Get up-to-date, detailed charts you can use offline plus a boatload of features on your mobile device, so they’re on hand wherever you go. The Boating app is a must-have for cruising, fishing, sailing, diving and all your activities on the water. Try it free for a limited time. To continue using charts and advanced features, you can purchase a yearly auto-renewable subscription*.
A COMPLETE PACKAGE
• INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED NAVIONICS® CHARTS: Use them offline along with multiple overlays, so you can be more aware of what’s above and below the water.
- NAUTICAL CHART: Use this premier marine reference to study port plans, anchorages and safety depth contours, locate navaids, marine services and more.
- SONARCHART™ HD BATHYMETRY MAPS: Extraordinary 1’ (0.5 meter) HD bottom contour detail is the ideal tool for locating new fishing areas.
- U.S. GOVERNMENT CHARTS (NOAA): These are available within the following coverages: U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Caribbean to Brazil.
- OVERLAYS: The relief shading overlay allows you to have a better understanding of bottom topography for improved fishing and diving. Sonar imagery reveals bottom hardness clearly and in vivid color on select lakes. Want more? Display satellite imagery on land and water.
- MAP OPTIONS: Change chart-overlay combinations to customize chart views, activate night mode, highlight shallow areas, target multiple fishing ranges and more.
- DAILY UPDATES: Benefit of thousands of daily updates worldwide.
• TOOLS FOR PLANNING AND ENJOYING YOUR DAY
- AUTO GUIDANCE+TM TECHNOLOGY**: Easily plan your trip with a suggested dock-to-dock path based on chart data and navigation aids. Get ETA, distance to arrival, heading to waypoint, fuel consumption and more.
- WEATHER AND TIDES: Knowing conditions before heading out is crucial. Access real-time weather data, daily and hourly forecasts as well as wind, weather buoys, tides and currents.
- MARKERS, TRACKS, DISTANCE: Place a marker on a good anchorage spot or where you reeled in a big fish. Record your track, take photos and videos within the app, and look back at your day anytime. Easily check distance among two points.
• AN ACTIVE AND HELPFUL COMMUNITY
- COMMUNITY EDITS and the ACTIVECAPTAIN® COMMUNITY: Obtain and contribute useful local knowledge along with thousands of fellow boaters, such as points of interest, navigation aids and valuable recommendations from people with firsthand experience of the local environment.
- CONNECTIONS: Stay in touch with your friends and fellow boaters by sharing your live location, tracks, routes and markers to easily meet on the water or let them check out your adventures.
- GPX IMPORT/EXPORT: Share your saved data outside the app or transfer it to your chartplotter.
- SHARE MAP OBJECTS: Share a marina, repair shop or any other location outside the app.
• EXTERNAL DEVICE-FRIENDLY FOR MORE FEATURES
- PLOTTER SYNC: If you own a compatible chartplotter, sync it with the app to transfer routes and markers, activate, update or renew your Navionics chartplotter card subscription.
- SONARCHART LIVE MAPPING FEATURE***: Connect with a compatible sonar/plotter, and create your own maps in real time while navigating.
- AIS: Connect to a compatible AIS receiver with Wi-Fi® connectivity to see nearby marine traffic. Set a safe range, and receive visual and aural alerts to signal potential collisions.
NOTES:
*You can manage your subscription anytime, and you can turn auto-renewal off.
**Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations
***Free features
A tablet device with Wi-Fi connectivity locates your approximate position if it is connected to Wi-Fi. A tablet Wi-Fi + 3G model operates similarly to a phone device with GPS.
Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. iOS is a trademark licensed to Apple, Inc.
Initial setup was confusing. The app got stuck in a “Choose your coverage” loop despite my Apple subscription being active. The issue was resolved after recovering and signing into my original Garmin/iCloud account. I believe the app could better handle multiple Garmin accounts or provide a clearer explanation instead of leaving users stuck. Email support was responsive and helpful. Once resolved, the app worked as expected.
Developer Response
Thank you for reporting on your experience. The message you are encountering is because the subscription is linked to a different Garmin/Navionics account. To access your subscription, please log in to the Navionics Boating app using the same Garmin/Navionics account used at the time of the purchase. You may have used more than one in the past, and thus several attempts may be necessary. For additional help, you can contact us directly from within the app by going to Menu > Submit Feedback or to navionics.support@garmin.com and provide the receipt of your purchase https://tinyurl.com/n3nkyv8n along with all the email addresses you might have used to create your account. We will be happy to assist you. Thank you and have a nice day.
Amazing
685BLH
I’ve been fishing for over a year now, I never get any Sea Bass more than 60cm long I meet a guy who use this app and he took me to a location that I never expected, and I got my first ever 80cm long Sea Bass, But the guy was using this app to mark his location! I start using it as well and it always works, I can’t recommend this app enough!! Who ever is behind this app must be super genius 💪
Can’t access charts even though I have a valid subscription
Mijbil2503
I purchased Navionics last week as a subscription through the App Store. I log in, and immediately it asks me to subscribe. I follow the link, choosing the correct chart for where I am in the uk, and a pop up says I am already subscribed. So I click Ok, the chart appears, then immediately the subscribe window appears and I can’t access the charts, or settings, or anything. This endless loop has been going on for days, and support has now fallen silent. I’ve tried multiple reinstalls, phone off and on, checked my login is the same as the account email, and it just doesn’t work. So next step is getting a refund since Navionics are unable to help me and provide a simple working app that recognises a subscription. It has to be an app issue when different steps say I’m not subscribed, then I am, then I’m not. So 1 star it is, since I can’t even see the charts I’ve paid for.
Developer Response
Thank you for reporting on your experience. The subscription loop indicates you’re not logged into the Boating app with the correct email address to access the subscription purchased. Please make sure to be logged in to the same Garmin/Navionics account you used in the app at the time of your purchase. Email Navionics.support@garmin.com and providing the email addresses you may have used to login and the receipt of your purchase for further assistance.
Feature requests fall on deaf ears
Jonsail2025
For years I have asked for simple feature requests from Navionics to include the following but my requests have fallen on deaf ears making me think as an end user that Navionics do not value their customers:1. To allow the name of user waypoints, to be overlaid on the chart like other better apps do instead of just an icon.2. To identify the source of NMEA depth to show if it is “Depth below keel” or “depth below transducer” (important for navigational safety)3. To be able to create a route from a list of user waypoints and be able to search and add the waypoints to an existing route.4. To allow wind angle, wind speed and boat speed fields to be overlaid as NMEA data fields in the app.All entirely possible but protectionism in the market place and arrogance torwards their customers seems to be preventing them adding these featureUpdate - I won’t hold my breath
Developer Response
Thank you for reporting on your experience. We value customers’ input and have forwarded these suggestions to our Product Management Team for review and consideration for future enhancements for our app. However, we cannot guarantee if or when they may be implemented. We invite you to fill out Share your idea using the following link https://tinyurl.com/mphrufnb
Bug fixing and optimization.
Version 24.3.1
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Information
Provider
Garmin International
Size
128.4 MB
Category
Navigation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it is not open, which can decrease device battery life.