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Easy to use very clear instructions.
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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User Rating
4.5 out of 5
4 ratings in Tunisia
Ratings History
ActiveCaptain® Reviews
Lots of issues
Apple app is poor. You can’t really edit a route made by auto guidance. It continually takes me through land or 1-2 ft depths and when I try to edit by touching and adding a turn to get out of the shallows, it simply drags one small point over and then heads right back to the shallows or land, making it pretty useless (why the heck would it take my over land or 1 - 2 ft shallows anyway?) Also, after plotting a course through my home area, it will not allow you to copy/duplicate the path and then add to it. This is absolutely crazy and makes it a very poor app. You can rename it, but you can’t do a “save as”, so in other words you need to 100% start over with every route single route and plot the whole thing from your home port again, which is frustrating for me as we have lots of shallows and I must chart the course over and over again (like 40 turns). In regards to uploading to the system with updates on my boat, it works fine. Perhaps the android app works much better, but would be nice if there was a way to copy routes and edit in a user friendly fashion (even on a PC).
Active captain
Updates and charts won’t load even after multiple new cards tried
Zero stars
Terrible at best.
Great app !!!
I like how updates work but wish it kept serial numbers or u it’s
The Captain is Active
Makes updating data soooooo simple.
2nd Boat
The app doesn’t appear to have a way to add a second boat with its own electronics.
Boating & Fishing
Great for pre trip planning and on the water adjustments. Easy of use, connectivity and accuracy are its strong points. Thanks Ken Elliott
Active caption
Excellent
Panoptix livescope
If you an angler and don’t have this technology that Garmin has introduced. Your missing out.
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App Info
- Category
- Navigation
- Publisher
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Garmin
- Languages
- Spanish, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Slovak, Slovene, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek (modern), Hungarian, Indonesian, English, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Thai, 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 , Portugal , Latvia , Belgium , Hungary , United Arab Emirates , Ireland , Taiwan , Thailand , Czechia , Croatia , Argentina , Indonesia , Ukraine , South Korea , Saudi Arabia , 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
- 2 weeks ago
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