Venice lagoon chart vs Venice Offline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Venice lagoon chart | Venice Offline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 396 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mare di Carta | Joerg Holz |
Customer experience
Venice lagoon chart
Venice Offline
In-app purchases
Venice lagoon chart
No in-app purchases
Venice Offline
No in-app purchases
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