# NV Charts GPS Navigation AIS — Marine Navigation and Boating > Digital nautical charts and navigation tools for marine use. (iPhone/iPad app by NV Chart Group GmbH.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nv-charts-gps-navigation-ais/id659569095 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [NV Chart Group GmbH](https://appshunter.io/developer/659569098) - Category: Navigation, Sports - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.50/5 from 114 App Store ratings · 59 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 16.6 · 78 MB - Languages: German (Germany) - Released: 2013-06-17 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nv-charts-gps-navigation-ais/id659569095/reviews.md ## What is NV Charts GPS Navigation AIS? Enhance your navigation experience with a seamless navigation solution that provides up-to-date digital nautical charts, comprehensive harbour information, and a full suite of navigation features. The charts can be downloaded for offline use and offer exceptional compatibility with the NV Charts paper charts with a similar chart design. All currently valid editions of the NV Verlag / NV Charts nautical charts or inland charts | North Sea | Baltic Sea | Netherlands | Wadden Sea | Ijsselmeer | Sweden | Denmark | Germany | Norway | France | USA | Caribbean | Bahamas areas are compatible with the NV Charts App. Enjoy the best of both worlds - paper and digital: A perfect match is our popular combination package of high-quality digital charts and cleverly designed paper charts. Alternatively, you can also purchase digital nautical charts directly via the app with a convenient annual subscription that renews automatically. The integrated update service keeps the charts up to date. If it is not yet clear where the journey should go or no offline charts are activated, free online charts can be displayed for all NV Charts chart areas, even without a currently valid chart licence. Detailed and relevant information is essential for navigating safely on the water. With the NV Charts App, you are part of the BoatView community yourself. You can mark harbours, anchorages and navigation warnings on the digital nautical chart and also add pictures of interesting places that go beyond navigation, such as restaurants or popular attractions, and share them with the community. Others can respond directly with comments. The continuously edited content can be downloaded directly to be available offline. To make all the information easily accessible, the app offers a search function. You can explore the surroundings and search directly for place names as well as anchorages, harbours, ramps, waypoints, cranes, fuel stations or tide stations. The app also offers fast and flexible auto-routing, allowing you to navigate directly to your destination and edit a route manually. Navigation on board is even more fun together! You can share your tracks with friends or use the data outside the app and export it as a GPX file. You can easily share your favourite harbours and anchorages from the app via a link and coordinate your trip planning even better with everyone. The AIS function in the NV Charts App allows you to keep an eye on AIS signals in real time. A WiFi AIS receiver can be connected to the NV Charts App for this purpose. The AIS Class A and B targets and aids to navigation (ATON), as well as MOB AIS SART transponder emergency transmitters, are displayed, and the traffic situation can be better assessed. The NV Charts App can be installed and synchronized on multiple devices. NV Charts App - Features: + Search function + Autorouting for all distances and regions + Velocity Made Good (VMG) + Community Layer / Points of Interest(POI) + Free online boating charts preview for planning + In App Purchases of digital offline charts + Community Layer / Points of Interest(POI) + Reads all NV Chart chart areas + Easy download of the maps + Always the latest data + Seamless zoom and panning functions + Tide Forecast + Online weather + AIS Wifi Support + AIS Sart Beacon + AIS CPA function + Night mode + Anchor alarm + Position with GPS + Intuitive route planning + Course markings, markings, bearing ruler + Port information + Display of instruments + Synchronizing devices + Live Position Sharing + Social sharing of routes, tracks, positions Note: Continued use of GPS in the background can significantly reduce battery life. ## Key features - Digital nautical charts - Offline chart downloads - Real-time AIS tracking - Community points of interest - Auto-routing - GPX file export ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Baltic Sea and Kattegat | $49.99 | per year | | Norway | $49.99 | per year | | Netherlands | $49.99 | per year | | Mediterranean West | $49.99 | per year | | Mediterranean East | $49.99 | per year | | France Atlantik | $49.99 | per year | | Cuba | $49.99 | per year | | Croatia | $49.99 | per year | | Caribbean and Bermuda | $49.99 | per year | | Atlantic Islands | $49.99 | per year | | Florida and Bahamas | $49.99 | per year | | German Inland Waters | $49.99 | per year | | UK South | $49.99 | per year | | Northsea | $49.99 | per year | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 59) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nv-charts-gps-navigation-ais/id659569095/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Niveau de detail sur cartes en ligne *2026-04-04* On devrait pouvoir figer un niveau de detail quelque soit le zoom ### 5/5 — Durch das neueste Update extrem verbessert! *2025-12-16* ENDLICH lassen sich alle erworbenen Seekarten mit einem Klick aktualisieren. Das war lange überfällig. Außerdem hat das Autorouting manche Routen einfach nicht berechnet, der Support wusste auch nicht warum. Das ist jetzt behoben-klasse. Und die App läuft auf meinem iPad Pro aus 2020 jetzt viel geschmeidiger und stabiler. Toll gemacht und bitte weiter an der App arbeiten! (Hätte ich einen Wunsch frei: beim gespeicherten Track scheinen Infos wie Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit, Höchstgeschwindigkeit, Vergleich zu vorherigen Fahrten zu fehlen. Navionics hat das, wäre toll, wenn ihr das auch implementieren würdet) ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2025-07-13* The only good thing is that it comes with a paper chart. But having said that the old ANWB charts are much better. Now the app is very user unfriendly. Zooming in is a disaster, to the point that you can’t see a thing. Info is not very well displayed. I will keep using Waterkaarten app. ### 1/5 — Application dont il faut se méfier *2025-06-27* On paye cher des remises à jour sans les obtenir : à oublier vite ### 5/5 — Cool app *2024-10-16* I actually really like this app I love how it lets u record ur route ### 1/5 — Rip off *2024-09-25* Paid $49 for chart access… that gives you a time limit of 60 minutes per day. **Developer response:** Hello and thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear of your frustration. But we are sure that side can be resolved and of course the usage should not be limited that way with the payed offline chart version. It seems that maybe you still have the online chart feature activated, which will lead to this limitation. To use the purchased offline charts, make sure to deactivate the online charts in menu > charts > offline charts. I hope this helps already and please get in contact with us if there are any questions remaining. You can also reach us directly by email using support@nvcharts.com ### 4/5 — Avis sur l’application *2024-07-24* Dommage que l’application n’est pas en français ### 3/5 — Sehr gute App, leider sehr unzuverlässig *2024-05-16* Aus meiner Sicht eine der besten, übersichtlichsten und informativsten apps zur Navigation, wenn sie nicht so unzuverlässig wäre. Die UI ist aus meiner Sicht ein großes Problem. Auf meinem neuen iPad Pro (gen4) ist diese sehr unzuverlässig, hängt sich oft auf, hat regelmäßig Probleme mit der Position trotz funktionierendem GPS, blendet beim Routing Menüleisten ein, die sich nicht wegklicken lassen ohne Neustart der App etc.. Kartenupdates müssen für alle installieren Karten einzeln durchgeführt werden, hier wäre eine Möglichkeit, alle Karten auf einen Knopfdruck zu updaten, sehr hilfreich. ### 5/5 — erwachsen geworden *2024-05-05* Nutze die App seit langem. Früher nur als Ergänzung zur Papierseekarte, heute auf großem Ipad Pro am Kartentisch. Inzwischen als Hauptnavigation. Toll ist der Aktualisierungsservice für ca. 50eur pa. für die gesamten Ostseekarten. Toll ist weiterhin, dass ich auf dem B&G Vulcan Plotter ebenfalls die NV Rasterkarten laufen lassen kann. (schade, dass dies auf den neuen Zeuss touch nicht mehr geht. C-Map ist deutlich schlechter) Somit gleiches Kartenbild auf Plotter und Ipad. Ich aktualisiere daher jährlich die Plotter und NvApp Karten, dadurch habe ich vierfache Redundanz (Plotter, Ipad, Iphone, Reserve Ipad). Papierseekarten aktualisiere ich nicht mehr. Ich sehe darin keinen Sinn beim Segeln im Ostseerevier. Die NV App Karten bekommen spielend leicht die aktuellen Updates und sind damit viel sicherer als die Papierkartenberichtigung, die eh kaum jemand macht. Danke NV Verlag für die tollen Karten, wünschenswert wäre die Erweiterung Blekinge bis Ostschären im System. ### 4/5 — Sehr guter Support, Fehler wurde schnell behoben *2024-05-04* App funktioniert wieder wie gewohnt, sehr schneller und Kompetenter Support. Ein Fehler kann sich immer mal einschleichen, darum Rezension angepasst. Ursprüngliche Bewertung: Leider bekomme ich nach ca 30 Sekunden nurnoch einen weißen Leuchtturm auf blauem Hintergrund angezeigt, nicht mal ins Menü komme ich noch. Egal wie lange ich warte, es passiert nichts mehr. Habe die Seelkarte ausschließlich bestellt um die App nutzen zu können, absolut enttäuschend **Developer response:** Vielen Dank für dein Feedback und dass du die Zeit genommen hast, uns über das Problem zu informieren. Leider ist es hier auf unser Seite zu einem technischen Problem gekommen, welches wir inzwischen beheben konnten. Die installierte App Version sollte daher wieder wie erwartet starten. Wir bedauern die Unannehmlichkeiten, die dir dadurch entstanden sind. Wir freuen uns zudem, dir mitteilen zu können, dass wir eine aktualisierte Version der NV Charts App veröffentlicht haben. Diese Aktualisierung umfasst neue Funktionen und Verbesserungen, die die Leistung steigern und das Benutzererlebnis insgesamt verbessern. Du kannst die neueste Version direkt im App Store oder auf unserer Webseite unter nvcharts.com/app herunterladen. Das Update behebt auch spezifische Probleme, die bei einigen iOS-Geräten aufgetreten sind, und verbessert die Kompatibilität mit den Hardwareanforderungen auf allen unterstützten iOS-Geräten. Für eine detaillierte Übersicht der Änderungen besuche bitte unsere FAQ-Seite unter https://nvcharts.com/support/?faqdetail=48 Für Rückfragen oder weitere Unterstützung stehen wir dir jederzeit zur Verfügung. Zögere daher bitte nicht, uns direkt zu kontaktieren. Du erreichst uns auch telefonisch unter +49 4351 46987 70 oder per E-Mail an support@nvcharts.com ## Frequently asked questions about NV Charts GPS Navigation AIS ### What does the NV Charts GPS Navigation AIS app do? This app enhances marine navigation by providing up-to-date digital nautical charts, comprehensive harbour information, and a full suite of navigation features. It allows for offline chart downloads, real-time AIS tracking, and community-shared points of interest for a safer and more informed boating experience. ### How can I purchase charts for the app? You can purchase digital nautical charts directly via the app with a convenient annual subscription that renews automatically. Alternatively, the app is compatible with NV Charts paper charts, and combination packages are available for both digital and paper chart users. ### Can I use the charts offline? Yes, the charts can be downloaded for offline use, ensuring you have access to navigation data even without an internet connection. This is crucial for safe boating in areas with limited connectivity. ### What is the AIS function? The AIS function allows you to monitor AIS signals in real time by connecting a WiFi AIS receiver. It displays AIS Class A and B targets, aids to navigation (ATON), and MOB AIS SART transponder emergency transmitters, helping you better assess the traffic situation on the water. ### Is the app compatible with multiple devices? Yes, the NV Charts App can be installed and synchronized on multiple devices. This allows you to access your charts and navigation data seamlessly across your preferred devices. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.753.249 — 2025-11-12 + Surrounding search and improved search results display + Improvements to tides and wind automatic selection regions and display + Timeline wind and current slider + Autorouting all regions + Night mode in layer menu at bottom right + Optimized compatibility for various iOS devices and versions + Improved description and function of anchor alarm + Improvements to NMEA data for certain devices + Date selection for tides + Update all charts button + Improved loading time Menu>My charts + Screenshot function own ship when pressing on the ship + Screenshot function for routes, markers, and bearings + Improved POI header Back button + UI improvement Orientation detection + UI Edge to Edge support + AIS display option without labels ### 2.744.232 — 2024-06-10 + POI download improvement + BoatView share download improvement + Online and offline detection improvement + Minor improvements ### 2.730.224 — 2024-05-02 Performance Improvements: # Optimized compatibility for various iOS devices and versions # Improved app speed and stability # Parallel processing mode improvement Updated Chart Presentation: # Enhanced NV Charts Vector Chart Engine V4 > Optimized text placement in vector maps > Improved colour design vector chart rendering > Improved night mode vector chart rendering > Improved depth units setting > Improved display of drying depth values > Improved safety contour and safety depth > Improved chart frame display > Screenshot function with optimized chart rendering > Extended presentation library for inland waters > Initial base map available directly after installation New Features and Improvements: # Improved AIS CPA warning # New AIS CPA audio warning tone # Improved AIS night display # Improved display of AIS information # Improved anchor alarm and warning sound + iOS: Critical alerts # New folder structure for routes and markers # Improved search for coordinates # Improved chart rotation # New offline availability of wind and current data # Improved wind and current menu # Improvement wind unit Bft # Improvement of tidal curves for the whole year # New support of true or magnetic heading sensor support # Improvement GPS heading stabilization # Improvement empty COG values NMEA User Interface and Usability Enhancements: # Help texts in the menu # Night mode at layer button # Improved profile image display # Improved profile synchronization # Improved colour design of routes, markers # Improved orientation of images to markers # Improvement hint and tips memory usage popup # New in app function to delete user account ### 2.709.182 — 2022-08-24 Improved new Vector text rendering GPS reception display improvements POI language improvements Heading and speed filter improvements Track sharing issues resolved Size setting for heading line, speed and heading display size AIS rate of turn display improvements VMG usage for ETA calculation Autorouting download management in My Charts Decimal seperation improvements in settings Vector Feet / Meter improvements # 365-day licence with access to all NV Charts App services and functions with paper charts or as in-app purchase # Let us know what you think: support@nvcharts.com ### 2.705.146 — 2022-05-20 # Autorouting enhancement in calculations and coverage improvements for European waters. # Internal GPS enhancements. # Velocity made good (VMG) in expert mode for a better knowledge of the speed to the next waypoint along your route. # Improved chart update management. # Overzoom display warning. # 365-day licence with access to all NV Charts App services and functions with valid edition paper charts or as in-app purchase. # Let us know what you think: support@nvcharts.com ## Apps similar to NV Charts GPS Navigation AIS | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [iNavX: Marine Navigation](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inavx-marine-navigation/id286616280) | 4.8 (21,564) | Free | Navigation | | [Wavve Boating: GPS, Map, Chart](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wavve-boating-gps-map-chart/id1241140495) | 4.7 (6,278) | Free | Navigation | | [i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/i-boating-marine-charts-and-gps/id994992062) | 4.5 (14,760) | Free | Navigation | | [PRO CHARTS - 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