ISailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts Negative Reviews

ISailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

ISailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts app received 15 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using ISailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts? Can you share your negative thoughts about isailgps : noaa usa rnc charts?

ISailGPS : NOAA USA RNC Charts for Negative User Reviews

✓ Thought this would work for lakes in my area but wrong!!I bought this to use on lakes that I boat on but to my dismay none of the lakes have charts that I could find so this app is totally worthless to me. I guess it’s only for boating on the ocean or coastal areas..Inland boaterVersion: 9.2.5

✓ Not detailedThis app is not detailed at all. The layout is horrible and confusing. The charts are not detailed enough. I don’t recommend you get this app..KkalesVersion: 8.2.8

✓ Poor chart managementThe main problem for me is the inability to stitch together a see less chart and being able to get the best detail for the area automatically. I’ve been playing with app for awhile now and when I get to the chart boundary I can often get the next chart to show by double tapping the white area outside of it. And sometimes, I think, it seems to have successfully stitched together into a single, larger chart. But, it may not have the sufficient detail I need for a particular port. At that point I’m forced to go to my downloaded charts and find it. Not so simple as I now have a long list of charts. This can be impractical to do on the water unless you have a dedicated navigator. When approaching a busy area I don’t want to take my eyes off the water and be scrolling through a list of charts trying to find the appropriate detail. Maybe I’m missing something but for me other apps with paid subscriptions work a lot better. There’s just no chart management needed, and you can find them for as little as $5/year (at least for my area - eastern US coast)..StewartGriffinVersion: 9.4.5

✓ Needs a lot of work on usabilityThe designer of this software made some rather inexplicable decisions that make it much less intuitive to use. Some suggestions for improvement: 1. Let the user download chart KITS not individual charts. By requiring me to download individual charts I am almost guaranteed to find myself in a tiny, complicated harbor without the local chart and no cell signal. 2. Use the current map focal point to load the local chart rather than loading based on my current location. Sometimes I like to see the map of where I'm going BEFORE I get there (and I do not want to have to dig the chart up by name when I'm trying to steer a boat). 3. Add "use map" to the "add waypoints" screen. Does anyone really enter waypoints by manually entering lat/long coordinates??? Kind of impossible without a paper chart for reference! As it is right now this software is kind of useless for anything but simple day sailing where you will only traverse 2 or 3 charts in one day..EherotVersion: 4.4

✓ Says chart for lakes. NopeI think we should be able to get our money back when the app developer misleads customers. It states clearly that there are charts for lakes. NOT for the biggest lake in the country. Lake Texoma. I know their are charts, this app just can’t access them. Buyer be ware..Dawg1966Version: 8.1.3

✓ Canada?We thought this would be a good app as we seen good reviews.....does not work for Canadian waters......did not even get to try.....waste of money for us.LauraJigloftVersion: 3.4

✓ App hangs upUpdated app on iPad. No longer works on iPhone. Hangs up during update. Delete, reinstall, won’t reinstall. But fix caused new bugsz.KiloechoooVersion: 8.1.1

✓ Maps compass lockedThe maps are locked to north and can’t be rotated. So you have to remove your iPad from the mount, lock rotation and turn it to read the text on a chart. As this makes the app useless to me, it gets a 1 star. In the help, the author say he listens. I emailed, but got no response..Help_me_61Version: 9.1.0

✓ TerribleCan only get very large scale maps for Canadian waters. Don't buy for Canada.GwartzVersion: 4.0

✓ Tons of individual charts you have to deal withNothing about this app is easy. If you just want to measure distances or plan a multi-day trip there is just too much chart confusion..SeacurvesVersion: 8.2.4

✓ SFBayNo inland water navigation markings- useless for inland bay waters.DawlrayVersion: 8.3.0

✓ No longer compares to better hi tech (free) chartsUsed to love this app. Excellent customer support, excellent updates. HOWEVER, since getting the Simrad/C-Map app, the technological behind the times issues in the iSail app have become unfortunately glaringly evident. The biggest issue is of course the ability (or lack there of) to auto route. You just hold your finger on a point in the Simrad/C-map app and it creates all the waypoints and the entire route automatically for you. No more having to mark waypoint after waypoint in order to create a route which is an incredibly slow and inefficient way of doing business now. The crazy way that iSailForces you to mark a spot in order to create a waypoint as opposed to just holding your finger down is like using MS-DOS compared to Windows 10. Finally, given the new dynamic mapping capabilities which is free technology, the Raster maps are really old school. This is quite evident if you use a chart plotter and compare your ability to shade, create safety zones, colorize and customize different depth levels compared to the limited, and inflexible raster maps. The Simrad/C-map app uses the dynamic chart which, while not as sophisticated as the chartplotter obviously, still allows for more flexibility than the Raster chart (for instance, when you zoom to a very small area, the raster chart loses resolution and becomes blurry. This does not happen with the dynamic chart). With all that said, I still keep this app as my backup in case for some reason my Simrad app crashes along with my chartplotter. It will get you there and back. It used to be the best but now, it needs a serious complete technological renovation in order to keep up with the competition..DrkanterVersion: 9.0.5

✓ DisappointedThis app does not allow you to zoom in far enough. I can understand if it was just a chart app but with GPS in your phone allowing zoom to several feet the chart should also be able to do it. Don’t waste your money..MVGreenvilleVersion: 8.2.6

✓ Don’t waste your moneyUseless, doesn’t load charts , really a total waste.Len082Version: 8.1.9

✓ Keeps crashingI like the detail of the charts. However, it crashed within the first minute of use multiple times. I couldn't get far enough into features to know if they worked or not. After giving up, I shutdown all apps and rebooted iPad. A lot more stable now. Apparently this app doesn't like sharing resources. I do have several other apps open now and so far no crashes. I love the ability to share Waypoints. It's been great prepping for an upcoming trip where I can send back and forth to our travel party our Waypoints for dive sites and moorings along the way. Still nervous about initial instability. will update post following trip where I'll give all the features a good test. Would love to see a bug fix update posted ASAP. On the surface this appears to be a nice utility for those of us bareboating in unfamiliar waters..Headed to the keysVersion: 1.0

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