# i-Boating: USA Marine Charts — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of i by Bist LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 186 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/i-boating-usa-marine-charts/id993040478/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/i-boating-usa-marine-charts/id993040478.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 138 · 4★ 15 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 17 ## Newest reviews (3 of 23) ### 2/5 — Worked great as free but not since I paid *2020-09-10* it ### 2/5 — Waste of money for N Californians *2018-05-04* Zero stars if it was possible. Yeah update coming but when. Live in northern Ca & my location is determined to be in Maine. I only downloaded maps in N Ca but call up any famous N Ca lake & boom you’re taken to East Coast. Pretty much seems to be false app advertising. I would look elsewhere for lake maps. UPDATE: Two maps were updated, thank you. So I’ll give one more star for that. But, I ended up moving on to the Navonics app. $9.99/yr. Navonics works great on my iphone, extremely detailed & saved the day when my buddy’s sonar and GPS stopped working. This one had my location in the Midwest. Getting closer. I appreciate the update for the 2 lakes but needed something that worked better for inland fishing. I found it. I’ll keep this app tucked away in a folder, because it cost so much, but mainly in hopes it improves over time. I’ll play with it periodically to check on it. Until then, I’m sorry, but I had to find a better app. ### 4/5 — Nice and easy. Great buy *2017-07-30* My only complaint would be to have the display stay on during operations if the phone is on charger. Other than that the app does the job. **Developer response:** Please tap on the auto follow icon in the action bar at the bottom of the screen. This would turn on moving map, with real time track overlay and heading arrow. It also keeps the GPS on and screen on. You can also reach us at support@gpsnauticalcharts.com. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Review *2023-09-15* Location where I am now not easy ### 1/5 — Incorrect water depths. *2021-05-20* Bought this for a fishing trip to Shadehill reservoir. All water depths are incorrect and this is after a dry spring. It’s only off by 20 to 28 feet so basically worthless information ### 1/5 — Very difficult to creat a new route *2021-02-02* Very difficult to creat a new route ### 1/5 — This App is a Scam *2021-01-28* This App is a Scam none of the maps displayed are complete ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2020-02-18* Not very accurate ### 1/5 — I-Boating *2019-05-13* Could use some instructions. ### 1/5 — ... *2019-02-07* Didnt load any navigational map ### 1/5 — What a rip off *2018-08-30, version 60.0.0* $19.99 and it locks up on home screen and will not allow the download of any map. Consistent errors on every screen. I want my money back. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2018-07-06* Way to hard to figure out. Not helpful at all - not worth the money and wish I could get a refund ### 1/5 — Horrible for fishing *2018-05-19* Don’t waste your money if used for fishing. Even after you buy this AND the fishing add on it will still prompt to upgrade even more for “pro”. Trash. Do your research there are far more useful apps for less money that actually work. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent small boat charting option! *2022-04-04* Moved recently from Florida to Utah. Have encountered a number of nautical challenges transitioning from coastal chart plotter navigation to inland lakes navigation. Garmin & Lowrance both want a fortune for their chart plotter options in both inland and coastal products. This i-boating USA app. Provides fabulous detail on both coastal and inland options for a very, very reasonable price point. Awesome option alternative to big boy price gouging for marine navigation. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-08-24* The charts are exceptional and the depth indications are great for fishing on Lake Michigan and navigating the St. Joseph river. ### 5/5 — Amazing app! *2021-08-22* Just getting acquainted with this app, and I can’t compare it to other similar ones, but wow, it sure does work. 20$ for all of North America and no other costs. Works great. ### 5/5 — Worked perfect for me *2018-08-12* We are avid boaters in Texas and like to try out new lakes. Downloaded the app and headed to Lake Texoma. Huge lake and we didn’t want to get lost or bottom out on a low spot. I ran the app concurrently with my Lowrance and the app was actually better because I could see how the under water terrain changed and could navigate around the low spots through the channels. I was able to set waypoints on fishing hotspots, etc. Just as described. ### 5/5 — Awesome App! *2018-05-29* Large font and easy to use. Fish are in trouble! ### 5/5 — Easy to use marine navigation app *2017-04-22* Really easy to use and set up charts for offline use. Download grid make it easy to see what all cells to download and what charts already exist on the phone. Charts look very hi def on the phone and are all vector. Most gps features are a toggle button away. Moving map gps clearly shows the breadcrumb and works very well even for long trips. ### 5/5 — Boat Gps *2017-04-11* This is a very good boat navigation program that includes ENCs as well as detailed lake contour maps. Pretty much all the features that you find in a high end chartplotter are included. Very easy to overlay charts over satellite imagery, change depth shading to highlight shallow areas, apply depth offsets. It can even pull off AIS targets from our NMEA network. ### 5/5 — You really don't know what you need until you don't have it *2016-03-06, version 50.0.0* I have used other navigational apps well commercial fishing in Alaska, GPS does go out, and if you do not have a paper chart well I hope you never experience the feeling. This is by far the best product I have used. Tech-support was extremely prompt and helpful. I would've paid more for this if I had known how good it is. ### 5/5 — Great App *2015-09-10, version 50.0.0* The App worked flawlessly for a 400+ mile trip around Florida. ### 4/5 — Decent app *2019-05-10* App works most of the time. Great when it does. They still need to add Lake of the Woods and other lakes in northern Minnesota and Canada. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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