8+ iOS apps curated and reviewed
Looking for free ez sextant apps? 3 of our 8+ tracked titles are free to download — no subscription, no trial. The rest are premium picks worth paying for.
Navigate in open waters without a GPS by using your phone's camera to make sightings of celestial bodies like the sun, moon, Venus, or Mars. Plot lines of position with multiple sightings for a running fix and view your estimated position on a lat/lon grid. Additionally, utilize a sextant, built-in almanac, and plotting tools for enhanced navigation.
This app lets you carry a sextant in your pocket, allowing you to measure latitude by simulating the use of a real sextant, complete with adjustable index arm and calculations for declination and local solar noon. Download the app to start navigating like a pro!
This application helps with celestial navigation by allowing users to accurately record time readings with sextant sightings, storing them for later use, and even taking photos for confirmation. By tapping the screen, users can easily record time in UTC, hear a confirmation sound, and feel a vibration, making it easy to use with or without an assistant.
This application makes celestial navigation easy by providing a digital Nautical Almanac and tools to perform calculations, plot lines of position, and find your fix. With its intuitive interface, you can enter observation data, perform compass checks, and generate reports, making it a valuable tool for navigators, instructors, and anyone looking to master celestial navigation.
This digital Nautical Almanac provides 100 years of navigational data in a convenient and interactive format, allowing users to easily access and utilize the information for celestial navigation. With features such as highlighting, zooming, and panning, users can efficiently perform basic navigation activities and sight reductions, making it a valuable tool for navigators.
This application offers a glimpse into a world where the seximal numbering system, based on six, is used instead of decimal, providing tools such as number conversion, a seximal calculator, and a length converter. Download the app to explore and experience an alternative way of counting and interacting with numbers in everyday life.
This application provides pre-computed lunar distance tables and tools to guide users through the process of performing lunars, a method of celestial navigation, with the option to output solutions to a printable form. With its included Nautical Almanac data and advanced astronomical calculations, users can plan and compute Greenwich time with ease, either with the app's automated functions or by hand using printed tables and forms.
