Active captain app
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Description
The free ActiveCaptain app creates a powerful connection between your compatible mobile device and Garmin chartplotter, charts, maps and the boating community. Whether you use your Garmin products for cruising, fishing, sailing or diving, this all-in-one app will help you enjoy your time on the water.
Just pair the app with your compatible chartplotter to wirelessly transfer and access charts and maps, software updates, routes, waypoints and helpful feedback from the ActiveCaptain Community. And, with the purchase of the OnDeck™ hub(1), you can track and monitor your boat from virtually anywhere.
Please note that this app is intended for Garmin chartplotter owners and is not recommended for use as a stand-alone navigational app.
FEATURES AVAILABLE:
- ONECHART™:
> New Garmin Navionics+™ and premium Garmin Navionics Vision+™ cartography, featuring a Navionics® style appearance, advanced Auto Guidance+™ technology(2) and a one-year subscription to daily updates, is available now for North America and Europe, and coming soon to the rest of the world.
Purchase our newest-generation charts or legacy BlueChart® g3 charts from your mobile device, and upload them to registered Garmin chartplotters on your vessel.
You will get exceptional coverage, clarity and detail with charts that feature integrated Garmin and Navionics data and much more. Plus, the NOAA raster cartography(3) and premium features can be downloaded for free through the ActiveCaptain app. Visit Garmin.com/marinemaps.
- PLAN A TRIP: Plan your trip, or e-scout a new fishing spot before you’re on the water. Then, transfer your data to your chartplotter where you can view your routes and waypoints.
- USER DATA SYNC: Automatically back up and sync your data between your chartplotter and the ActiveCaptain app.
- ACTIVECAPTAIN COMMUNITY: Join a community of boaters to get up-to-date feedback on marinas, boat ramps and other points of interest (POI). Check ratings, read reviews, and view pictures of POIs to make informed decisions on the water. Contribute your own POI, reviews and pictures from your compatible mobile device.
- CONTROL YOUR CHARTPLOTTER: Using the built-in Helm™ feature, the ActiveCaptain app lets you view and control your compatible(4) chartplotter from your smartphone or tablet, even when someone else is at the helm(5).
- EASY SOFTWARE UPDATES: Receive notifications about software updates from the app, and update your chartplotter wirelessly.
- ONDECK HUB: Use the ActiveCaptain app to track, monitor and control any number of switches with the OnDeck system(1) from nearly anywhere. Door open? Bilge running? Peace of mind comes in the form of text alerts and updates.
- GARMIN QUICKDRAWTM COMMUNITY: Download the latest 1’ HD contour maps shared by your fellow boaters, and sync with your chartplotter. You can also upload your own Quickdraw Contours map data.
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Connect the app to your chartplotter, and turn on smart notifications(4) to see calls, text messages and more on the chartplotter display while your phone is somewhere safe and dry.
FOOTNOTES
1)OnDeck hub sold separately and requires an active subscription plan
2)Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations
3)NOAA raster cartography cannot be viewed on echoMAP™ CHIRP and ECHOMAP™ Plus combos but can be viewed on mobile devices via the ActiveCaptain mobile app
4)Helm feature is not compatible with ECHOMAP series chartplotters
5)Check device compatibility on the ActiveCaptain app web page; visit https://www.garmin.com/c/marine/marine-apps/
End User License Agreement: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/legal/marine-mobile-eula/
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Just pair the app with your compatible chartplotter to wirelessly transfer and access charts and maps, software updates, routes, waypoints and helpful feedback from the ActiveCaptain Community. And, with the purchase of the OnDeck™ hub(1), you can track and monitor your boat from virtually anywhere.
Please note that this app is intended for Garmin chartplotter owners and is not recommended for use as a stand-alone navigational app.
FEATURES AVAILABLE:
- ONECHART™:
> New Garmin Navionics+™ and premium Garmin Navionics Vision+™ cartography, featuring a Navionics® style appearance, advanced Auto Guidance+™ technology(2) and a one-year subscription to daily updates, is available now for North America and Europe, and coming soon to the rest of the world.
Purchase our newest-generation charts or legacy BlueChart® g3 charts from your mobile device, and upload them to registered Garmin chartplotters on your vessel.
You will get exceptional coverage, clarity and detail with charts that feature integrated Garmin and Navionics data and much more. Plus, the NOAA raster cartography(3) and premium features can be downloaded for free through the ActiveCaptain app. Visit Garmin.com/marinemaps.
- PLAN A TRIP: Plan your trip, or e-scout a new fishing spot before you’re on the water. Then, transfer your data to your chartplotter where you can view your routes and waypoints.
- USER DATA SYNC: Automatically back up and sync your data between your chartplotter and the ActiveCaptain app.
- ACTIVECAPTAIN COMMUNITY: Join a community of boaters to get up-to-date feedback on marinas, boat ramps and other points of interest (POI). Check ratings, read reviews, and view pictures of POIs to make informed decisions on the water. Contribute your own POI, reviews and pictures from your compatible mobile device.
- CONTROL YOUR CHARTPLOTTER: Using the built-in Helm™ feature, the ActiveCaptain app lets you view and control your compatible(4) chartplotter from your smartphone or tablet, even when someone else is at the helm(5).
- EASY SOFTWARE UPDATES: Receive notifications about software updates from the app, and update your chartplotter wirelessly.
- ONDECK HUB: Use the ActiveCaptain app to track, monitor and control any number of switches with the OnDeck system(1) from nearly anywhere. Door open? Bilge running? Peace of mind comes in the form of text alerts and updates.
- GARMIN QUICKDRAWTM COMMUNITY: Download the latest 1’ HD contour maps shared by your fellow boaters, and sync with your chartplotter. You can also upload your own Quickdraw Contours map data.
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Connect the app to your chartplotter, and turn on smart notifications(4) to see calls, text messages and more on the chartplotter display while your phone is somewhere safe and dry.
FOOTNOTES
1)OnDeck hub sold separately and requires an active subscription plan
2)Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations
3)NOAA raster cartography cannot be viewed on echoMAP™ CHIRP and ECHOMAP™ Plus combos but can be viewed on mobile devices via the ActiveCaptain mobile app
4)Helm feature is not compatible with ECHOMAP series chartplotters
5)Check device compatibility on the ActiveCaptain app web page; visit https://www.garmin.com/c/marine/marine-apps/
End User License Agreement: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/legal/marine-mobile-eula/
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Is ActiveCaptain® free?
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ActiveCaptain® Reviews
Easy to Use!!
This app makes using GPS charting and navigation a breeze. Best feature is the ability to update my boats GPS Chart plotters quickly and easily using the WIFI features! Awesome.
Terrible
Who designed this app? Absurd
Slow transfer times
My problems: Update transfer times - it takes seconds to transfer the updates (be they chart or software) from the cloud to the Active Captain app on my iPhone 15 but it will take HOURS to transfer these from the phone to my 8612xsv chartplotter. Any interruption like an incoming phone call will send the process back to the start! I generally give high marks to Garmin and their support but the transfer times are like downloading a 5 GB movie over a 300 baud modem! Harmon really needs to fix this. User information on transfer times - during an update transfer, nether Active Captain interfaces (phone and chartplotter) give the user much information on the size of the files or the estimated completion time needed for them. This would help knowing how long you will need to have your smartphone tied up in a file(s) transfer. Because these problems have persisted for so long without being addressed, I rate it two stars.
Cannot link devices
Not user friendly. SIM card, linking multiple devices not user friendly.
Does not show same on all devices
Love the Active Captain but it need some fine tuning. If I sync everything at once so it’s all the same then turn off everything but phone app I lose detail. When I want to use my phone on my other boat I should be able to see all the detail through the active captain and I can not.
Garmin quick draw
Lossy
Great App
The Active Captain App works great in conjunction with our chart plotter. I love being able to sit comfortably with my iPad and determine our next day’s route or adjust our current route then sync it to the chart plotter.
Great product!
Had Humminbird for years. Garmin is much better hands down.
This Angler is Happy
Great addition to my angling equipment I am not tech savvy but once figuring out how to use the app it’s easy and saves me so much time and effort to update my units 🎣🎣
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App Info
- Category
- Navigation
- Publisher
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Garmin
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek (modern), Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Chinese, Turkish
- Recent release
- 37.1 (2 months ago )
- Released on
- Nov 7, 2017 (7 years ago )
- Also available in
- United States , Canada , Australia , Sweden , France , Japan , Italy , Denmark , Germany , Norway , Spain , United Kingdom , Brazil , New Zealand , Türkiye , Poland , Netherlands , Mexico , Finland , Greece , Switzerland , Lithuania , Bulgaria , Romania , Austria , South Africa , Latvia , Hungary , Belgium , Portugal , United Arab Emirates , Czechia , Taiwan , Ireland , Croatia , Argentina , Thailand , Saudi Arabia , Ukraine , South Korea , Indonesia , Slovakia , Kuwait , Colombia , Kazakhstan , Israel , Slovenia , Hong Kong SAR China , Malaysia , Philippines , Chile , Estonia , Tunisia , Bahrain , Peru , Malta , India , Dominican Republic , Singapore , Egypt , Luxembourg , North Macedonia , Cyprus , Azerbaijan , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Lebanon , Nigeria , Algeria , Iceland , Brunei , Ecuador , Armenia , Uzbekistan , Vietnam , Nepal , Russia
- Last Updated
- 6 days ago
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