# Navoa — SAR-integrated GPS tracking

> SAR-integrated GPS tracking (iPhone/iPad app by Arctic Applications.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/navoa/id6760416342 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arctic Applications](https://appshunter.io/developer/1884346657)
- Category: Utilities, Navigation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-05
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/navoa/id6760416342/reviews.md

## What is Navoa?

Navoa is the boat tracker built for Icelandic waters. Navoa combines live tracking, real AIS-data, an automatic logbook, and a multi-channel SOS system integrated directly with search-and-rescue in Iceland. No third-party dispatcher. No detours. Just you, your boat, and a safety net that's always on.

Whether you're cruising on a calm summer evening or fishing near the coast, Navoa keeps you connected, visible, and logged.

YOUR SAFETY NET AT SEA:

Navoa's multi-channel SOS is designed for the moments you hope never come. One tap sends your alert to three channels at once:

• The Icelandic Coast Guard - direct SAR integration, no third-party dispatcher in between
• Your emergency contact - notified instantly by SMS
• Nearby Navoa users - vessels actively tracking within 30 nautical miles receive a push notification

You'll see the status of every alert in real time: server received, coast guard contacted, emergency contact notified, nearby vessels alerted. Because in an emergency, knowing your call was heard matters.

LIVE AIS IN ICELANDIC WATERS:

See what's around you right inside Navoa.

• Detailed AIS coverage of Icelandic waters
• Data from both satellite and terrestrial stations
• Tap any vessel for name, MMSI, type, dimensions, speed, and last seen
• Know who's near you before you can see them on the horizon

BE SEEN BY THE PEOPLE WHO CARE:

• Share your live position publicly on navoa.is
• Family and friends can follow your trip from shore with no app required, all shown on navoa.is
• Start tracking with a single tap

AN AUTOMATIC LOGBOOK FOR EVERY TRIP:

Every trip is logged for you. No notebooks needed and no manual entries.

• Full route on a map for every voyage
• Distance, duration, and average speed recorded automatically
• Browse your trip history any time
• Share any trip with a tap

BUILT FOR ICELAND:

Navoa isn't a global app adapted for Iceland - it's built here, for these waters, these conditions, and this coastline. From integration with Icelandic search-and-rescue to AIS coverage tuned for Icelandic waters, everything in Navoa exists to make sailing here safer and simpler.

Cast off. We'll keep the log.

Download Navoa and make every trip on the water safer, smarter, and remembered.

Note: SOS and tracking features require an active internet or data connection. Navoa is a supplementary safety tool and does not replace required marine safety equipment or official emergency procedures.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-01

• Sponsored vessels

### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-10

• AIS vessels in and around Iceland are displayed on the map
• Improved gesture detection on the map - the map either scales or rotates, not both at the same time
• User preference to lock map rotation so that the top of the map always faces north

### 1.2.0 — 2026-05-27

- Users can share their trips on social media
- Users can delete their previous trips
- The OpenSeaMaps overlay has been applied to the in-app map
- Concluded trips with no recorded locations are auto-removed

### 1.1.0 — 2026-05-24

- Other actively tracking vessels are visible on the in-app map now (in addition to the public map on navoa.is)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-05-13

No release notes.

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*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 2026-08-05.*