Comparison

Nami Navigator vs WayPointMaster

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

Head to head
About

Nami Navigator

Features
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Nami Navigator — Your GPS Companion for Fishing, Boating & Exploring Never lose your favorite fishing spots again. Nami Navigator is a GPS waypoint tracker built for anglers, boaters, divers, and anyone who needs to mark a location and find their way back. DROP A PIN, COME BACK EVERY TIME Save your exact GPS location with one tap. Mark fishing hotspots, squid and calamari grounds, dive sites, anchor points, reef locations, or any place you want to return to. Your spots are saved locally and always available. REAL-TIME COMPASS NAVIGATION Select any saved waypoint and get live compass guidance with distance and bearing. The compass arrow points you directly to your spot — just follow the needle. Arrival detection lets you know when you've reached your destination. INTERACTIVE MAP See all your saved spots on a full satellite map. View your current position, GPS accuracy, and coordinates at a glance. Tap any waypoint pin to start navigating. MANAGE YOUR SPOTS Search, sort, and organize your waypoints. Add custom names and notes — "Great snapper spot" or "Squid here at night." Swipe to delete spots you no longer need. PERFECT FOR: • Fishing — Mark where the fish are biting and return every time • Squid & Calamari — Save productive grounds for night sessions • Diving & Snorkeling — Save reef and wreck locations • Trailing & Tracking — Mark and follow any GPS trail or route • Boating & Sailing — Track marinas and anchor spots • Exploring — Remember hidden coves and secret spots WORKS OFFSHORE Uses your iPhone's built-in GPS, so core features work even when you're far from cell towers. No internet required for navigation. PRO UPGRADE Unlock unlimited waypoints, export & share, iCloud sync, and support future development with a one-time purchase. GPS DISCLAIMER Nami Navigator uses your iPhone's built-in GPS for location tracking. Accuracy depends on your device hardware and environmental conditions. GPS signals may be less reliable in dense urban areas, deep valleys, or heavy cloud cover. This app is not a substitute for professional marine navigation equipment. Always follow local boating safety regulations. Simple, reliable, and built for life on the water.

About

WayPointMaster

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WayPointMaster is an offline GPS instrument for the helm. It shows live course and speed, stores waypoints, records tracks, and steers you to a mark or along a saved route — with no account and without sending your location to a server. Built for small-craft and coastal work: large monospaced readouts, day and night screens, and everything stored on the iPhone. THE BRIDGE (FREE) • Course over ground (COG) and speed over ground (SOG), with compass heading when the GPS course is stale • Bearing (BRG), distance (DST), time to go, and ETA while navigating • Coordinates in decimal degrees, degrees–decimal minutes (DDM), or degrees–minutes–seconds (DMS) • GPS status you can trust: OK, weak, poor, lost, plus horizontal accuracy and a warning when the fix is old • If Location is denied, a clear screen explains why GPS is needed and opens iOS Settings • Mark a waypoint from a live, accurate fix — not from a dead last-known position • Waypoints listed as WP (name), with categories (anchorage, fishing, pier, hazard, other), notes, search, and sort • Navigate to a waypoint: steering arrow, arrival alarm (default 50 m, adjustable) • Follow a saved track along its recorded points • Record tracks with time and distance intervals; average speed ignores time spent stopped • Export waypoints and tracks as GPX via the system Share sheet • Day / night display, optional auto day–night, optional keep-screen-on • GPS modes: Precise (navigation accuracy) or Economy (saves battery) • Speed in km/h or knots; distance in kilometres or nautical miles • Languages: English, Ukrainian, German, French, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, or follow the iPhone LIFETIME (ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE) • Import GPX: waypoints (wpt), tracks (trk), and routes (rte) • Optional background GPS so the live fix and an open track can continue when the app is not in front A 7-day trial of the extra features starts on first launch. After it ends, the bridge, your waypoints, and your tracks stay fully usable. Restore Purchases is in Settings and on the paywall. PRIVACY AND LOCATION WayPointMaster has no developer backend, no ads, and no tracking. Precise location is used only on the device for course, speed, marks, navigation, and logs. Background / Always access is off until you turn on Settings → GPS → Background GPS. While it is on, iOS shows the system location indicator. Coordinates stay on the phone unless you yourself export or share a GPX file. Support and the privacy policy are in Settings 1. WayPointMaster is an instrument, not a chartplotter: it does not include nautical charts or official notices to mariners. Use it with your own paper or electronic charts and good seamanship.

Screenshots

Nami Navigator4 screens
WayPointMaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WayPointMaster at none against Nami Navigator's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nami Navigator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WayPointMaster asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 4 level
Nami Navigator versus WayPointMaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNami NavigatorWayPointMaster
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuy LeIvan Sekretariuk

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nami Navigator

One-time1
  • Nami Navigator Pro$8.99
None

WayPointMaster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nami Navigator free?
Nami Navigator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WayPointMaster free?
WayPointMaster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nami Navigator or WayPointMaster have ads?
Neither Nami Navigator nor WayPointMaster shows ads.

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