Title: iPad navigation apps tested – Yachting World
Headings: iPad navigation apps tested: Pip Hare reviews 7 chartplotting apps
iPad navigation apps tested: Pip Hare reviews 7 chartplotting apps
Top rated iPad navigation apps – read individual reviews below
The perfect iPad navigation app doesn’t yet exist but…
Crowd-sourced data
Top tips for setting up and using your iPad navigation device
Ports of refuge
Satellite image layers
Check units: Lat and Long
Range rings
Velocity vector
Chart updates
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Content: With the recent integration of wi-fi NMEA data to the mix, tablet navigation systems have found a permanent place in our arsenal of instruments. I have selected seven of the best boating apps specifically focussing on new updates and innovative developments, but also with my eye on what our basic requirements for a good navigational app should be. Tests were carried out inshore, offshore, creek hopping, racing and just sitting at home on my sofa using an iPad 2 and an ASUS model P023 running Android 5.0.2. Top rated iPad navigation apps – read individual reviews below
Navionics and Navionics+ are a great duo – best on test. iNavX is good enough to replace on on-deck chartplotter. MaxSea TimeZero is brilliant if you want to use raster charts. Transas iSailor does everything, but it all costs extra. SeaNav UK & Ireland offers a unique ‘augmented reality’ view using Internet AIS. Garmin BlueChart Mobile good for planning, but only shares with Garmin hardware. iBoating is surprisingly versatile, but was the least expensive on test – and it showed.