# Marine Navigation-USA Lake Map — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of Marine Navigation by Bist LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 19 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marine-navigation-usa-lake-map/id597961573/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marine-navigation-usa-lake-map/id597961573.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 13 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (9 of 29) ### 5/5 — Clean *2014-12-29, version 22.0.0* Very clean, nice features, easy. Good job! ### 5/5 — Mr *2014-04-01, version 19.0.0* Works great for me. ### 5/5 — Like the updates *2014-02-01* I had this app on my Sony Xperia before I got an iPhone. Setting up on iPhone was a lot easier since I didn't have to plot routes again. I was able to transfer all my routes from Xperia to this one. They are very responsive to feedback. I had asked them to add lake Sammamish over a month back. And today I was able to get a bathy chart for this lake and I can see they have added almost every popular lake around my area. I am very pleased with this level of app support. ### 5/5 — Nice navigation tools *2014-01-30* I have been trying the nav tools all this morning. Very impressed with how accurate the next point alerts are. It even correctly alerted me for wrong course during my testing. Thanks for listening and adding support for real time track overlay in this update. It makes it very easy to follow what path I have taken. ### 5/5 — Texas lakes *2013-09-20* I tried almost every lake app out there. This is the only one I found that offered comprehensive coverage for inland Texas lake maps. I have been using it for quite some time now. It has worked flawlessly for me. The maps are quite detailed, and I like the way app shows the route I am taking - much better than my garmin. I was even able to hear the sound guidance on my portable Bluetooth device. ### 5/5 — US Nautical Charts-NOAA-Marine Charts app for sailing boating kayaking and fishing - USA *2013-08-15* I hold a 50 ton inland Masters license and am a professional mariner in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have used many professional GPS based electronic navigation applications both on dedicated hardware devices and PC based applications such as Navtrek from Nobeltec Software. I recently downloaded GPS Nautical Charts on my iPhone while on vacation in Maui, Hawaii. I was very impressed with how easy it was for me to download the charts for the regions I wanted as well as the ease of use for all the functions, i.e. location indication based on the iPhone's GPS, route planning, track, way points etc. I liked this program so much that tomorrow I'm buying an iPad with 3G/LTE connectivity that has the built in GPS sensor. I plan to install this software on my new iPad and use it on the bay where I crew on the local charter sailboat NEHEMIAH. Also the customer support has been outstanding. All my questions asked via email were answered immediately and provided complete solutions to any issues I had. Anyone who has experience with any of the existing dedicated hardware or PC based electronic navigation software will be very impressed with US Nautical Charts-NOAA-Marine Carts app for sailing boating kayaking and fishing - USA! I just purchased the iPad and installed US Nautical Charts-NOAA-Marine Charts app for sailing boating kayaking and fishing - USA on the iPad as well and am very happy with the details of the chart images, the functions and the user support. While this app. for the iPad is identical to the iPhone app., the larger platform makes it quite a bit easier to operate. One additional note: I've read some of the negative reviews of this app and am quite baffled by the negativity. While I can't compare it to other iPad or iPhone apps., I think this app performs quite well especially when I remember that just a few years ago I needed a PC, Garmin or other brand GPS along with the software like Nobeltek to do the same tasks. Also, connecting the GPS to the PC required a special interface. Unless one is a power user who needs distance off, radar & weather overlays etc. this is a great app. ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-03-11, version 10.0* Perfect app with perfect precision.. Now I don't have to use those clunky devices this summer. Love it.. ### 5/5 — Precise route plotting *2013-02-16, version 10.0* I like how easy it is to plot precise routes using this app. Finally an app that gets it right. ### 5/5 — Route Manager *2013-02-14* I was able to transfer all my existing routes from my PC route planning software to this. I am glad it did not loose the names of points i had so meticulously entered. Looking forward to using it this summer. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — used to be dope even worked on devices without cellular data *2024-05-13* now it says I have to purchase to get a map, even tho i already did, then i try to purchase and it says nothing is available. I try to restore purchases and it’s a UIButton with a broken target, it does nothing but further annoy people trying to use the app in even the most basic capacity. please fix this a nautical gps app is useless without the charts. ### 1/5 — Get a Navi *2018-07-14* This app did not even have my area to download. It’s horribly user unfriendly. Save your money. ### 1/5 — DON't WASTE YOUR MONEY *2014-01-23* I spent $15 for this app and I am terribly disappointed. It is very cheaply presented, with coloring-book-level colors. I live on and fish Table Rock Lake in Missouri and I thought this app would be a "breath of fresh air" and show detailed lake contours, stream beds, and accurate elevations. In reality it fails all these requirements. The lake contours are large numbers and show only very rough approximations of the lake depth (even some of the fully exposed islands are shown with water elevations)! There are NO STREAM BEDS shown to follow to keep from running aground in shallow water. This app needs a lot of detailed work. Don't waste your money. ### 1/5 — STAY AWAY!!! *2013-04-30* Astoundingly bad - fraudulent would be a better description. This is a beta version, and a very early one at that. The screenshots show a simulator - the actual app does not have the functionality shown or advertised. The instructions do not even exist - site says "coming soon". The existing reviews are bogus, clearly posted by the developer (look at the names). I can't believe this made it into the App Store. ### 2/5 — Don't *2014-10-29, version 22.0.0* I just wasted 15 bucks on this! No key to map symbols and no response from support. Map quality lacking. ### 2/5 — Not good for Western Rivers *2014-09-03* Not worth the data to download it. Mississippi River charts are horrible looking. Header line is to big. You have to open the chart where you are at. I don't know if it will automatically open the next one or not because I can't stand to look at it for that long. You'd be better off using a paper chart from 1992 and Google maps. ### 3/5 — Decent app *2014-07-24* I got the impression from the app description that you could see a map that simultaneously provides all of the data that's provided by the app -- location, depth, current tide and tide forecast. Unfortunately, it's not the case. However, it does have the info you need -- it just takes a little bit of navigating through the app and head-math to get to it. ### 4/5 — Great app for iPhone but... *2016-05-15* Does not have all the features on iPad. Especially lacking is the "follow" feature which is the highlight of this app imho. Works great on phone though. The vector chart for the northeast seems to be a little off. At least on my iPhone and iPad it is always about 30-50 feet off from reality. Not an issue in open water naturally but when you're in a tight channel it can be a little nerve racking. Not a bad app all and all though. ### 4/5 — novice navigator *2014-09-11* This app is full featured and remarkably we'll documented. The only thing I couldn't figure out was explained well and promptly by support. I think this app is great! I would benefit from availability of even more maps. ### 4/5 — Decent app *2014-05-25, version 21.0.0* Hard to figure out at first. Once you figure it out it is very useful. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Crashing *2018-08-31* Have had this app since 2013 use it a lot as a back up GPS even 60+ miles offshore fishing. It’s very accurate. However, recently started “crashing” a lot after a few minutes of use. Please fix the bug. ### 5/5 — Great app! Better than my Garman. *2017-09-30* Great app ### 5/5 — I can't believe how much I use this app *2017-08-05* ICW night navigation made easy. Thank you for the assistance. ### 5/5 — Great support *2016-06-16* The support for this app is amazing. You get a response right away and it's always helpful. As a non technical person I'm delighted to have great support. ### 5/5 — Great buy *2016-05-05* Great app. Using it right now on my travel down the Chesapeake. Has speed, depth and I can download tons of noaa charts without additional charge that are accessible offline. Also one thing I like is to place a waypoint when I anchor. In the night if I am worried I am drifting I check this app to see where my gps is versus the anchor. That is super useful in my book. ### 5/5 — Downloaded and used on a recent trip to the FL Keys *2016-03-27* Very useful in guiding through the keys channels. Once you have a map and want to plot a route this is very useful. Takes a little getting used to but got the job done. Harder to use on iPhone due to screen size. ### 5/5 — Very handy app *2016-01-25* I was down in West Coast Florida on a vacation and decided to rent a boat for a few days. Didn't really know my way around so I took a chance on this app and it turned out to be much better than expected. I was able to plot a course the night before to a likely looking redfish hole and really got into them the next day. Love the auto track feature. It shows an arrow on the screen that shows where you are headed. I used it on my phone that day but since then I have installed on my iPad. ### 5/5 — Replace your plotter *2015-08-27, version 23.0.0* Great app for boaters and sailors. I use it on the phone and on my IPad. ### 5/5 — Captain Rob *2015-04-13* This is the most useful app I have ever used for navigation. Waypoints, distance, and record and auto follow work great! Then go back and see exactly where you've been and your speed throughout! Highly accurate charts and charts for all you needs. I have it both on my iPhone and iPad. Handheld GPS for those foggy days can't be beat anywhere for the price! Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Accuracy *2015-01-07, version 23.0.0* I like the accuracy of my GPS location on the map. --- *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 2026-08-27.*