# NightPilot

> NightPilot (iPhone/iPad app by Colin Porteous.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nightpilot/id6502569911 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Colin Porteous](https://appshunter.io/developer/355517263)
- Category: Navigation, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.4 · 7 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2024-08-06
- Data updated: 2026-07-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nightpilot/id6502569911/reviews.md

## What is NightPilot?

A night pilotage training aid for sailors.
1 month or 1 year non-renewing subscriptions are available.
A subscription will  full access to a database of most lit buoys in the Solent and its main channels and ports.
including:-
       Ashlett Creek, Beaulieu, Cowes, Fareham Lake, Fishbourne, Hamble, Itchen, Lymington, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Yarmouth
                            
Buoys or marks can be identified from their light phase and bearings can be taken.
With this information, and by reference to the log and your pilotage chart, you are able to practise entries into unfamilier ports at night
Directional lights (WRG), leading lights and lighthouses are included.
Can also be used to practise finding an unlit mark at night. (a yachmaster exam favourite)
Facility to specify a tidal stream (set and rate) to add the drift that would affect your course over the ground
Track made good is recorded and shown on the chart

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solent 1 Year | $6.99 | one-time |
| Solent 1 Month | $2.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9 — 2026-06-07

Improved performance
Updated user interface

### 1.82 — 2025-07-15

Minor bug fixes

### 1.81 — 2024-09-12

Bugfix for current session resetting when changing between views.
Added a refresh button to reset session to apply current settings

### 1.8 — 2024-08-21

Minor bug fixes

### 7.0 — 2024-08-07

bug fixes

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## More apps by Colin Porteous

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All apps by Colin Porteous: https://appshunter.io/developer/355517263

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