Comparison

Venice lagoon chart vs Venice Offline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Venice lagoon chart

Navigate the Venice Lagoon with detailed charts, real-time tide data, and historical information. Essential for sailors and visitors, it provides canal speeds, water-bus schedules, and island guides.

Highlights
  • Detailed lagoon cartography
  • Real-time tide and environmental data
  • Canal speed limits and speedometer
  • Water-bus stops and timetables
  • Island-by-island historical information
  • Marinas, harbors, and gas stations
Features
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The first lagoon chart available as an App, produced by Mare di Carta publisher building on the experience of the printed "Carta della laguna di Venezia" at 1:25,000 scale, drawn from the official data of the Interregional Authority for Public Works of Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia, which for over 500 years — once known as the Magistrato alle Acque and today as the Venice Lagoon Authority — has overseen the lagoon's waters. Featuring marinas, harbours, fuel stations, slipways and other information useful for navigation, the app includes a nautical navigator that calculates routes along the navigable channels taking into account your type of vessel and draught, and offers a handy speedometer for boaters showing in real time the maximum permitted speed in the channel you are sailing and the channel's name. The app gives a visual warning when the speed limit is exceeded. For those travelling by public transport, the app displays the ACTV vaporetto stops on the map. For everyone, historical information — island by island — and environmental insights are available for a better visit and understanding of today's lagoon, including the changes brought about by the safeguarding works. Real-time data on tides, temperature and other environmental information can also be consulted. "Carta della laguna" is therefore an indispensable tool for getting to know the lagoon: a guide for the visitor, but also a wealth of practical information for those who already know the lagoon well and appreciate finding so many layered details in a single app.

About

Venice Offline

Explore with a detailed, customizable offline map featuring contour lines and all paths. Easily find points of interest categorized and searchable, with additional information available. Save notes, favorites, and share content seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Customizable offline maps
  • Contour lines and detailed paths
  • Categorized Points of Interest (POIs)
  • Searchable POIs and streets
  • POI information (opening hours, address)
  • Notes and favorites
  • Location tracking
Features
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Customisable offline map from Openstreetmap with contour lines in which even the smallest paths and trails are shown. POIs are grouped into categories and can be displayed as layers. For example, you can display all restaurants, public transport lines, banks, hiking trails, charging stations and doctors on the map. The size and overlap of the icons can be adjusted to improve clarity. An integrated database allows you to search for POIs as well as a large number of streets, towns, villages, districts, etc. The search can be filtered by category and/or distance. For many POIs there is further information such as opening hours, address, disabled access, ... Notes or favourites can be created for each POI, a history list shows the most recently used POIs, content can be shared. A location function shows the current position, the app is ad-free and there is no tracking.

Screenshots

Venice lagoon chart4 screens
Venice Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Venice lagoon chart at Free against Venice Offline's $3.99. Venice lagoon chart also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Venice Offline's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Venice lagoon chart is free to download; Venice Offline costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Venice lagoon chart against 5.0 for Venice Offline. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Venice lagoon chart ships an update monthly, Venice Offline every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Venice lagoon chart versus Venice Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVenice lagoon chartVenice Offline
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.216.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size396 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMare di CartaJoerg Holz

Customer experience

Venice lagoon chart

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Venice Offline

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Venice lagoon chart

No in-app purchases

None

Venice Offline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Venice lagoon chart free?
Venice lagoon chart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Venice Offline free?
Venice Offline costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Venice lagoon chart or Venice Offline?
Venice lagoon chart and Venice Offline are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Venice lagoon chart or Venice Offline have ads?
Neither Venice lagoon chart nor Venice Offline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Venice lagoon chart or Venice Offline?
Venice lagoon chart ships an update monthly, and Venice Offline every 4 months. Most recently, Venice lagoon chart was updated on November 1, 2026 and Venice Offline on November 3, 2026.

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