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Apps for Boaters

We all have our favourite wonderful gadget, whether it's an iPad, iPod or an Android device. There's a nearly endless array of applications that make boating safer or more enjoyable. Mariners may find the following listing of boating related apps useful in their boating activities.

Many of these applications are free, but not all. Note that this list does NOT suggest endorsement by Fraser Squadron or by the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons. It is simply a list of useful applications.

There may be different versions of an app, depending on the device you're using. For instance, there may be a unique app download for an iPad that's different in size and possibly function from an app for an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Users are encouraged to suggest other apps they've found useful in their boating experiences. Use the form link below to submit your suggestions for new adding apps, removing or replacing existing apps, or just commenting on the displayed apps on this page.

iPad/iPod
Android Devices

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Android Devices

iPad/iPod

Astronomy

Emerald Observatory (iPad)

Emerald Observatory displays a wealth of astronomical information all on one screen, in a unique but understandable format.

Moon (iPad/iPhone)

Moon is a perfect resource to help you learn about the moon. Moon constantly updates a panel of information that tells you everything you want to know about the moon.

*Add Full/New moon dates to your calendar
*Custom Location settings
*No internet connection required

SunriseSunset

Sunrise Sunset Lite is a simple and easy to use appliation that
displays important sun times.

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SailSim

SailSim is dinghy/yacht sail simulator that can be used as a learning and teaching aid for sailing.

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Sailboat Discussion Forum

SailboatOwners.com has been a leading resource for sailors and sailboat owners since 1997. Featured are separate forums for each major sailboat brand including Hunter, Catalina, MacGregor, O'Day, and Beneteau sailboats plus dozens more. Also find expert advice from top marine professionals in our Guest Expert Forums.

Medical, Healthcare & Fitness

Medscape

Medscape from WebMD is the leading medical resource most used by physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare professionals for clinical information.

Ship Captain's Medical Guide

Ever wonder what happens if you eye pops out of its socket? The answer to this and many other survival medicine tactics is included in The Ship Captain's Medical Guide. The Ship Captain's Medical Guide app over 1,100 pages content developed by the United Kingdom's Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

WebMD

WebMD helps you with your decision-making and health improvement efforts by providing mobile access 24/7 to mobile-optimized health information and decision-support tools including WebMD's Symptom Checker, Drugs & Treatments, First Aid Information and Local Health Listings. WebMD also gives you access to first aid information without having to be connected wirelessly.

Multi-Purpose

Navigation

	AstroNav Use this app in conjunction with its inbuilt sextant or a commercial one to find your position on Earth at any time.
	Commander Compass Lite Commander Compass Lite is practical and fun 3D compass navigation and a powerful toolkit for the outdoors. Commander Compass Lite features a milspec compass, gyrocompass, maps, GPS tracker, speedometer, gyro horizon and inclinometer. Tag, share, find and track your position, multiple locations and bearings, all in real time.
	iAIS iAIS is a simple AIS target plotter designed for use with the DigitalYacht iAIS WiFi receiver. AIS targets are plotted relative to iPhone/iPod/iPad position. Tapping on an AIS target displays details (i.e. speed, course, destination, type, length, etc.).
	iNavX iNavX™ brings the freely available, official and up to date NOAA RNC raster United States waters marine charts to your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Included detailed chart coverage: West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes, Alaska, Hawaii, and US Virgin Islands.
	iSailGPS iSailGPS makes your iPhone or WiFi+Cellular iPad into a high-performance GPS receiver for USA NOAA Raster Nautical Charts, even where there is no cell network signal! Rated "Best Choice — Excellent" by Practical-Sailor.com in their March 2012 issue
	Marine Rules and Signals The reference guide to rules and signals at sea. Part of a series of Marine Navigation apps, Rules & Signals is a useful tool for sailors, fishermen, surfers and people involved in sea water sports. The Imray Marine Navigation reference products are intended for quick reference and learning.
	Navionics Marine & Lakes: USA&Canada The World's Top-Selling Marine & Lakes Apps FREE download of articles from the world's leading Marine publications – only in Navionics' Magazines & Cruising Guides
	Sail Master HD (iPad) Gyroscope powered Sailboat/Ship inclinometer plus GPS Navigation! Custom designed beautiful Marine gauges let you know just what your Sailboat/Cruiser is doing.
	Sight Calc Sight Calc is a specialized calculator for the iPhone or iPad that eases the task of calculating sight reductions via the "Law of Cosines" method. It does not use Nautical Almanac data, so you must first compute LHA (Local Hour Angle) and declination, and determine your approximate latitude.
	Spyglass Spyglass is a powerful toolkit essential for every outdoorsman. Augmented reality navigator and a compass for the off-road. Packed with many useful tools: a hi-tech viewfinder, milspec compass, gyrocompass, maps, GPS tracker, speedometer, sniper's rangefinder, sextant, gyro horizon, inclinometer, angular calculator and 5x zoom camera.
	Theodolite Pro Based on a centuries-old navigation instrument, Theodolite HD is a cool multi-function augmented reality app for the iPad that serves as a compass, GPS, map, zoom camera (photo & movie), rangefinder, and two-axis inclinometer. Theodolite overlays real time information about
	Transas iSailor Available Chart Folios cover coastal and offshore waters of North America, Latin and South America, Europe, Africa,
	Tide+ 5532 points of 33 countries around the world are now available. The main countries are US, UK, Brazil, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Russia, Denmark, Mexico,Cuba, Netherlands and so on.
	Tide Graph HD (iPad) Best Selling Tide App since 2009 Works with iOS v3.1 and up 1/2 million tide predictions sent each month
	ShipFinder(iPhone, IPad, PC) The original and most highly rated ship tracking app, ranked top 10 in the Navigation category in over 30 countries. It is a live vessel tracking and ship tracker app.
	Motion-X-GPS

Reference

	Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Safe Boating is a must have App for all boaters on the West Coast of Canada. Plan your next voyage with links to useful voyage planning resources such as tidal, wind, weather and fishing information. Transport Canada required safety equipment and navigation light requirements are also included.
	Animated Knots by Grog Learn to tie knots the fun and easy way from the creators of the web's #1 knot site. Animated Knots by Grog is simply the best and most comprehensive teaching and reference tool for boaters, climbers, fishermen, scouts and hobbyists. Watch as knots tie themselves in simple step-by-step photo animations.
	Boat Ramps Boat Ramps is an exciting new app that lets you quickly locate and get directions to more than 35,000 boat ramps throughout the U.S.
	Boater's Pocket reference Hundreds of pages of boating information on your iPhone,iPod Touch or iPad! The Boater's Pocket Reference caters to all levels of boating expertise with a wide variety of content including 800 illustrations and photographs and a myriad of charts and graphs.
	Knot Guide Need to tie a knot? Knot Guide will teach you the ropes!
	Knot Guide HD(iPad) #1 Knot App on iTunes!!! Now with 101 knots and continuous new additions!
	Nautical Flags With this handy application you will be able to access the nautical signaling system and descriptions quick and easy when you are out and about on the sea.
	Navigation Rules Navigation Rules contains a complete copy of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGS), including amendments and the Inland Navigation Rules, in effect for all inland waters, including the Great Lakes. App is COLREGs most recent version dated - October 19, 2009.

Sailing

	Points of Sail This simple and clean application uses the accelerometer to change the direction of the wind.
	Racing Rules of Sailing The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) govern the sport on the water. They are revised and published every four years by the International Sailing Federation. The current edition is The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016. The Racing Rules of Sailing is available for purchase through the ISAF Secretariat and the Apple App Store.
	YOU TACK Lite The Guide to the Racing Rules of Sailing THE RACING SAILOR'S GUIDE The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing with Quizzes, Illustrations, Definitions, and Signal Flags.
	SailingToday Sailing Today is unique. Britain's youngest mainstream yachting magazine has a distinctly forward-looking and independent approach which appeals to today's busy boat owners.

Travel

Utilities

	Big Stop Watch
	Big Stop Watch HD (iPad)
	Boating Suite Log Book & Expense Log. BOATING SUITE has been re-launched following its acquisition by Boating Suite, LLC. The founder of the original app has joined forces with a USCG Licensed Captain to bring BOATING SUITE to the next level.
	Compass Free HD(iPad) The best and unique free High-definition compass for the iPad! Simple and beautiful rustic style compass now in your iPad and for free!!!
	Digital Compass for iPhone An easy-to-read compass that is compatible with the High-Resolution Retina Display of the iPhone 4, 4S and 5. It also provides an easy to read heading display (North, Southwest, etc.) as well as your current Latitude and Longitude.
	Drag Queen Anchor Alarm DragQueen is a simple anchor alarm. It provides distance and GPS accuracy alarms along with an alarm delay. The alarm is quite annoying and is the perfect thing to waken you at night if it detects anchor dragging to your specifications.
	Marine/Ship's Bells Marine Bells is a time-keeping application using an established series of bell-strikes that are heard every half hour in a repeating 4-hour sequence.
	QR Code Scanner 2D or QR Code scanner for the iPhone/iPad. You can use it to scan any two-dimensional barcode with your iPhone/iPad.
	LogMeIn LogMeIn Free offers free remote access to your desktop so you can open files, check your email, run programs and stay productive from your mobile device or any computer over the Internet. Easy to use and 100% FREE.

Weather

	Degrees Accurate Canadian weather.
	AccuWeather HD AccuWeather for iPad brings you the most accurate and personalized local weather details available. This app delivers hourly and long-range forecasts, interactive Apple Maps, and pushed severe weather alerts.
	WeatherBug "Trust me, I have tried a lot of different weather apps all around, this is the number 1 weather app!" "Love this, it's excellent, very accurate!!" "Glad I downloaded it." "Best weather app available!" "I LOVE THIS APP!!"
	The Weather Channel The Weather Channel for iPad combines interactive and beautiful imagery with our weather expertise. With over 200 meteorologists and our ultra-local TruPoint(sm) forecasting technology, The Weather Channel helps you plan the best day possible.
	Weather Undergro100img src=td style=und The Internet's first ever weather site, Weather Underground has built a reputation for providing the most reliable and in-depth weather data for locations across the world. With our unique network of 26,000+ neighborhood weather stations.
	WindAlert WindAlert is a mobile application to locate, monitor, analyze, and share wind data whenever, wherever, and however you want it. With over 50,000 weather stations for real-time observations and our forecast system for observations anywhere in the world we make it easy for you to find the wind data you're after no matter where you are.
	WindFinder Wind, waves, weather & tides worldwide for kitesurfers, windsurfers, surfers, sailors and paragliders* forecasts for 30000+ spots * observations from 10000+ weather stations * configurable favorites, measuring units

Android Devices

Astronomy

Education

Life Style

Medical, Healthcare & Fitness

Medscape

Medscape is the leading medical resource most used by physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare professionals for clinical information. Our mobile app is used by over 2 million registered users.

WebMD

24/7 access to health information and decision-support tools.WebMD for Android helps you with your decision-making and health improvement efforts by providing mobile access 24/7 to mobile-optimized health information and decision-support tools including WebMD's Symptom Checker, Drugs & Treatments, First Aid Information and Local Health Listings.

Multi-Purpose

Navigation

	GeoCam GeoCam by Wazar is the leading geophoto and video application for Android. It uses augmented reality to show on top of your camera a layer of geographical information such as Compass orientation, GPS position and different phone inclinations like a theodolite optical instrument.
	Marine Charts HD EarthNC Marine Charts features seamless NOAA marine charts for US waters, user waypoints, and realtime navigation. Now supports both Phone and Tablet screen sizes with the same App.
	Marine Navigator Lite Marine Navigator Lite is an offline navigator using raster navigational charts (RNC's) to plot your position in real time. This way you can navigate with true copies of official paper charts on your mobile device. This lite version of the Marine Navigator provides the following basic navigation functions: real time positioning display of navigational data distance and bearing calculation
	Navionics Marine&Lakes: US&Canada The World's Top-Selling Marine & Lakes apps.
	Smart Compass Smart Compass is in the 3rd set of the Smart Tools collection.This compass is a tool to search bearings(azimuth) using the built-in magnetic sensors.
	Tide+ Our service area we cover now is the US only. We are working to expand our service area as belows soon... Australia Canada Brazil
	Tide Chart "Tide Chart FREE" is an application to display tidal information.

Reference

	Best Knots - Animated Knots 18 Best Knots - Animated and Easy to UnderstandAnimated Knot Tying Shows How To Tie 18 Knots and Hitches
	Boating/Sailing Reference This handy boating / sailing reference application has all the essental nautical information.Including night lights, day shapes, sounds, buoys and flags.
	Boat Ramps Boat Ramps from TakeMeFishing.org is an exciting new app that lets you quickly locate and get directions to more than 35,000 boat ramps throughout the U.S.
	Flag Bag FlagBag is a great accessory for middies, skivvy wavers or advanced recreational sailors. FlagBag contains a complete, illustrated list of nautical signal flags including international (INTERCO) and NATO flags and their common meanings.
	Knots Guide Knots Guide is a SIMPLE quick reference collection of different knots. Includes 92 knots in ten categories: Bends, Binding, Climbing, Decorative, Fishing, Hitch, Looping, Running, Stopper, Whipping
	ColRegs: Rules of the Road Use on all Seagoing Sail and Power Vessels - Sailboats, Power Boats, Fishing Boats and all Commercial Vessels, Worldwide.

Sailing

	Mast Tuner Mast Tuner is a simple application for a quick check of your mast. Use it to check for proper alignment, and to measure the rake of the mast. Uses the camera view finder and accelerometer to create some augmented reality views.
	Spirit Level and Clinometer The best level from iPhone now on Android. This is the free version. Calibration can be done with the paid version.
	Racing Rules of Sailing The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012. Look up racing rules in a handy format on your mobile device.
	Sailing Basics and Prep Preparation study guide for Sailing Basics and related certification exams.

Travel

Utilities

	Compass Featured in "Best Android Apps, The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders", published by O'Reilly Media, Compass by Catch.com is the most popular compass app available.
	Drag Queen Anchor Alarm DragQueen is a simple anchor alarm. It provides distance and GPS accuracy alarms along with an alarm delay. The alarm is quite annoying and is the perfect thing to waken you at night if it detects anchor dragging to your specifications. Never use DragQueen as the sole source for any type of navigation.
	Marine Compass A simple marine compass: move your phone in all positions, and the compass will always stay parallel to the floor !This app has support for 3D themes meaning that you can select another kind o style of compass, including other interesting objects such as the aiming cube or the XYZ arrows.
	QR Code Scanner Scan, Decode, Create, Share with QR Barcode Scanner!
	Ship's Bells This app rings or vibrates on the hour and half hour in a standard ship's bells pattern.You can set "quiet hours" during which the app will neither ring nor vibrate.
	UltraChron Stopwatch Lite Ultrachron Lite is an easy to use digital stopwatch & talking timer that is responsive and accurate.

Weather

	AccuWeather AccuWeather for Android is now available for both smart phones and tablets.
	mobileGRIB mobileGRIB is a GRIB2 viewer for Android. It enables sailors and meteorologists to have detailed weather information always available.
	Radar Now Weather radar in your pocket!Use RadarNow! to quickly see an animated radar image and current conditions! No digging through menus to see if a storm is on the way!
	SeaStorm SeaStorm allows you to keep track of tropical storm and hurricane activity in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins. Get quick access to what you need to stay informed during hurricane season!
	The Weather Channel The Weather Channel provides the most accurate and relevant weather information whenever weather matters to you. With 200+ meteorologists and, our ultra-local forecasting technology, we provide you with the weather tools you need to plan your day, week, or even the next hour.
	Weather Bug Weather application for Android
	Weather Underground The Internet's first ever weather site, Weather Underground has built a reputation for providing the most reliable and in-depth weather data for locations across the world. With our unique network of 22,000+ neighborhood weather stations our app provides the most localized weather information available.

	CPS•ECP National Web Site
	Pacific Mainland District
	United States Power Squadron
	Bellevue Squadron (sister squadron to Fraser)

	Canadian Hydrographic Service The place to go for all things chart and tide related
	Environment Canada
	Canadian Coast Guard
	NOAA Office of Coast Survey Downlead free USA raster or vector charts

	Offshore weather and progs scroll down for the our eastern Pacific region.

	Washington marine Forecast useful for the Southern Strait of Georgia and San Juan Islands.

	Jet Stream position

	Environment Canada Georgia Basin weather
	iwindsurf: snapshot of current BC wind data
	Cliff Mass weather blog latest forecast or comments on the weather

	Bowditch - the American Practical Navigator - online
	The Mother of All Maritime Links
	Marine Traffic - live ship location and identification
	Waggoner Cruising Guide
	Sailing Anarchy
	Pat's Boating in Canada
	Northwest Boat Travel
	Panbo: The Marine Electronics Blog
	Boat Diesel: independent information about marine diesels
	Aerial Photography of marinas, anchorages and more

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Apps for Boaters

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Astronomy

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Multi-Purpose

Navigation

Reference

Sailing

Travel

Utilities

Weather

Android Devices

Astronomy

Education

Life Style

Medical, Healthcare & Fitness

Multi-Purpose

Navigation

Reference

Sailing

Travel

Utilities

Weather

	B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network
	Artificial Reef Society of BC
	John M. Horton, Canadian Marine Artist