Navionics® Boating Reviews

Expired subscriptions render app unusable

maryandred

The app works great until one of your map subscriptions expires. The app then reminds you constantly, including every time you go back to it after minimizing it, and makes you “accept terms” for use of the “free” features just so you can then use it with the subscription you paid for. I have multiple maps downloaded from multiple trips but only one subscription active at any time. Worst design ever. Come on Navionics — you should be better than this!

Navionics shady business practice

Kasper Harris

I’ve been a long term user of Navionics:US and Canada which they are “discontinuing”. They recommend for all users to download their “new” Navionics Boating and Lakes app for “no additional cost”. Navionics business practice is crooked. I paid $7.99 for an annual subscription for Navionics+ under the US and Canada app but now am forced to pay $21.99 for Navionics+ in the boating and Lakes app. Shame on you greedy Navionics!

Beware when you renew subscription

renaissancefellow

The Navionics app continues to be misleading when you try to renew your subscription. I renewed my subscription to US and Canada, but the app continued to display “Subscription Expired” and a button to “USA Charts”, no matter how many times I restarted and re-synched the app. Eventually, out of desperation, I clicked the “USA Charts” button, so I got subscribed to USA as well (which are already included in US and Canada). I really feel that the UI misled me. I emailed Navionics, explaining what happened and asking for a refund on the second purchase, but no reply. Navionics charts are good, but I am so tired with Navionics behavior, their in-app purchases are just misleading, they do not follow Apple’s guidelines, and have been this way for a long time. I did report them to Apple, if you have similar problems do the same.

Route/Track Header toggle

Meh, it's okay.

***update to developer response. *********** Yeah, that is the problem. ONLY the track info is available in the header. The previous versions had a TOGGLE between track info on ROUTE info. The route info in the header had such info as time and mileage to the next route point. Without that, you have to do a lot of work to get that info. It was nice to have it quickly available. ********************************************** I used boating USA app to sail from New Orleans to Guatemala. It was a truly valuable app. Although I had other navigation systems to rely on as back up, I never used them. I will likely use this app again, next season, to continue down to Panama. The updates make the functionality different, and I'm sure I will learn it. If I can make one request, it would be to put back the Header Toggle between Route and Track info. Having that info available so quickly was very handy. That Header held a wealth of useful info, that just isn't there in the update. Bring that back, and you'll have a great product again.

App is a ripoff

BeltonAg

I’ve bought this App twice and now you’ve moved to a yearly subscription... you can keep it!!!

Please fix bug - Cannot obtain wind forecast

348SStb

Upon attempting to obtain a wind forecast, which I’ve been doing for many years, the app says “Connection Failed - please check your connection and try again.” Please fix and advise.

Navionics ignores loyal users

John2291205

Have used Navionics for years and appreciate the development work on updates. Within the past year they updated, removed an App and added a replacement. Supposedly the balance of existing subscriptions were transferred, but they were not. I paid again. The June update locked me out of my subscription and no longer recognizes my log in or subscription. As the owner of tens of thousands of dollars of parent company Garmin equipment I’m disappointed to say the least. Developer: Please contact me and restore my log in and subscription. Thank you

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