Pumpout Nav vs BluePassage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pumpout Nav
Find nearby sewage pumpout stations, floating restrooms, and dump stations for your boat. View facility details, log your pumpouts, and learn about proper waste disposal to protect waterways. Available in select coastal and lake regions.
- Find nearby pumpout stations
- Locate floating restrooms and dump stations
- Real-time mobile pumpout tracking
- View facility hours and contact info
- Log pumpouts and favorite locations
- Learn about sewage disposal regulations
- Identify No Discharge Zones
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Marina Pumpout Finder – available in select regions including California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Rhode Island and in the Lake Champlain area of Vermont and New York with more being added regularly. • Find a marina near you and see the facilities it offers • Find the closest floating restroom or portable toilet, sewage pumpout station or dump station to your boat. • Find mobile pumpouts with realtime location tracking where supported • Switch easily from map to list view and find hours, price, contact info and the exact location of the unit. • Learn about how and why to pump out, the importance of your boat's y-valve and the rules and regulations of recreational boat sewage. • Log your pumpouts, choose your favorite locations and report non-functioning units • View No Discharge Zones (select states) • Using a pumpout station, dump station or floating restroom is a good way to preserve the waters we love!
BluePassage
This app helps experienced cruisers plan coastal passages by considering boat specifications, destination, and real-time conditions. It automatically routes around fixed bridges, flags shallow water, and provides detailed itineraries with weather forecasts.
- Chart-verified routing
- Integrated weather forecasts
- Risk scoring for passages
- Departure window analysis
- Daylight-only mode
- Marina and anchorage planning
- Day-by-day itinerary creation
- Passage animation with weather
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BluePassage plans coastal passages the way experienced cruisers do — and shows its work. Tell it your boat (speed, draft, mast height) and where you're headed. BluePassage charts a route that respects all three: routes follow real marked channels validated against official NOAA charts, fixed bridges your mast can't clear are routed around automatically, and thin water gets flagged against your draft. COVERAGE TODAY: US East Coast (Maine to the Keys), Gulf Coast, and Bahamas approaches — with new regions added monthly. PLAN SMARTER PASSAGES • Chart-verified routing — ICW, coastal, and offshore, following real channels buoy to buoy • Weather built in — wind and sea-state forecasts along your actual route, not just at the harbors • Risk scoring — an honest 0-100 read on conditions, exposure, tides, and timing before you commit • Departure windows — morning vs. afternoon compared, with the reasons they score differently CRUISE ON YOUR TERMS • Daylight-only mode — depart after dawn, arrive before dusk, computed from the sun for your dates and latitude • Marinas or anchorages — stop preferences that respect your budget and style • Day-by-day itineraries — distances, times, tides, and bridge openings for every leg • Route Player — animate your passage hour by hour with forecast weather along the track • Captain's Logbook — your completed trips, in one place Built by boaters, improved continuously — every route is validated before we show it to you, and coverage grows every month. BluePassage is for passage planning only — not for navigation. Always verify against official charts and local notices to mariners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pumpout Nav at none against BluePassage's 4. Pumpout Nav also leads on ratings volume (120 vs 2). BluePassage's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. BluePassage sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Pumpout Nav asks for nothing beyond the download.
BluePassage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pumpout Nav has 120 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pumpout Nav | BluePassage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (120 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ecom enterprises, inc. | Justin Langston |
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Pumpout Nav
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In-app purchases
Pumpout Nav
No in-app purchases
BluePassage
- Captain$12.991 Month
- Admiral$24.991 Month
- Captain$99.991 Year
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- Admiral$199.991 Year








