Yes, AngelNav is free to download, however it contains in-app purchases or subscription offerings.
🤔 The AngelNav app's quality is mixed. Some users are satisfied, while others report issues. Consider reading individual reviews for more context.
AngelNav has several in-app purchases/subscriptions, the average in-app price is €39.42.
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Whether or not you like the idea of being able to use traditional nav techniques in an app the support for this app is second to none. Offline help is built into the app and there is a free forum where you can post questions which are answered often within minutes if not hours. The new tides module gave me excellent information when planning a passage around the Mull of Kintyre and a full regional UKHO folio subscription for £25 seems reasonable value to me
Initially disappointed about the seeming absence of large scale charts, I am happy to report that Developer support has been simply excellent. In good faith I purchased a folio with a title that sounded like the one I needed. Unfortunately the charts I actually wanted were in another folio. The Developer took onboard that the error was understandable and I’m grateful to have been given a code for the correct folio at no cost to me. A five star service and a really good charting App.
Love the concept, enjoy the charts. But the paucity of large scale charts in the folios make this an unsatisfying and potentially risky experience inshore. For instance, on passage from Beachy Head towards Chichester Harbour there are no large scale charts for the Looe Channel. Or am I missing something? The developer replied with two chart numbers, but neither appears in the folio I have purchased for the south coast: “The Looe channel is included in chart numbers 1652 and 2045”?
The very best Navigation App for sailors of sail or power boats. Gives you the opportunity to complete traditional navigation on a digital chart. So much better than many apps which significantly increase journey times. Easy to use. An absolute must have App.
Ive used AngelNav for several years. It has clearly been developed by sailors for sailors. Based on source of truth raster charts with auto selection of the largest scale for ‘here and now’ you dont have to worry about a bored developer having a bad day transcribing the paper chart into code, or having zoomed enough to see that rock! The comprehensive software offers the usual bells and whistles like MOB and AIS, but also supports trad nav, for example multi hour trad nav ‘course to steer’ is easily done with the tide info right in front of you on the chart. The race feature makes course noting and plotting a doddle, with the TWA feature helping brief the crew about whats next. Local Waypoints are easily downloaded from gpx files. The support has been really responsive, even to the point of identifying an idiosyncratic issue with my ipad. I guess its not better known because they are apple only and are spending too much time developing rather than marketing. Give it a go is my recommendation. AT £25 In the UK your IMHO local chart folio for a year is about the same as a picnic lunch.
Chartwork lines are difficult to move. Handles often fail to respond to touch. Using iPad mini 6th gen. Please fix.
Downloaded the App, bought the KAP plugin and the Imray ID50 (Western Med) only to discover there is no clickable main chart, so you have to scroll through reams of charts in order to find the correct chart. I would have thought that linking the charts, like in OpenCPN would be a relatively easy thing to do for a coder. Staying true to printed charts is one thing, adding extra functionality on top of that would have been a real bonus.
In a recent update to Angelnav tide tables and streams have been added. This is a fantastic addition to and already great product.
Getting to grips with how it works over the season and really starting to like it. Route planning is very easy to do and subsequently follow. Had an issue with AIS not working, but response from support was fantastic. Learnt about some upcoming developments, which I’m really looking forward to, as this would make this 5 star and a real contender for similar apps.
Have used this extensively over about 2,500 miles of cruising around UK & Ireland alongside other navigational programs. It enables you to keep your traditional skills up to date without paying a fortune (and finding space for) a plethora of paper charts. It provides an immediate back up to your MFD and once you make the effort to understand how to switch between charts it’s all rather simple. However, accessing tidal diamonds to plan a long passage (particularly with cyclical tides) is a pain; it would be great if the developer could make this easier with perhaps animated tides *in addition* to providing the basic info. Such a mod would make it worth 5+ stars.
