Another nice app to have at hand when sailing is the Boater's Pocket Reference app, which provides a ton of information.The Cruisers Forum app for both Apple and Android devices puts you in touch with tens of thousands of boaters who can help answer your every question.DragQueen Anchor Alarm is another anchoring app available for both Android and Apple devices and smartphones. When anchored, the My Anchor Watch app can help ensure you know it if your anchor is starting to drag.GPS Long Distance Log is a logging app for Android - not a plotter but a good system for logging a voyage.
To be prepared, learn also to navigate with just a depth finder and a chart.
Remember that any electronic device can fail at any time, so don’t depend on only a chart app. The free Course to Steer app calculates how to steer to compensate for a current and leeway from the wind. Here's a comparison of 5 Android apps for boat charts and navigation to help you choose the one best for you. Two free Android apps (initially free, at least) are Marine Charts Lite and Marine Charts HD and NutiCharts Lite, but \weI cannot recommend either for much use on the water. Navionics Marine & Lakes has some interesting features and uses vector charts. MX Mariner is another fine app using raster charts. Memory-Map has the fullest navigating features for Android devices. He is one of the few people who used Google Stadia, which he will miss dearly. In his free time, he loves hiking and spending time with his family. When he's not writing, Zach works as an energy consultant. His current daily driver is a Pixel 7, and he writes all his articles on an HP Chromebook x2 12. Even though the rest of his family has switched to iPhones, he could never do it. Zach's first Android phone was a Motorola Droid Turbo 2 he got in 2016 after switching from an iPhone 5S. He holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's in Energy Engineering, giving him unique insight into new renewable energy and battery technologies. Zach loves unique and fun hardware and software tricks as well as green and easily repairable products. You'll find him writing how-to guides on various topics, but you will sometimes see him dabble in other areas. He specializes in Chromebooks, Pixel phones, Google products, and Android apps. Zach has been a fan of Android for a long time, and he became a freelance writer at Android Police in early 2022.
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