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Best River Map Navigation Apps

230+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.0 avg rating
18 free apps
Updated October 2026

The best river map navigation apps on iPhone average 4.0★ across 230+ titles — we've ranked them by what real users actually keep on their phones. Updated October 2026.

Compare top River Map Navigation Apps (October 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1Yandex Maps & NavigatorYandex Maps & NavigatorFree4.6★ (41K)NoYesOct 2026
2Open Canal Map UKOpen Canal Map UKFree4.4★ (11)NoYesOct 2026
3UK Waterways MapUK Waterways MapFree—NoNoMay 2026
4GPS Maps & Voice NavigationGPS Maps & Voice NavigationFree4.0★ (1)YesYesOct 2026
5RouteFinder - Maps NavigationRouteFinder - Maps NavigationFree4.2★ (11)NoYesOct 2026
6RiverRight: Whitewater MapsRiverRight: Whitewater MapsFree5.0★ (1)NoYesAug 2026
7Fluvigo: Boat Navigation GPSFluvigo: Boat Navigation GPSFree—NoYesOct 2026
8Fishing Maps: Lake & River GPSFishing Maps: Lake & River GPSFree—NoYesAug 2026

Top Picks for River Map Navigation

Yandex Maps & Navigator#1

Yandex Maps & Navigator by Direct Cursus Computer Systems Trading

Transport, Transit, Navigation
Editor's Choice
🗺️ Navigation
4.6😐(41K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
#30in Navigation
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Navigate your city with detailed maps, real-time traffic, and multi-modal routing. Find businesses, get directions by car, public transport, bike, or foot, and access offline maps for over 2000 cities.

What We Love

  • 👍 Convenient
  • 🚀 Great navigation
  • 💡 Helpful for finding places
  • 🔍 Detailed information on locations

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate location tracking
  • 🐛 Unreliable public transport information
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Outdated or missing business listings
Open Canal Map UK#2

Open Canal Map UK by Tom Sapey

Navigation for UK boaters
Strong Contender
✈️ Travel
4.4😐(11 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Navigate the UK's waterways with a comprehensive map of canals and rivers. Discover points of interest like locks, services, and commercial amenities. Contribute to the community by adding new locations and keeping the map up-to-date.

What We Love

  • 👍 Very useful for canal navigation
  • 🗺️ Great interactive maps
  • 💡 Rich with information
  • 🆓 Free to use
  • 🚀 Works well with GPS
  • ✅ Useful for planning routes
  • 💯 Excellent support
  • 🌟 Historical view is interesting
  • 👍 Great for novice canal users
  • 📱 Works on iPhone and iPad
  • ✨ Recent updates are great
  • 👍 User interface looks great

Room to Improve

  • 😠 Ads are intrusive and polluting
  • 🐛 Location not found after update
  • ⚠️ Static info is outdated
  • ❓ No mechanism to report errors
  • ⏳ Lacks ETA feature
  • 📍 Auto-sends map to location, can't stop
  • 📅 Data is months out of date
  • 🚫 Droitwich canals not updated
  • 🗺️ Locks disappeared from Thames
  • 📏 Distances only in kilometers
  • ❓ No easy way to calculate distance
  • 🖼️ No photos for points of interest
  • 📉 Preferred old version
  • ❓ Half of services only listed
  • 🚫 Maps do not load
  • 📏 No easy way to calculate start/waypoint distance
  • 📉 Mapping difficult and unusable after update
  • 🎨 App icon changed, graphics horrid
  • ❌ Stopped working on iPad
  • 🚫 New update no longer works on phone
  • 📏 Text unreadably small on iPhone
  • ❓ Blurry Google map overlay
  • ❓ No map legend
  • 🚫 Report option greyed out
  • ❓ What are white dots/random words?
  • 🚧 Tow path closure location incorrect
  • 🤔 Mobile markers on Thames unclear

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FAQ about River Map Navigation

What are the best river map navigation apps for iPhone?
Yandex Maps & Navigator tops our river map navigation apps ranking as of October 2026, with a 4.6-star average from 41K App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 18 of the top river map navigation apps we rank are free to download, including Yandex Maps & Navigator and Open Canal Map UK.
Yandex Maps & Navigator has no ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of October 2026.
We track 230+ river map navigation apps on the iOS App Store as of October 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.