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!
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Support
Whether or not you like the idea of being able to use traditional nav techniques in an app the support for this app is second to none. Offline help is built into the app and there is a free forum where you can post questions which are answered often within minutes if not hours. The new tides module gave me excellent information when planning a passage around the Mull of Kintyre and a full regional UKHO folio subscription for £25 seems reasonable value to me
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Updated Review
Initially disappointed about the seeming absence of large scale charts, I am happy to report that Developer support has been simply excellent. In good faith I purchased a folio with a title that sounded like the one I needed. Unfortunately the charts I actually wanted were in another folio. The Developer took onboard that the error was understandable and I’m grateful to have been given a code for the correct folio at no cost to me. A five star service and a really good charting App.
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Excellent App
The very best Navigation App for sailors of sail or power boats. Gives you the opportunity to complete traditional navigation on a digital chart. So much better than many apps which significantly increase journey times.
Easy to use. An absolute must have App.
Easy to use. An absolute must have App.
Great Nav software based on source of truth raster charts
Ive used AngelNav for several years. It has clearly been developed by sailors for sailors. Based on source of truth raster charts with auto selection of the largest scale for ‘here and now’ you dont have to worry about a bored developer having a bad day transcribing the paper chart into code, or having zoomed enough to see that rock!
The comprehensive software offers the usual bells and whistles like MOB and AIS, but also supports trad nav, for example multi hour trad nav ‘course to steer’ is easily done with the tide info right in front of you on the chart.
The race feature makes course noting and plotting a doddle, with the TWA feature helping brief the crew about whats next. Local Waypoints are easily downloaded from gpx files.
The support has been really responsive, even to the point of identifying an idiosyncratic issue with my ipad.
I guess its not better known because they are apple only and are spending too much time developing rather than marketing. Give it a go is my recommendation. AT £25 In the UK your IMHO local chart folio for a year is about the same as a picnic lunch.
The comprehensive software offers the usual bells and whistles like MOB and AIS, but also supports trad nav, for example multi hour trad nav ‘course to steer’ is easily done with the tide info right in front of you on the chart.
The race feature makes course noting and plotting a doddle, with the TWA feature helping brief the crew about whats next. Local Waypoints are easily downloaded from gpx files.
The support has been really responsive, even to the point of identifying an idiosyncratic issue with my ipad.
I guess its not better known because they are apple only and are spending too much time developing rather than marketing. Give it a go is my recommendation. AT £25 In the UK your IMHO local chart folio for a year is about the same as a picnic lunch.
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Above the Rest!
Sailors are faced with a myriad of options with weather, navigation, and general boating apps. AngelNav stands out as the only app for sailors that respects and balances their love of technology, and more importantly- their adherence and practice of traditional navigation techniques. Raster charts, satellite imagery, and optimal utilization of Apple’s ecosystem make up this amazing application. Extensive chart portfolios, and well thought out tools round out a well minded UI that respects good seamanship in our digital age. Enjoy this app, and get out there knowing you have a powerful tool at hand.
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Great idea difficult to use
Chartwork lines are difficult to move. Handles often fail to respond to touch. Using iPad mini 6th gen. Please fix.
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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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.
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.
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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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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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.
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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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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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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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
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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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?
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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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
Unsure
I’d like to be able to try this app out with a chart for a trial before committing to buying one.
Location while using app
Looks like a useful bit of software
but
I selected find location ‘While using app’
unfortunately it doesn’t turn off location when you stop using the app
I had to go into ‘settings’ and the app and turn the setting to ‘never’ to get the blue location notification to go away
I posted this here because I couldn’t see any option to report bugs
I’m sure it will get fixed when the developer clicks on the correct box in the appropriate object 😵💫
but
I selected find location ‘While using app’
unfortunately it doesn’t turn off location when you stop using the app
I had to go into ‘settings’ and the app and turn the setting to ‘never’ to get the blue location notification to go away
I posted this here because I couldn’t see any option to report bugs
I’m sure it will get fixed when the developer clicks on the correct box in the appropriate object 😵💫
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Potentially a nice app
I would love to use this app as it has some superb features, but the charts are far to expensive. I can get all of the UK for far less in Navionics (vector), or Visitmyharbour (raster). I also need overseas charts, but they have to be more realistic over pricing.
