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✓ ISailorBrilliant! The only thing lacking is a lat and long grid line scale on the chart and or a search on lat and long.....maybe on the next upgrade please?.Version: 1.4.3
✓ Good productVery happy with the app, however am hoping that a future update will add the ability to see a summary of each track (course and distance of each leg is currently unavailable). Also could do with tides and currents accessible on the chart to compete with rival chart apps..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Great!I have found the latest version of this App very useful both on the iPad and iPhone. I tried a trial of myMap but it was not user friendly. Well done,.Version: 1.6.0
✓ Problem with new IOS WiFiHi, I’m using this app with iPad air2. But after I updated IOS to 11.1, the AIS sensor in the app could not connect to PILOT TECH V3 WiFi AIS. So, please I want the solution for this problem. I just bought the iPad Air 2 only for this app..Version: 1.9.3
✓ Capt. RogersGreat app - which is based on paper charting, would like to see an AIS function incorporated into this app, but apart from that- just brilliant.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Great but work in progressVery basic nav program with huge potential. Looking forward to updates. Not happy how the maps are divided by sydney. Already spent $25 for north side not going to fork out for south side even thou i fish at kiama. If you want to fish, go navonics. If you want to travel, go for this. Still a work in progress but all the same a great program.Version: 1.4.5
✓ Excellent navigation aidI’ve been using iSailor for a few years now on both my iPhone and iPad. I’ve had literally no issues! I admit that I often don’t read documentation as I should, but that’s precisely why I chose to write a review. It is a very easy app to learn and to use, which allowed effective use from the very start. So rather than studying the documentation to begin using the app, one turns to the documentation only to bring in more of the advanced navigational features as desired. Highly recommended!.Version: 1.9.3
✓ Basically good.Thank you for an excellent navigational tool. I have used it offshore, on an iPad in conjunction with a Bluetooth gps, and I have found it reliable and stable. Some small improvements in EBL and tracking features would help..Version: 1.8.1
✓ ISailor UserTransas iSailor is a great extension of the Navigator program. When our GPS unit had a failure near Singapore crashing our primary navigation system iSailor saved the day! It is an extremely powerful system on a pad with features not possible on full blown systems even recently. Built on one of the best navigation bases around it provides a great solution..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Wont go fishing without itLoved it, then the update came out and had to wait a week to reload my charts. Works fine now but with some annoying instances where adjoining charts don't match up properly. Otherwise, excellent for out in the bays in my tinnie.Version: 1.5.5
✓ Happy sailorI found this app before I knew of navionics. I downloaded it and brought the chart for my area. It seams pricey at $25ea but was well worth it as re area it covers was huge! It's faster to find positions than navionics and I find it much easier to use. At first it I challenging to work out what the buttons all do but I use this as my main nav system now. I have paper charts but this is so Tallis compared. Only thing that would make this app amazing would be an AIS overlay like ship finder etc Very happy buyer.Version: 1.4.3
✓ 5+Great app!.Version: 1.4.5
✓ Nice clean UII've tried most of the major chartplotter type marine apps, and this one seems to have the cleanest UI by far. No wasted space, just an edge to edge map, and pretty much hands free when you're on the water..Version: 1.7.7
✓ Best value for moneyWhy would you pay thousands when iSailor will do almost everything a plotter does..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Works for meI’ve had iSailor for 8 years and use it to navigate the shallow Gulf of Mexico where I live. The value is great plus I bought my local maps for another 2 bucks or something. I love it.Version: 1.10.1
✓ Great app!I’ve been using this for years while sailing in the Chesapeake Bay and off the coast of Spain. Some of the features require some practice to master but it’s generally very intuitive and has lots of great features. I highly recommend it..Version: 1.11.0
✓ From Transas iSailorDear users, Thank you for your comments. We are glad to answer your questions. However, reviews you leave in iTunes don’t stipulate opportunity to contact you directly or leave an answer to each request here. Please contact us by the email indicated in the app description on iTunes, and we will help to resolve any issues..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Great appVery pleased with this product. Charts are accurate and work wonderfully on my iPad. I have stopped using my old system and switched to this as my primary due to it's ease and compactness..Version: 1.7.0
✓ I SailorOutstanding app. Very accurate, very usefull. I highly recommend this app..Version: 1.5.4
✓ PhenomenalThe best app I have used for iOS, so intuitive! Charts are very good and the value compared to a dedicated chart plotter is undeniable!.Version: 1.7.0
✓ Génial enfin au CanadaSuper précis !!!!.Version: 1.5.4
✓ What a shameISailor has been my go to app the last couple of years whilst skippering around Croatia. It served me well and I’ve told many other folk about the app. I get that the developers want to make money but the new subscription pricing is a no from me. If the chart purchases had gone into the £40 area I’d still have bought charts but not £30 for just an update. Little changes year by year out on the water and that new fee is just to much. What a shame that amateur sailors have lost iSailor to corporate greed. Paul. Update. Good to see that our older purchaser before Nov 28 will be updated free. Great news and thank you iSailor..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Reliable replacement for ChartplotterI am an active UK coastal small yacht racing skipper and single-handed long distance ocean sailor, with all levels of RYA qualifications including Yachtmaster Instructor. I have been a sailor for over 45 years. All my sailing is done on a tight budget and I own a 39 year old IOR half tonner. I cannot afford a chart plotter, so I use an iPad at the navigation table and and iPhone at the helm. I spent a season on passage from UK to Portugal using iNav with Navinics charts and it worked quite well. The following season I wanted to start using the app but found I needed to renew my annual subscription just to access charts and then renew annual subscriptions for most of the Bavin ice charts that I thought I had already purchased. I promptly switched to Transas iSailor. That was 5 Year’s ago. I have never looked back! The value for money is superb. The charting is accurate and regularly updated. Once purchased the access to frequently updated charts is for life. The passage planning, weather, tides/currents, port information and AIS tools all work. And I can use it on both my iPhone and iPad at the same time. Delighted user!.Version: 1.9.3
✓ Handy app to take with you on the waterI use this app every time I'm on the water. It has many interesting and helpful features, such as heading, speed, distance calculations. I am able to plot courses on my computer and import them into this app. One thing I would change is to allow the app to rotate around from portrait to landscape if I turn my iPhone sideways. Excellent app otherwise!.Version: 1.7.6
✓ Better than you thinkI am a part time sailor and I enjoy sailing as much as I enjoy navigation planning, exploration and reporting. I am very impress by the capacity of this inexpensive app to fulfil all of my three needs in navigation. Easy to use and up to international standards, iSail is helping me enjoying navigation without spending to much time with rulers and pencils. I recommend it to everyone!.Version: 1.7.0
✓ FantasticI've used iSailor for several years and have never had ANY issues. I've never had it crash. It's very stable. I export my routes to my wife when she stays home. She knows exactly where I've been during the day. It's easy to use. I recently purchased the "Weather" part of the app and love it. Tells me everything I need to know; tides, wind, pressure, wave height, etc. Don't look any further, this is the app you need for boating and sailing..Version: 1.9.3
✓ Finland(Restore is now functioning again) Purchased charts for Finnish coast and now they are no where to be seen one year later when trying to restore. Why?.Version: 1.10.1
✓ Isailor vs InavxThis is an awesome app for navigation easy to use totally scalable, far superior to the cartoon like mapping of Inavx . All features are smooth easy to read. To be sure I purchased downloaded and tested Inavx , yes it has a nice instrument heading speed etc. but the isailor , usability andthe money, ease of downloading maps is the best!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ MapsExcellent App. But customer service to sort out any problems is not very good. Bought U.K. South Coast, loaded onto iPhone but wouldn’t load on iPad. Needed help, nothing..Version: 1.11.0
✓ ISailor is so easy to usePacked full of handy features I don't go sailing without now. We even recently completed a sailing trip from Noosa, Qld, Australia to Bali, Indonesia. Trip planning and maintenance was easy with this powerful little program. I can highly recommend it. Safe water sports..Version: 1.5.5
✓ Not tested at sea yetBut looks good so far... Hoped for predictwind weather but will try theyr....Version: 1.7.0
✓ Best price Best app!!I bought this app when it was .99 cents! I'm still using it today! I work at a Lodge and we use it for our skiffs that don't have any electronics and it's fabulous! I've used about 10 different map apps and this is the best! Love iSailor!!.Version: 1.9.3
✓ Very good.Worth the money. Needs a screen rotation on i phone like the I pad..Version: 1.9.3
✓ BrilliantJust gets better and better. Now if i could only link it to the boats autopilot i would do away with the mega expensive Raymarine Chart plotters that are never up to date.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Lost all my electronicsLost all GPS and electronics on my last fishing trip 55 miles offshore in the gulf. No worries ,opened my isailor program and got out the old fashioned compass. Found my heading and got home safe . Thanks Guys and girls. William Csogi. On the phone with Garmin now for a new unit grrrr..Version: 1.9.3
✓ Great app, love the subscription modelI have been using this app for 2 years now. Great app ! Some folks have commented on that subscription as a problem, but i love it! other sailing apps charge over 80$ for their charts. With iSailor you can get those same charts for 2$ a year. Let me see.... 80$ in app purchase, vs 2$ a year in app purchase. I love the 2$$. Thank you iSailor !!.Version: 1.11.0
✓ Amazing appUsed this app as primary navigation on a 1,000 mile sailing delivery through the Caribbean. Amazing accuracy!!!!.Version: 1.11.0
✓ Well worth itThis app removes the need for expensive chart plotters. NZ marine maps are good too and worth the money..Version: 1.4.6
✓ Townsville to HobartReally got value from isailor was able to plan and change routes Easy to use and sccurate I now have this on all my devices.Version: 1.6.2
✓ Solid charting app. Needs some upgrades.ISailor is a solid charting app. It presents the charts in a way that experienced paper chart users would expect. Lots of customization available too. Add-on subscriptions for things like tides, currents, AIS, etc. It hasn’t been updated in three years though, and in those three years other charting apps have caught up and surpassed iSailor, especially in things like route planning, automatic route planning, overlays, etc. I use iSailor as my chart plotter but use other apps for route planning and such. Always good to have a few apps to refer to and to compare..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Fantastic App...why buy a chart plotterTook me a little study to learn it but very user friendly once you work it out. READ THE MANUAL....Version: 1.5.4
✓ Pretty goodA bit of lag on updating AIS targets and would be nice if when zooming in on AIS targets the actual ship icon with actual dimensions was displayed. Other than that it all works quite well..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Great AppThis is a great app. I just sailed from Melbourne to the Gold Coast 1100NM. The accuracy and detail of the charts matched my $2500 CHart plotter. The quickness and ease of use in planning each route and distances to destination etc was brilliant, especially the ability to zoom in and out seamlessly. It should be noted that an iPad or iPhone should only be used as a backup or assistance to your trip planning and should never be used as your main GPS plotter or replace your paper charts. With this in mind I would like to commend the iSailer app for a great product with high quality charts. well one..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Simple and effectiveSi.Version: 1.11.0
✓ My Go-To BackupThis program has been great. The user interface is simple, but does everything I need it to do. Having a separate data set on charting information is invaluable. Since I have Navionics charts on my main chart plotter, having that chart data repeated on my backup device is a waste, these charts are a different data set, and looking carefully at where they are different is a valuable input. The subscription model for charts is perfectly reasonable. I mean, come on guys, if you want updated charts you have to PAY for them! If you are happy with old, out of date charts (why would you be???), just cancel the subscription and keep using the old ones..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Great but now expensive to keep updated for new usersThis app has just been bought out, was a great app which I highly recommended before. Just got very expensive with new owners..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Excellent marine charting software and supportI am professional mariner and use iSailor every day at work. It is easy to use, intuitive, and a powerful piloting tool.Version: 1.11.0
✓ For serious sailors, this is a great appI have 35 routes around Savannah, Georgia which I use on a motor boat at 25 knots. Easy to follow. I just completed a 900 nm passage from Tampa, FL to Savannah, offshore in the Gulf and Atlantic. All the planning and onboard navigation was done on an iPad with iSailor (with considerable prudent backup that was unneeded). This included three unanticipated ports of call which required rerouting while at sea. Excellent accuracy, even in tight quarters. (However, pay attention to expected GOS accuracy). The skipper said “the nav job was fantastic.” There is a reasonable learning curve to iSailor because this is a sophisticated, prosumer-level product. There are numerous app-purchase chart packs and instrumentation add-ones. If you just want to go around the lake, the app is overkill..Version: 1.9.3
✓ Great charts and app for mobile devices honeThis app is great and n Europe Asia and North American waters Charts costs are reasonable and can be used indefinitely Updates are available, however for many areas they are optional depending on your requirements Great value and good to have at least two completely stand alone charting systems and software in this age of denial of service attacks on companies and individuals..Version: 1.11.0
✓ 2.9 stars not deservedPeople rated down the app when it get from being able to buy the charts for life to subscriptions and it is fair but this app is still the best navigation app out there, by far..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Wartsila have had a change of heart - chart updates for purchases pre-28 Nov 19 are free againCan’t now locate my previous negative review due the retroactive change to charge for chart updates. Great app. Used it for a lot of UK East Coast work. Very clear and a great supplement to both paper and other vector charts. If you can live with the update costs when buying future portfolios then you should take a look..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Fantastic!I am amazed at this powerful well designed application. It does everything I expected and more! I will give it 6 stars if I could!.Version: 1.9.3
✓ Excellent charts.Used this in New Zealand prolifically and at times was my primary GPS. Charts are good and the updates to the charts are handy too. I often use this system as my anchor watch as I can keep it in my berth on power so if an alarm goes off I don’t have to sprint to the cockpit! Just bought the Pacific Island maps and they are good however there is no global wraparound so you have to scroll to the ‘other side’ of the map to see something that is just a few miles from your current position! It is now my tertiary navigation device on my iPad, after c-maps on laptop and installed lowrance. Cheers..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Great AppOur regular chart plotter died on day 2 of our 3 week boating vacation on the West Coast of BC. We found and downloaded this app with the appropriate charts and were very pleased. Since we were travelling to unfamiliar destinations, this app worked great in plotting courses, recording tracks, and even estimating travel times and fuel consumption. Now that they have added some anchor alarms etc. it is even better. We paid well over a $100 for the same charts for our chart plotter so these charts are actually economical. You definitely need this at least as a back up. Worked great on the iPad and I understand that once you buy the charts you can use them on all of your devices. Side note, West Coast charts were restricted from downloading over cellular network directly to iphone due to their large size so we connected iPad to iPhone4 thru hotspot and downloaded it to iPad over "wifi". Worked great, downloaded in a just a few minutes and we were back on the go! This is my first recommended app..Version: 1.4.0
✓ ImpressiveI am genuinely impressed with this. It has the odd quirk to learn, but is extremely reliable and has significant capabilities. The Transas tx97 charts have good coverage (uk south coast at least) and the presentation is clear and familiar..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Great Sailing AppUsed I sailer for 5 years can’t fault it.Version: 1.11.0
✓ Sailed over 2k miles using this app as primary navigationSuccessfully used this app for sailing from Seattle to Alaska and back in 2019. It worked great. It has tons of great features which well worth the price. Too bad there hasn’t been any updates in the last years. Would love to have better integration with newer versions of ipad or more customizable instrument panels.Version: 1.11.0
✓ ISailorGetting to be a lot more user friendly.Version: 1.7.0
✓ Great productAs a professional delivery skipper, I have downloaded and used numerous navigation apps. I have found the latest version of isailor to be the most user friendly, accurate and useful compared to the others. I very much enjoy using it. Might suggest some more statistics to be included when tracking a passage such as top speed (& when) average speed over various time frames etc.Version: 1.6.2
✓ Transas iSailorGreat app with high potential! keep up an excellent work!.Version: 1.3.1
✓ Missing tidesNice app, haven’t tried integration with AIS. A few suggestions for improvement: 1. tides (tidal data) 2. Weather - couldn’t figure out why it’s not displayed on a chart 3. Watch app - doesn’t seem to work at this time.Version: 1.11.0
✓ Update Crash WorkaroundI have not been able to get this app to work recently due to latest update. 😕😧 I have used it for several years & found it to be very accurate and intuitive & hope that this bug gets fixed soon! Got it working by deleting it from my iPad & reinstalling. This means you also have to reinstall any purchased maps. Hopefully I will be able to recover my saved routes when I hook up with iTunes on my PC. not a huge drama if I have lost them but make sure you have a backup if yours are precious😉 If I had not had this glitch I would give this app a 5 star rating. It is a great app👍.Version: 1.7.0
✓ Fantastic navigation app crashes in ios9Fantastic navigation app been using this for a while. Maps are fantastic. New version unfortunately crashes constantly in ios9..Version: 1.7.6
✓ Best nav app out thereCompared to a standard horizon chartplotter and inavx (which I used to use), iSailor is a dream. My favorite way to navigate by far! I can pan and zoom so quickly I feel that in tight nav situations it's a significant safety feature. Compare this to inavx or the chartplotter where panning and zooming are slow and cumbersome and take your attention away from operating the boat..Version: 1.11.0
✓ ExceptionalI first started using this on a brand new iPhone 4. Since then, I’ve travelled many thousands of miles with this app on numerous vessels. I often use it as a primary navigation system because it’s far superior to the majority of dedicated systems and my eyes are now attuned to it, to the point that other interfaces seem wrong. It has slipped in recent years. Customer services have taken a dive off a cliff, the subscription service seems unreasonably priced considering that the parent company makes plenty of money by selling fancy things to rich people, and I’ve encountered a couple of very minor glitches in the data the app has reported at very low boat speeds (under 2 knots over ground). Even considering these disappointing developments, it’s still a 5 star app IMHO. If the prices were halved then I’d use more of the subscription options, but even without paying anything for chart updates it remains an exceptional tool which I use every day. I only pay for chart updates as needed, when I’m planning to venture out of my local area into waters where I require accurate data due to a lack of local knowledge, and am happy to pay for that service at those times. I also find the tide service and sailing guides to be useful when I’m exploring further afield around NZ. If those services were half the price, I and many of my friends would probably spend more as we’d be inclined to remain subscribed to the additional services and to keep the charts updated as soon as updates are available. Like I said, despite the cost, it’s still a 5 star app. It’s actually priceless when you consider how reliable and intuitive it is, compared to any of the digital or analog alternatives. So, with that glowing review, can I please have an iSailor banner and a full lifetime subscription to all its services? I’ve convinced dozens of mariners to use it over the years… I’ve been a pretty good spokesperson..Version: 1.11.0
✓ IsailorExcellent in both operation and backup support for such a small handheld utility. Some additions planned already may increase this rating to 5 stars. Chris This is my second review and I have increased my rating to maximum Chris.Version: 1.6.2
✓ Works greatI use iSailor to navigate my Alberg 35 from Baltimore on the Chesapeake. I've been using it for a couple of years and find that it's easy to create routes. I like that I can go back and forth between my iPhone 5 and iPad mini. The in app purchases (tides, AIS, marinas) are reasonably priced and the charts get updated. I've tried some other low cost navigation apps but this is the one I come back to most times..Version: 1.9.3
✓ A rort at best!Why is this App still in the store? Is there no checks and balances here? Lift your game “store” this App has been abandoned by Wartsila for years and needs to be removed!.Version: 1.11.0
✓ ISailor appAs a professional Mariner, I use professional Transas since the early version of the nineties. Fully trained and certified by Transas Marine. I enjoy this app a great deal, I have a respectable number of chart folios, which I use even in commercial shipping. the only function is missing from this app, is the search engine option for quick access to ports location and information..Version: 1.10.1
✓ Mr gpkWell I am happy to report my issue with I Sailor was fixed to my entire Satisfaction, it was completed very Professionally, very impressed. GPK.....this issue is now ceased....Well I've tried for many hours to update i Sailor and it gets to a certain stage and the little wheel keeps spinning around, but nothing happens, can't use the product, sent an email, received a reply saying " too bad so sad but its busy all around the world, try again in 24 hours, this is terrible service" not happy Jan.......Version: 1.6.2
✓ Isailor TransasUse this programm more than 1 year. Very usefull and accured! Have some bugs with AIS connection. Use for Pilotage and coastal runs..Version: 1.5.4
✓ Amazing valueCompared to other proper navigation apps this is amazing value. The charts are absolutely fine once you’re used to the unfamiliar colouring and the interface is excellent. Ability to overlay AIS data over WiFi makes it better than a plotter for a fraction of the price. My only small gripe is that it does soak up the battery on an iPad but nothing the ships supply can’t deal with. Combine it with a cheap navionics app for passage planning and you have the best of all worlds.Version: 1.10.1
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