TALAY vs MSI MAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
TALAY
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TALAY is a navigation companion and reference app built for recreational sailors β no internet required once you're at sea. No account, no ads, your data stays on your device. OFFLINE MAP β’ Areas you've viewed are automatically saved and available without internet β’ Live position, speed (SOG) and course (COG) β’ Distance measurement, area drawing, coordinate entry (degrees/minutes/seconds) β’ Route planning with per-leg distance, bearing and total passage time β’ Long-press anywhere on the map to see a point's coordinates, distance and bearing β’ Seamarks (OpenSeaMap) and a depth points layer (GEBCO) EMERGENCY β’ One tap generates a ready-to-read Mayday/Pan-Pan VHF call text with your current coordinates β’ Copy it straight to your radio or messaging app MARITIME REFERENCE β’ COLREG (Collision Regulations): 41 rules, a "who gives way" solver, quick-reference diagrams β’ IALA-A buoyage and lights guide β’ 165-term maritime dictionary β every card shows the term and its meaning in Turkish, English and Spanish at once β’ A 20-question maritime quiz with a ranked result β’ VHF channel guide β’ Required equipment: life-saving and safety gear drawn from SOLAS and IMO carriage requirements β’ Calculators: distance, speed, depth, ETA LOGBOOK & WEATHER β’ Log entries with position and weather captured automatically β’ Wind, wave height, sea temperature, hourly wind forecast β’ Sunrise and sunset times DAY AND NIGHT Night mode keeps your dark adaptation intact on the bridge, day mode stays readable in direct sun. Auto mode switches itself at sunrise and sunset for your position. Available in Turkish, English and Spanish.
MSI MAP
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Bring your passage into the app, keep only the navigational warnings that actually touch it, and carry them over to the ECDIS. NAVAREA and coastal NAVTEX warnings are plotted on a world map whose coastline is bundled inside the app β no tile server, and the last warnings you pulled stay readable with no connection. WARNINGS ALONG YOUR ROUTE β MSI PRO Β· Import a route file (RTZ, GPX, CSV or JSON) and see it drawn under the warning pins Β· Keep only the warnings within 100, 200 or 300 nm of that route and clear the rest away Β· Re-fetch every source on demand, instead of the free once-daily cycle EXPORT TO THE ECDIS β MSI PRO Warnings are carried over as latitude/longitude lines with text marks, ready to open on the bridge. Β· JRC user map (.uchm) β native format Β· GPX Β· Furuno user chart (beta) WARNING SOURCES Β· NGA β worldwide NAVAREA plus HYDROLANT, HYDROPAC and HYDROARC Β· Coastal NAVTEX, collected automatically from seven countries β the United States (USCG), Australia (AMSA), Japan (JCG/MSIL), Taiwan (MOTC), Hong Kong (Marine Department), Finland (Traficom) and Denmark (DMA Niord) Β· NAVAREA III β Spain (IHM) Β· Korea (KHOA) β collected as well once you enter your own free data.go.kr service key in Settings THE MAP Β· Fully offline vector coastline at three levels of detail, three bathymetry bands, national boundaries and 167 place labels covering major ports, straits and canals Β· Coordinates and areas are extracted from the warning text and drawn as points, circles, polygons and tracklines Β· Filter by NAVAREA, by geometry type, and by NAVAREA versus coastal NAVTEX Β· Place and port search in English, with no network call Β· Your own GPS position on the chart CHANGE HISTORY Compares each refresh with the one before it and lists what is new, what was cancelled and what changed. DEPARTURE BRIEFING SHEET Print the current list to an A4 PDF. Free. MSI PRO IS A ONE-TIME PURCHASE Not a subscription. Restores on a new device with Restore Purchase under the same store account. The map, the warning list, the change history and the briefing sheet are free. LOCATION GPS is read only when you tap the my-position button, and only while the app is in the foreground. It is used solely to draw your own position on the chart on this device β it is never sent to a server, never stored as a history, and never collected in the background. Decline the location permission and everything else keeps working. There are no push notifications. Refresh is checked when you open the app or return to it. English and Korean. Note β for reference only. Not for navigation. Not a substitute for GMDSS receiving equipment or official notices to mariners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TALAY at none against MSI MAP's 4. MSI MAP's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. MSI MAP sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. TALAY asks for nothing beyond the download.
TALAY ships an update every 3 weeks, MSI MAP every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TALAY | MSI MAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.5 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAZIM KARAGOZ | JIWON SEO |
In-app purchases
TALAY
No in-app purchases
MSI MAP
- 500 Points$3.99
- MSI MAP Pro$6.99
- 1,200 Points$9.99
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- 3,000 Points$19.99









