Doyle Guides User Reviews

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Rating: 4.30612 (49 reviews)

Doyle Guides

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Easy to use guide

I’m not the most computer literate person but I found the mobile app very easy to use and navigate! Lots of great information! A must for every sailor. 5 stars.

Diver June

a year ago

App is infuriatingly hopeless

I was so excited to have a digital Doyle guide…Until I tried to use it. Every time you open the app and you have to go through all the available guides to find the one you purchased. Then it does not work like the book. A simple online PDF format would be better. If it just had a contents / chapter page that then linked you to each chapter. Or an interactive Index. I tried using the search function and after hours of trying various keywords, could find nothing on very obvious topics (eg Cousteau Marine Reserve in Guadeloupe). The only thing that is relatively simple to find is anchoring / approach info. Gave up and went to the chandlery to try and get a hard copy…which it seems they no longer stock. Subscription cancelled and back to google it is. Perhaps the developers could have a peek at how the Digital Lonely Planet Guides work.

SY LW

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your feedback — we really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear the digital guide didn’t meet your expectations, and we understand how frustrating it can be when technology makes things harder instead of easier. We have a set of detailed tutorials on youtube that we recommend users watch to help them learn where to access the information they need in most efficient way. We know how valuable the hard copy versions are to many sailors, and while some locations may run out of stock, we’d be happy to help you track one down. If you’d like to discuss your feedback further or share more insights, please reach out to Raquel at raquel@doyleguides.com. We’d love to hear from you and see how we can improve. We hope to hear from you soon!

Great content - Horrible app

The content is great. Just like the old hard copy. The app however is just horrible. Using this on an iPad is maddening. Every few minutes the app freezes then closes. I’ve never seen an app perform this poorly. Hire a professional app developer, PLEASE.

BajaDave123

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi Dave, Thank you for your feedback! We're glad to hear you’re enjoying the content and appreciate your long-time support of the guides. However, we’re truly sorry for the frustration you’ve experienced with the app on your iPad. Your experience matters to us. We’d love to learn more about the specific issues you’re encountering so we can address them effectively. If you’re willing, please reach out to our support team at raquel@doyleguides.com with your device details and any specific scenarios where the app crashes. Your input will be incredibly valuable in helping us improve. We appreciate your patience and look forward to providing you with a better experience soon!

Great mobile option

The app is easy to use and i appreciate having access to most up to date sailing and anchorage info. As we make our way through the island we will use this app for our planning - the map tool is also useful.

R ISAAC

2 years ago

Great app while sailing Caribbean

Took the family on a 2 week trip and this was the best app we could find.

Cory Zute

2 years ago

Stranded without content

So far, we’re not impressed. We subscribed before our trip but the content was blocked after the trial expired yesterday even though the Apple ID shows us subscribed and active.
We are now hours from starting our charter with no access. We would have purchased the hard copy but it is unavailable everywhere. No doubt this is to sell app subscriptions.

We have 2 other Doyle guide books which have good content but the app idea is terrible if it can’t be accessed easily.

NoCable!

2 years ago

Response from developer

Hi, I'm so sorry the app took an extra day to update your subscription status. I know that when you're on charter every day counts! Unfortunately subscription status updates and initial download of content rely on and can be affected by internet connection quality, but I'm glad you were able to access the content. Updated hard copies of our Leewards books will be available this November. Our regular update and reprint schedule was affected by Covid, which is why hard copies have been hard to come by, and was a major factor in our decision to put the Leeward content on the app - we wanted to make it available to those that otherwise could not get a hard copy. All the best, Lexi

Exactly what we were looking for!

We used this for a bareboat charter in the Grenadines. It was perfect during the planning stages of our trip as well as the sailing. Would recommend to anyone cruising in the areas covered by Doyle Guides.

StupidlyAverage

2 years ago

Brilliant books

Love the passage planning sections, absolutely bang on, and having followed the suggestions to the letter we have had great passages between the islands. Completely up to date too which is often tricky for a pilot book.

Grot 1999

2 years ago

Much faith required to spend $40 on unknown…

Virtually all meaningful content requires an upfront subscription ($40). There are only 4 prior reviews, none of which I can access. So all in all, hard for me to decide to subscribe w/o more assessment.

DaStefano

3 years ago

Response from developer

Hi DaStefano, we understand your concern! All subscriptions come with a free trial period. For 12-month subscriptions there is a 7-day free trial period, for 1-month subscriptions it is a 3-day trial period. If you're not happy with the content you can cancel your subscription before the end of the free trial period without being charged.