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Used to be great. No longer for cruisers.
Early versions let you use your CM 93 charts, like Open CPN does for your laptop. Like Open CPN you can also view your Google earth .kap files. Of course the latter are extremely accurate, even in parts of the world where your regular charts can be off by miles - and often are.
Now the CM93 charts are no longer supported on the newer versions. Unfortunately there is no option of loading an older version. I like the old version so much that I have kept my old iPad which still has the old version.
In an attempt to use the newer version on my new iPad, I purchased some reasonably priced charts for the app and found them like crude sketches. Useless waste of money.
So while still useful for viewing .kap files, there are far easier, cheaper apps for that.
So unless you are a professional mariner, and can afford extremely expensive charts, this app has become almost useless for cruisers.Show lessChanging Spots
Gave up
Spent several hours trying to get this to work using venture further charts, lost patience and gave up. I really wanted the activecaptain feature but again could not get it to work. Again gave up. Will stick to other apps and access AC on the web.Hayford2
Useless now since update removed use of CM93 charts
I purchased this app more than a year ago and it was working fine with my CM93 charts, but since last update they have removed the reason why I had bought this app and it is now perfectly useless without my charts...
Once again we get screwed by updates and a waste of my moneyvizugonesailing
Very good app
This app works just as well as the $4k plotter I have on the boat. Very user friendly for the not-so tech savvy person.
Access to the free NOAA charts is a plus for fisherman and it notifies you of chart updates.
I also like having it on my iPad for planning fishing trips away from the boat with other captains.Show lessJames Gray45$
Dropped support for CM93
This is quite a nice app, but has lost its main selling point for me: support for CM93 charts. If this feature was restored, I'd easily rate it four stars. If they allowed multiple TCP/UDP feeds for NMEA data without paying extra, I'd probably give one more star than that!Povl_A
Bait and Switch
Seaiq promoted its ability to handle the unencrypted s-57 vector charts like cm93. Many bought it for this purpose. Without notice or option to users the company discontinued this feature. All of a sudden for me hundreds of charts did not work including many I had created using this format. What's worse is this happened in the middle of a sailing trip when I was so foolish as to update the app. I would stay away from a company willing to do this to its customers. When will they make the next decision making hundreds of dollars worth of charts useless. There are plenty of apps now with similar capabilities so the feature set is no longer as unique as it once was.Show less8mobius
Pilot
Excellent piece of kitVLS16
Not worth it
Originally this app advertised that CM93 chats were supported by this app. Without warning, this support was dropped leaving many users seriously out of pocket. Since this was an expensive app, approx £26 to purchase, and no work around offered I would discourage users from purchasing this app, as it appears the developer can withdraw support for a product without penalty or refund. I am very un happy at having lost a considerable amount of money for an app with no use, nor a developer who can take your money and then withdraw support in such a very short space it time. Shame on you!Show lessRussSkipper
First Rate
The first app that REALLY does it for me. It has evrything you need to navigate safely and what is best...it is 99 percent effective MINUS the internet.
For my taste, any app that needs internet connectivity to function has no place on board.
The ONLY feature that requires internet is for REAL TIME weather access but....minus internet you can still download your gribs via SSB and overlay them onto the chart so you still have full functionality.
From the very first minutes of using this app I was convinced that the author if the app actually has a boat that leaves the dock. The guy that wrote this actually knows how to navigate.
Great job.Show lessDrummer Buoy
CM93 no longer supported
Bought this app to use with CM93 charts I already owned. Having not used for a few months discovered latest version no longer supports this format. Very annoyed to have wasted the money.Expatsusie
