Best Sailing GPS Apps

4.2(11 ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

This app provides sailing navigation tools, displaying real-time location, speed, course, and historical data. It assists with MOB situations, regattas, and waypoint management, offering advanced features in its premium version.

i-Boating: Marine Charts & Gps by Bist LLC

Lake Depth Map,Sailing Plotter

Strong Contender

4.5😊(15K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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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.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate GPS and navigation
🗺️ Detailed nautical charts
📊 Helpful fishing and structure information
🔍 Useful for finding unexplored fishing spots
💻 Offline functionality works well

Room to Improve

🌐 GPS/location issues, inaccurate positioning
💰 Expensive recurring subscription model
🔁 Difficulty restoring purchased content on new devices
🔧 Poor customer support and lack of response
📦 Missing coverage for some lakes/waterways

iNavX: Marine Navigation by NavX Studios LLC

Sailing & Boating Chartplotter

Worth Considering

Nautical and fishing charts

4.8😐(22K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

#100in Navigation

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.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate and precise navigation
📊 Comprehensive charting and navigation features
🛠️ Customizable instrument settings
🔄 Redundancy across devices
💨 Reliable performance over many years

Room to Improve

🤔 Clunky and unintuitive user interface
🗺️ Cumbersome chart management and downloading
🔋 Battery drain issues
💰 Expensive subscription model for charts
🐛 Stability issues and crashes

More Sailing 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)

SailTies: Logbook GPS Tracking

Sailing Resume, Qualifications

One-tap voyage trackingLive route sharingAutomatic sailor resume

Effortlessly log sailing voyages with GPS tracking and rich media. Share your adventures live with friends and family, and automatically build a comprehensive sailing resume. Collaborate with crew and join sailing groups to compare achievements.

✈️ Travel

(397)

Orca: Boat GPS, Charts, Routes

GPS Chart Route Sail Powerboat

Accurate marine chartsIntelligent sail and engine routingLive AIS vessel tracking

Access detailed marine charts, intelligent routing, and live vessel tracking for confident navigation on the water. Plan routes with weather forecasts and stay aware of your surroundings with real-time AIS data. Works online and offline for uninterrupted use.

(409)

Wavve Boating: GPS, Map, Chart

Marine Navigation, Depth, Tide

Simple GPS navigationCustomizable nautical chartsCommunity points of interest

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.

(6.6K)

Marine navigation and fishing

Aqua Map Boating

Official NOAA nautical chartsOffline map downloadsGPS track recording

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.

(14K)

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.

Powerboat GPS Data Logger

(2)

free

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.

Club racing made better!

Race Timer with auto-startBoat Speed (SOG)Bearing & Compass

This app provides essential sailing instruments and tactical tools for planning, racing, and navigating. It offers features like a race timer, speed tracking, bearing and compass, waypoint navigation, and route recording. Offline support ensures functionality on open water.

The one-stop sailing solution

$1.99

This app provides comprehensive sailing tools including GPS tracking, navigation, an anchor alarm, and a digital logbook. It offers weather forecasts, live position sharing, and safety features like Man Overboard alerts. It works offline and is available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

GPS tracking and waypoint navigationDigital logbook with export optionsAnchor alarm with drift monitoring

Sailing Timer w/ GPS Waypoints

paid

Regatta Countdown Timer

Regatta start countdown timerGPS waypoints and "GoTo" navigationLayline assistant

This app provides critical regatta start information and navigation features for sailors on their phone and Apple Watch. It includes start countdowns, GPS waypoints, and a layline assistant for optimal course planning. The companion iPhone app offers full functionality and race tracking.

ChartedSails - Sailing Tracker

(1)

free

Race insights that win

Automatic race and condition loggingLeg-by-leg performance breakdownManeuver and start line analysis

This app provides competitive sailors with professional-grade race analysis to identify performance gaps and improve speed. It automatically logs weather and conditions, tracks maneuvers, and allows for fleet comparison. Start with basic insights for free or unlock advanced features with a subscription.

💪 Health & Fitness

(2)

GPS navigation for boaters

Riptide GPS

This app helps sailors track their performance, measure efficiency, and count down to the start line. It offers hands-free voice feedback for speed, time, and distance, and allows users to save and share routes.

Track shifts and count down to startMeasure tack and gybe efficiencyCheck speed and distance to start line

Boating Navigation GPS Offline

(1)

free

Navigation, Charts, Tides, Map

Boating Greece HD GPS Charts

Same detail as a Chart plotter

$5.99

Navigate marine environments with detailed GPS charts and weather forecasts. Plan routes, measure distances, and record tracks offline. Access a global community of boaters for local knowledge and updates.

Offline GPS chartsWorldwide marine weather forecastsRoute planning and tracking

Speed, course & sail tracks

paid

Upwind - Sailing Tracker