# Marine Maps :GPS Nav for boats — Nautical charts, tides, routes > Nautical charts, tides, routes (iPhone/iPad app by NOVADRI LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marine-maps-gps-nav-for-boats/id6827229152 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [NOVADRI LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785604889) - Category: Navigation, Weather - Price: Free - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-11-06 - Data updated: 2026-11-10 ## What is Marine Maps? Marine Maps puts NOAA nautical charts for US waters on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, together with tides, currents, marine weather and route planning. FREE UNTIL APRIL 2027 Every feature is free during the introductory period. We'll announce pricing well in advance, and nothing is charged unless you choose to buy it. CHARTS • NOAA electronic navigational charts (ENC) for US coasts, the Great Lakes, Alaska, Hawaii and territories • Download the areas you sail and use them offline • Automatic chart updates and a warning on charts that are out of date • The map offers to download charts for the area you're looking at, or to update ones that are out of date • Tap any chart object for details: depths, lights, buoys, hazards, anchorages • Day, dusk and night colours TIDES, CURRENTS AND WEATHER • NOAA tide and current predictions, with live water levels • Depths adjusted for the tide at the time you choose • NWS wind, waves, alerts and marine zone forecasts • Latest buoy observations ROUTES • Plan routes by hand or automatically • Every leg is checked against charted land and your boat's safe depth • Distance, time and fuel for your boat • Record tracks and share them as GPX AT ANCHOR AND UNDERWAY • Anchor alarm with a swing circle, on the lock screen and Apple Watch • Shallow-water alarm • Mark your position, or any spot on the chart, with one tap and a name • Man Overboard: hold the Mark button to mark the spot and steer back to it, with bearing, distance and elapsed time • Speed, course and bearing instruments SAILING LOGBOOK • Log every day on the water: a title, times, hours underway, boat, departure and arrival, conditions and notes • Record your role (skipper, crew, student or passenger) and everyone aboard • Recorded tracks and time afloat turn into suggested entries, with times, distance and night hours filled in • See your days, hours, days of 4 hours or more, and skipper and crew time by boat size, for the past 2, 5 and 10 years: handy for sailing courses and a captain's licence application • Export to PDF or CSV, then save it to Files, share it or email it YOUR BOATS, EVERYWHERE • Save your boats with length, draft and more, and pick the one you're out on to set your safe depth • Sign in to keep boats, markers, routes, tracks and your logbook in sync across your devices • Follow other boaters (optional) Marine Maps is a navigation aid, not a certified navigation system. Always use official charts, keep a proper lookout, and use good seamanship. Chart, tide and weather data: NOAA and the National Weather Service. Marina data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## Is Marine Maps safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Marine Maps. ## Is Marine Maps legit? Marine Maps :GPS Nav for boats has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Marine Maps is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.0.3 — 2026-11-09 NEW: SEND FEEDBACK FROM THE APP Tell us what works, what doesn't, and what you'd like next. • Settings → About → Send feedback, or Tools → Send feedback • Spotted a wrong buoy, depth or label? Tap it on the chart, then "Report a chart problem" • Choose whether to include your map position; it's off unless you turn it on • If Marine Maps crashed, the notice now opens the feedback form • Feedback written offline is sent when you're back online ### 1.0.2 — 2026-11-08 NEW: SAILING LOGBOOK Keep a record of every day on the water. Open it from Tools → Logbook. • Add trips by hand, or accept entries suggested from your recorded tracks and time afloat • Give each trip a title, like "Sailing class, day 2" or "Trip to Bainbridge" • Record your role (skipper, crew, student or passenger), the boat, crew and passengers, departure and arrival, conditions and notes • When you stop recording a track, Marine Maps asks whether to add the trip • See your days, hours, days of 4 hours or more, and skipper and crew time by boat size, for the past 2, 5 and 10 years • Export to PDF or CSV, then save, share or email it • Your logbook syncs with your account, so it's there on a new phone CHARTS • When you look at an area you haven't downloaded, or charts NOAA has updated since, the map offers to download or update them ### 1.0.1 — 2026-11-07 Several UI improvements ### 1.0 — 2026-11-06 No release notes. ## More apps by NOVADRI LLC - [BudDIY: DIY Build Plans](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/buddiy-diy-build-plans/id6785604887) All apps by NOVADRI LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/6785604889 ## Related topics [nautoshark](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/nautoshark) · [argo nav](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/argo-nav) · [free marine gps](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/free-marine-gps) · [wave boating gps](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/wave-boating-gps) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-11-10.*