Best Boating GPS Apps

4.7😐(6.6K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Navigate waterways with detailed nautical charts, tide predictions, and weather forecasts. Connect with a community of boaters to share points of interest and track friends on the water. Enjoy simplified GPS navigation tailored to your boat's draft.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate navigation
👍 User-friendly interface
💡 Helpful features like weather and wave data
🚢 Great for new and experienced boaters
🤝 Good customer support

Room to Improve

🐛 Inaccurate depth charts
🚫 Limited coverage for certain areas
💰 Expensive subscription
🔒 Forced to sign up before trying
🤯 Confusing login/account issues

Aqua Map Boating by GEC s.r.l.

Marine navigation and fishing

Strong Contender

4.7😊(14K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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This app provides official, weekly updated nautical charts for marine navigation. It allows for offline map downloads, GPS track recording, and integration with onboard instruments. Enhance your boating safety and experience with advanced features like weather forecasts and AIS collision detection.

What We Love

🚀 Excellent navigation tool
👍 Easy to use and intuitive
🗺️ Detailed and accurate charts
💡 Helpful features like AIS, weather, and fuel prices
🤝 Responsive and helpful customer support

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional issues with map downloads and disappearing charts
🔍 Lack of intuitive route planning functionality
🔍 Slow map loading and tracking issues in certain areas
💰 Subscription model with additional costs for map downloads

Savvy Navvy: Boat Navigation by savvy navvy

GPS, Nautical Charts, Boating

Worth Considering

Nautical and fishing charts

4.7😐(8.4K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#87in Navigation

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This app provides comprehensive marine navigation, integrating charts, weather, tides, and GPS tracking. It simplifies route planning and offers real-time safety data to ensure confident and enjoyable time on the water for various boating activities.

What We Love

🚀 Easy to use
👍 Helpful for navigation
🌊 Accurate charts and data
💡 Useful features like weather and tide info
👍 Great for planning routes
🌟 Comprehensive boating app

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy and crashes
💰 Expensive subscription
🗺️ Missing chart data for some areas
🤔 Confusing to set up
🔋 Drains battery quickly
🤷‍♀️ Lacks some key features

More Boating GPS apps to explore

Navionics® Boating

Offline nautical chartsHD bathymetry mapsDock-to-dock route planning

Access detailed nautical charts and advanced boating features offline on your mobile device. Plan trips with dock-to-dock guidance, check weather and tides, and connect with a community of boaters. Ideal for cruising, fishing, sailing, and diving.

(2.4K)

Argo Navigation: Boat GPS, Map

Marine Charts, Weather & Tides

Web/Desktop planning with auto-syncAutorouting for multi-stop trips7-day marine weather forecast

This app provides comprehensive navigation and planning tools for boaters, offering features like chart plotting, route planning, and weather forecasts. It aims to be user-friendly for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced cruisers, with a focus on safety and connectivity on the water.

(6.2K)

i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps

Lake Depth Map,Sailing Plotter

Detailed vector marine chartsRoute planning and editingVoice-guided navigation

Navigate waterways with detailed marine charts and GPS. Features include route planning, voice-guided navigation, tide and current predictions, and track recording. Offers extensive map coverage for various regions and inland rivers.

(15K)

Boating Quiz & Anchor Alarm

Skipper IQ

Real-world incident scenario trainerNavigation and safety knowledge quizzesDaily practical boating tips

Enhance your boating safety and confidence with practical knowledge and real-world tools. Train with incident scenarios, test your navigation skills, and utilize on-water aids like GPS anchor watch and G-force measurement.

📚 Education

(1)

freemium

iNavX: Marine Navigation

Sailing & Boating Chartplotter

Worldwide marine chart accessReal-time GPS plottingWaypoint and route management

This app provides comprehensive marine navigation tools, including worldwide chart coverage, weather forecasts, and AIS integration. It allows users to plan routes, track their position, and connect with onboard instruments for a complete boating experience.

(22K)

Sailing weather, racing & logs

Telltale

Live wind, tide, and current dataRoute planning and offline navigationSail recording with GPS or boat instruments

This app provides comprehensive sailing weather, racing data, and logbook features. Plan routes, record sails, and analyze performance with wind, tide, and current information. It also helps find and replay races with fleet data.

⚽ Sports

LakeCrew -GPS for Boat Friends

free

See your friends on the lake!

Real-time location sharing on waterAdd friends to your crewDiscover public boating activity

Connect with friends and discover other boaters on the water in real time. Share your location on a chosen lake and see where others are boating. Meet new people by enabling public sharing to view public boating activity.

GPS navigation for boaters

Helm Boating: GPS, Chart & Map

Marine Navigation & Tides

Lowrance: app for anglers

Great fishing charts

Detailed C-MAP fishing chartsWaypoint managementOffline map downloads

This app provides detailed fishing charts and navigation tools for anglers. Manage waypoints, discover new fishing spots, and plan trips with offline maps and autorouting. Sync data with your Lowrance devices for a seamless on-water experience.

(2.9K)

BoatMap - Charts, GPS, Weather

Routes, Marinas, Anchorages

Offline nautical chartsMarine weather overlays50,000+ ports and anchorages

This app provides nautical charts, marine weather forecasts, and a database of ports and anchorages. It features GPS tracking, route planning with hazard avoidance, and offline chart access. User data is kept private and encrypted.

Powerboat GPS Data Logger

Log and monitor your GPS Track

$4.99

This app records your powerboating trips, logging speed, direction, and time. It allows friends and family to follow your journey in real-time and create dynamic blogs with geo-tagged notes, photos, and videos.

Real-time GPS trackingSpeed and direction loggingRemote trip monitoring

Instant GPS speed trackingWorks on any watercraftOffline functionality

Sailing Speed - Boat GPS

Marine speed tracking

$0.99

Transform your phone into a dedicated speed tracker for any watercraft. Ideal for rental boats, kayaks, and small vessels lacking built-in instruments, it offers instant GPS speed readings with excellent visibility.

Boat Buddy - Nautical Guide

paid

Boat GPS, tides & logbook

$1.00

🔧 Utilities

Boating Navigation GPS Offline

Navigation, Charts, Tides, Map

SafeSea - Smarter Boating

Navigate Smarter. Stay Safer.