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Great concept, execution somewhat lacking

Downloaded the App, bought the KAP plugin and the Imray ID50 (Western Med) only to discover there is no clickable main chart, so you have to scroll through reams of charts in order to find the correct chart. I would have thought that linking the charts, like in OpenCPN would be a relatively easy thing to do for a coder. Staying true to printed charts is one thing, adding extra functionality on top of that would have been a real bonus.

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Harmen R

a month ago

Tidal heights and flows

In a recent update to Angelnav tide tables and streams have been added. This is a fantastic addition to and already great product.

Captn smith

2 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much indeed for your review and we are delighted that AngelNav has 'hit the spot'. We are currently working on adding tide tables and tidal streams to AngelNav and hope to be able to release these some time next season

Good app, great support!

Getting to grips with how it works over the season and really starting to like it. Route planning is very easy to do and subsequently follow.
Had an issue with AIS not working, but response from support was fantastic.
Learnt about some upcoming developments, which I’m really looking forward to, as this would make this 5 star and a real contender for similar apps.

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C123g

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks very much for your review which we really appreciate. We are currently putting the finishing touches to version 2 which will include a tides module, and hope to release it in a few months time.

Definitely ‘getting there’

Have used this extensively over about 2,500 miles of cruising around UK & Ireland alongside other navigational programs. It enables you to keep your traditional skills up to date without paying a fortune (and finding space for) a plethora of paper charts. It provides an immediate back up to your MFD and once you make the effort to understand how to switch between charts it’s all rather simple. However, accessing tidal diamonds to plan a long passage (particularly with cyclical tides) is a pain; it would be great if the developer could make this easier with perhaps animated tides *in addition* to providing the basic info. Such a mod would make it worth 5+ stars.

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Fed Up With Trying

8 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for your thoughtful comments. I can confirm that our method of changing charts (rather than having a continuous pan and zoom) is a deliberate design decision aimed at leveraging the advantages of rasters over vectors, but it doesn't have to be clunky. For example consider the question of whether there is more detail available at a particular point on a chart. With a vector chart, the only way to answer it is to keep zooming in until more detail appears (or not). With AngelNav the answer is available instantly, either by observing the border of a larger scaled chart or by using the 'long tap' function. In addition, while on passage you can set the charts to load automatically so the best detail is always available. Currently we don't include tidal information, but that is planned for a future release.

Simply the best maritime navigation app.

I’ve been using this app for 6 months for trip planning and on water navigation. I’ve tried everything I can think of to make the app crash, with no success. This app is dependable.

Using this app is just like using plotting instruments and pencil on paper charts only easier and faster. There is a learning curve but if you already know traditional plotting, piloting, and navigation techniques the learning curve will be very short.

If you are looking for an iPad app for navigation I highly recommend the AngelNav app.

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T Harding

9 months ago

AngelNav

This is an excellent navigational app. Has all the features of traditional nav techniques but able to use in a modern way. Excellent for planning trips. Once one learns all it features and how to handle the charts it will become your go to app for navigation. One can also use the features without resorting to reading glasses!
Jck

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Cephalic vein

9 months ago

Useful tool for planning

I’m a user of paper charts for passage planning. Up until now that meant bringing my chart folio home from the boat. With Angelnav I can now create all of my passage plans in the comfort of my home before heading to the boat. Switching from paper to Angelnav is a simple process, replacing pencil for a tap on screen a passage plan with CTS for each waypoint is easily produced. Having looked at other apps and being a South coast sailor for me Angelnav offers great value, no other app offers these features at this price point. In future editions tide tables and tidal flow atlas would be a perfect addition.

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Captn smith

a year ago

Response from developer

Interesting app

I see the very useful potential here of using trad nav on electronics, I get it. However I have the Memory Map app which I purchased to use the excellent Antares Charts. I recall that it was a requirement to purchase the Admiralty charts to make Antares work, though I don’t recall the detail. I don’t want to purchase the Admiralty charts twice so I backed up the charts from MemoryMap to another folder and set AngelNav to use this folder for chart data - but it seems that AngelNav won’t read these chart files. Any ideas?

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Robert Horsford

a year ago

Response from developer

Our understanding is that the licence associated with UKHO charts does not permit copying or sharing of charts between different applications or users. However, AngelNav should be able to read unencrypted raster charts of any sort (including Antares charts), so please contact us using the support email in the app.

I like the look of this but…

This looks like a really interesting app. Unfortunately the base map is just a blur. It would be helpful to have a time limited sample map (of my area) to evaluate whether this works for me.
Although Navionics (and others) offer a cheaper way to get map coverage the reality is that most of us don’t move that far from our cruising areas and the cost of a folio is pretty reasonable given the additional detail.
One question: Is it possible to sync routes etc. with chart plotters or other apps?

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iamnotspartacus

a year ago

Response from developer

Thanks you very much for your review, and we are delighted you think its interesting. The included UK map is certainly small scale, but it shouldn't be blurred and it does allow all features of the app to be evaluated prior to purchasing a folio of UKHO charts. The next version (out soon) allows export of routes as GPX files for import into other apps.

Small scale passage charts?

The introductory information indicates that folio BF1 includes passage charts (eg Isle of Wight to Cap de la Hague) but they seem to be missing

Ruddleguts

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. The passage charts for the English Channel are part of folio BF8. Tapping the 'information' icon next to each folio in the store brings up a zoomable app which shows the exact coverage contained within each folio.