Navionics® Boating

I now lost the charts that I paid for and have to constantly pay for the subscription, which almost doubled now. To add to the disappointment there is no longer support for web app. I previously had full access to my account and ability to pre plan on a pc. Now this redirects to Garmin. All in all the greed of Garmin killed arguably the best product on the market. Product manager — 1) restore charts re-download that we paid for. 2) fix pc access. Until then it is search for alternatives sadly!

Long term customer, great app but recent updates mean that those not on the subscription service can no longer download maps not previously downloaded. I would recommend you stay clear, most likely they will take your money then change the rules!!

Have been using navionics both on my Raymarine Chartplotter and also on my phone. Recently I noticed they introduced a 2 device limit. I u sweat and that they do that to prevent people from sharing, but there are real users out there that have multiple iOS devices and 2 is very low. I could understand 5, but have never seen another app blocking to 2 users. I hope navionics understands how Apple accounts work and how personal they are. Their worry is probably valid for less than 1% of their users.

Used to be the best navigation app out there. Now I need 4 subscriptions of £40 to cover the charts that used to be one subscription of £30. I am a professional seafarer who cruises the entire med. This used to be a single subscription. Now I have to buy western med, Adriatic and North Africa. Also now Greece doesn’t exist for purchase. From £30 to £160 for the same coverage in year is not an acceptable increase.

Great app which I have hitherto been using as my prime method of navigation BUT my subscription will run out when I’m at sea and may not have Wi-Fi connection to renew- so no AIS overlay etc. Contrary messages- an email says I have to manually renew; help suggestion elsewhere says automatic renewal of subscription is possible… very very disappointed.

Not working again! Have to login 3 times and then it just hangs so unable to use. Waste of money, steer clear.

This app used to be fantastic, literally the best app I’d ever used for anything and a day wouldn’t pass without me opening it. Now… after several disappointments (it crashed on a new iPhone consistently, it kept making really strange routing decisions, it was just unreliable) over the past couple of years I just gave up using it, and started using SavvyNavy instead. This year I opened it on my iPhone and it worked, so I purchased the maps to my area (grudgingly, admittedly) - this morning, I opened it on my iPad, logged in and I’m just getting a spinning wheel, not even an error message. I’ve got a new(ish) iPad Air, about 18 months old, the iPad is up to date, the latest version of Navionics… it’s just basically unreliable. Wasted subscription, back to Savvy Navvy …. Honestly folks, don’t waste your money, find something else.

I have tried numerous times and keep getting a [0xEB] error no matter what I do. Any suggestions as we,re about to embark on a voyage 😡

After years of being able to access my out of date charts without renewing my subscription, the newer version of the app no longer allows this- you can only access charts if you have an active subscription. Navionics support article says that I should never have expected this, however when I originally purchased the chart it was marketed on the basis that I’d be able to still access charts, they just would not be updated. In my scenario where I use it for navigation of familiar waters this was great since it could provide bearings and distances to marks, however if I was to go somewhere unfamiliar I would be more than willing to pay for new and up to date chart to ensure safe passage planning. Much like if I were purchasing paper charts, if I had an old one for local familiar waters but I would purchase up to date ones if I was off exploring. The way that this has been done and the general tone of the support article is very poor, which is really disappointing as my experience of Garmin prior to this was very good.

Really has gone down hill since garmin has taken, to many thing to list, but not restoring my recent purchases across different devices is the main one’ we run an Rya training center and exploring all the options on the market now.