NOAA Weather Buoys etc. are all selectable and have real time distance, bearing and detail information. Turn off layers to de-clutter the display and only show what is important at the time. Tides, moon and sun times and weather are also all available at your fingertips.

In-app tools let you measure distances and bearings and record waypoints on routes to sail. When you are out at sea, the app’s Sailing HUD shows your position on the route, Course over ground (COG), Speed over ground (SOG), Vector Made Good (VMG), Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), Distance and bearing to next Waypoint. Waypoint reached alerts, auto-routing to the next waypoint and flashing collision alerts (with AIS).

Unique AR view mode (IAP) allows you to view buoys, lights, ships, waypoints, route and track overlaid on your iPhone or iPad live camera view. With "AR LockOn" you can select a target on the chart and then be guided to it in the AR camera view. You can also see at night and in the fog with the FLIRONE Infra-red camera.

External NMEA GPS, AIS and Wind data over Wifi.

Requirements:
GPS only required for real time route navigation. Optional Real time AIS, Tides and Weather information require an active internet connection.

WiFi-only iPad or iPods will need an external GPS receiver for navigation.

Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Subscriptions
Our in-app purchases are 1 year subscriptions, which automatically renew at the end of the subscription period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Pricing for our 1 year US Charts update subscription is $19.99.

Subscriptions may be managed by the iTunes account holder and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. 
No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period.

NOTICES: This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.” “© British Crown Copyright, [2012]. All rights reserved.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and its licensors make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The UKHO and its licensors have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

Terms of Use: http://seanav.net/termsofuse.php

Privacy Policy: http://seanav.net/privacy.php

Support: help@pocketmariner.com

Pros and cons of SeaNav app for iPhone and iPad

SeaNav app good for

I am a novice boat renter. This app really helped me stay on course in unfamiliar waters.
Best app for marine navigation bar none! In-app purchases are also well priced and actually increase functionality and usefulness. Must buy for boaters, especially big water.

Some bad moments

Charts are not detailed. Maps have very low resolution. Speed reading was way off. Waste of time and money
The free version is a piece of crap that can’t do anything useful unless you buy the upgrade to the pro version and add a chart package as well. Pocket Mariner should just drop it. The pro version with charts might be alright but you’ll never know from the free version.
Cannot start sailing mode to test all functions supporting apple watch (period)
Of all the apps Ive tried in this genre, this is the very best one and well worth the $$. The vector maps are amazing in detail, easy to read and super fast even on older iOS devices (aka iPhone 4). Great in--route tracking and tracing. Amazing HUD. Fabulous for nighttime navigation. Active captain integration is terrific as well. My only wishes would we course integration with nmea 2000 devices (autopilot, etc). as well as easy export import of route plans between iOS devices.

Usually SeaNav iOS app used & searched for

active captain, charts & tides, and other. So, download free SeaNav .ipa to run this nice iOS application on iPhone and iPad.