Comparison

Nav GC vs EZ Celestial Navigation

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

Head to head
About

Nav GC

Calculate distances and headings between two points using great circle navigation. Input speed to determine travel time. Utilizes GPS for current location or allows manual input.

Highlights
  • Great circle distance calculation
  • Heading calculation
  • Travel time estimation
  • GPS integration
  • Manual position input
  • Compass functionality
  • GPS speed and course display
Features
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Great circle navigation. -Calculate distance and heading along the great circle between two positions. -Put in speed and get the time to travel. -Use GPS for start position or own input. -Compass. -GPS speed and GPS course.

About

EZ Celestial Navigation

This app simplifies celestial navigation using a sextant, providing tools to calculate your position at sea. It offers automated calculations or manual table access, with features for observation archiving and compass checks. Ideal for learning and practicing traditional navigation methods.

Highlights
  • Automated sight reduction and LOP plotting
  • Manual Nautical Almanac and Pub. 229 table access
  • Observation archiving and restoration
  • Compass check functionality
  • Printable Nautical Almanac pages and reports
  • Universal app for iOS and macOS
Features
Currently charting
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Celestial navigation has never been easier! With ezAlmanacOne and a sextant you will be finding your fix like a pro in no time! ezAlmanacOne is an evolution of the iPad version of ezAlmanac with the modern user interface used in the Windows 10 version of ezAlmanac. All of the features of ezAlmanac plus new features including: - Universal app runs on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and the new MacBook with M1 processor. - Supports all device orientations. All screens support zoom and pan. - Make bearing observations to perform compass checks. - Archive saved observations and restore observation data from an archive. - Includes quick start guide, usage examples, and other documentation to learn celestial navigation. - Print/Output Nautical Almanac pages, observation reports, and other app documentation. ezAlmanacOne will help you perform celestial navigation exactly as it has been done for hundreds of years. It produces all Nautical Almanac (1960-2059) and Pub. 229 tables exactly as you are used to seeing them in the printed form. All tables can be accessed directly for manual usage if you choose to do so. Since they are produced by the software they support zooming and panning, and you can highlight in the tables to easily find the correct value to use. Most users, however, will prefer to let ezAlmanacOne do all of the work. Simply enter the basic sight parameters, make and enter your observations, and ezAlmanacOne will do the rest. It performs all of the steps to correct your observation, find GP of the object, do the sight reduction, and plot the LOP. No steps are skipped and all details are shown. Click where the LOPs cross in the plot and you have found your fix! Besides finding your fix, ezAlmanacOne is one of the best tools available to perform compass checks from a bearing observation of one of the navigational bodies. The compass check function supports checking up to 5 devices from a single bearing observation. ezAlmanacOne will also create a report of your compass check that can be saved as a PDF file or printed for the ships records. Celestial navigation instructors love ezAlmanacOne because it does celestial navigation exactly as they teach it. Values obtained from the Nautical Almanac and Pub. 229 are clearly identified with an icon of the book. When you press the book icon you are taken to the page that has that value with the row, column and value highlighted. Even when ezAlmanacOne is doing all the work, it can teach you how to do it manually using the books. For manual celestial navigation you can generate and print Nautical Almanac pages to use as a backup on a passage. You can even print the sight reduction forms and plotting sheets you will need. ezAlmanacOne performs all astronomical calculations using the NOVAS 3.1 software from the US Naval Observatory (USNO) and a JPL ephemeris that covers the years 1960 through 2059. It also implements WMM-2020, the latest World Magnetic Model software available from NOAA, to compute magnetic declination. Since all calculations are performed in the software, ezAlmanacOne is fully functional with no dependency on the internet.

Screenshots

Nav GC2 screens
EZ Celestial Navigation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EZ Celestial Navigation at 100% against Nav GC's 0%. EZ Celestial Navigation also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 29 months). Nav GC's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $29.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Nav GC costs $0.99 and EZ Celestial Navigation $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EZ Celestial Navigation holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EZ Celestial Navigation has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Nav GC's written reviews are positive against 100% of EZ Celestial Navigation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nav GC ships an update every 29 months, EZ Celestial Navigation monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Nav GC versus EZ Celestial Navigation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNav GCEZ Celestial Navigation
Price$0.99 — better$29.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.9 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#25 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperdomesticusdevelopEZ Celestial LLC

Customer experience

Nav GC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

EZ Celestial Navigation

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nav GC

No in-app purchases

None

EZ Celestial Navigation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nav GC free?
Nav GC costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is EZ Celestial Navigation free?
EZ Celestial Navigation costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nav GC or EZ Celestial Navigation?
EZ Celestial Navigation is rated higher. Nav GC averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while EZ Celestial Navigation averages 4.9 from 26 ratings.
Do Nav GC or EZ Celestial Navigation have ads?
Neither Nav GC nor EZ Celestial Navigation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nav GC or EZ Celestial Navigation?
Nav GC ships an update every 29 months, and EZ Celestial Navigation monthly. Most recently, Nav GC was updated on November 6, 2026 and EZ Celestial Navigation on November 7, 2026.

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