Alternatives to Aqua Map

A marine navigation app for boaters that shows NOAA, USACE and CMOR charts with offline use. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Aqua Map.

  • Argo

    A marine navigation and trip planning app with nautical charts, autorouting and a boaters' community.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Argo adds a web version, crowdsourced marina reviews and tide, wind and wave forecasts, with manual routing on the free plan and autorouting in paid plans.

  • Savvy Navvy

    A boat navigation app with marine charts, tides and weather, pitched as Google Maps for boats.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Savvy Navvy plans routes that account for wind, tide and current in a simple interface, with charts, tides and weather together and advanced features on subscription.

  • iNavX

    A marine chartplotter app for iPhone and iPad with charts from many providers, AIS and GRIB weather.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    iNavX supports more than 25 chart providers with live AIS and GRIB weather and free NOAA US charts, while commercial charts from other providers cost extra.

  • Seapilot

    Marine navigation app with digital nautical charts, AIS, routes and weather routing.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Seapilot offers AIS, NMEA sensor support and GRIB weather routing in its Premium tier, and charts cost extra outside the US.

  • OpenCPN

    A free, open-source chartplotter and marine GPS navigation program for laptops and onboard computers.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    OpenCPN is a free, open-source chartplotter for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android with community plugins, though its desktop-style interface suits phones less than dedicated mobile apps.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Aqua Map as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Orca

    A marine navigation app for planning trips with charts, routing and weather, with optional boat hardware.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Aqua Map uses NOAA, USACE and CMOR charts offline with an anchor alarm, but its coverage centres on US waters and the Bahamas.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • OpenSeaMap

    Free community nautical chart built on OpenStreetMap, with seamarks, harbours and depth data.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Signal K

    An open marine data standard and local server that connects a boat's instruments and sensors.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

  • Windy

    An interactive animated weather map with wind, waves and radar forecasts from several forecast models.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb