Comparison

CMNS COPILOT vs Navigation Almanac

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

Head to head
About

CMNS COPILOT

Features
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CMNS COPILOT是一款用于船舶在受限水域航行和靠泊的辅助导/助航软件,主要是为港口引航员、船长和驾驶员提供进出港口航行和靠泊的支持。该软件支持官方出版的S57、S63数字海图格式,并支持多源数据连接,如串口,Wi-Fi等。 APP提供的功能包含:支持IHO S57 S63官方海图格式;符合IHO S52海图显示标准;提供船位预测功能(需要ROT数据支持);辅助靠泊模式;支持蓝牙和Wi-Fi连接;支持录制回放(包含语音);支持航线功能和限速设定;智能计算会遇点;可视CPA显示;支持虚拟登轮;支持VRM、EBL和距离测量;支持引航业务系统呈现;支持动态下沉量、转心计算;支持不同航海场景快速调用;

About

Navigation Almanac

This app provides a comprehensive offline celestial navigation toolkit. It calculates celestial body positions, sunrise/set times, and sky charts. It also offers tools for compass error correction and position fixing, all without requiring an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline celestial almanac data
  • Sight reduction calculations
  • Rise, set, and twilight times
  • Sky view chart and dome
  • Live GPS position and course
  • Compass error correction
  • Fix calculator
Features
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Navigation Almanac is a complete celestial-navigation toolkit for iPhone and iPad. It reduces a sight, tabulates the almanac data you would otherwise look up on paper, and works entirely offline - no signal, no subscription, no account. SIGHT REDUCTION Enter your position and the date and time in UTC or local time, then pick a body. You get azimuth and computed altitude, GHA, LHA, SHA and declination, semi-diameter and horizontal parallax, along with the magnetic variation from the WMM-2025 model and the current value of ΔT. ALMANAC The Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn together with the 57 navigational stars, each with azimuth, altitude, hour angles and declination for the moment you have chosen. RISE, SET AND TWILIGHT Rise, meridian transit and set for any body, with civil and nautical twilight at the Sun's standard altitudes (-0°50′ / -6° / -12°), shown in UTC or local time. SKY VIEW The sky drawn as a chart of azimuth against altitude, or as a full-sky dome with the zenith at the centre. Background stars, constellation lines, and a predicted GNSS satellite layer computed from a bundled orbital catalogue. GPS Live position, course and speed over ground, altitude and horizontal accuracy, the magnetic variation at your position, and the ephemeris of the selected body. One tap fills the observer position for a reduction. COMPASS ERROR Solve gyro and magnetic compass error from an observed bearing, with variation and deviation kept separate, the way the correction is actually applied on the bridge. FIX CALCULATOR Cross two lines of position from your reductions, advance the first line for the vessel's run between sights, and read off the observed position. WORKS OFFLINE The ephemerides are computed on the device from the VSOP87 and ELP2000 series with IAU 1980 nutation - they are not downloaded. Everything above works with the phone in airplane mode, weeks from shore. SIXTEEN LANGUAGES English, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Greek, Turkish, Latvian and Simplified Chinese. The navigation terminology in each was taken from that country's own nautical almanac and navigation textbooks rather than translated word for word. NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS Warnings in force from the national coordinators of the worldwide navigational warning service, grouped by country and by NAVAREA, with the full text of every message and the positions read out of it. The feed is rebuilt every hour and the last copy stays on the device, so it is there when the signal is not. This is an experimental feature and the screen says so: the data is gathered automatically, it can lag behind the broadcast, and it can be incomplete. It does not relieve you of the requirement to receive Maritime Safety Information over NAVTEX and SafetyNET as provided for by SOLAS. Navigation Almanac is a computational aid. Carry the official almanac and tables required for your voyage.

Screenshots

CMNS COPILOT4 screens
Navigation Almanac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Navigation Almanac at weekly against CMNS COPILOT's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CMNS COPILOT ships an update every 5 months, Navigation Almanac weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CMNS COPILOT versus Navigation Almanac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCMNS COPILOTNavigation Almanac
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer广州胜泊航科技术有限公司Vladyslav Zenchenko

In-app purchases

None

CMNS COPILOT

No in-app purchases

None

Navigation Almanac

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CMNS COPILOT free?
CMNS COPILOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Navigation Almanac free?
Navigation Almanac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CMNS COPILOT or Navigation Almanac have ads?
Neither CMNS COPILOT nor Navigation Almanac shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CMNS COPILOT or Navigation Almanac?
CMNS COPILOT ships an update every 5 months, and Navigation Almanac weekly. Most recently, CMNS COPILOT was updated on October 28, 2026 and Navigation Almanac on October 24, 2026.

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