"Must Have" Nautical Android Apps?

[Mark-1]

Here's some apps I've found useful so far:

Directly Nautical
Navionics
GPS Essentials
MarineTraffic.com app
Anchor Watch (By Jokaboat) *
Anchor alarm (by MedIT GbR) *
GPS Test
Tide Prediction
Marine Weather by Bluefin
Windguru
GPS Logger (Low power tracker.)
My Tracks

Directly relevant Nautical Web Links that can be linked direct:
www.sailingalmanac.com (Looks great on a small screen.)
Links to all the usual suspect weather sites.


Maybe Useful in a Marine Environment
Maverick (OS map viewer with decent cache)
RMaps (OS map viewer)
Google Maps
Google Sky Map

Non-Nautical
Navigation
Kindle
File Browser
Astro (File Browser)
Barcode Scanner
Laputa
Phantom Alert
Shazam
Youtube


* Anchor Alarms have been a nightmare. None are perfect. Anchor Alarm Free & Android-Speedometer seem not to work in sleep mode defeating the whole point.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Skymap. No, seriously, assuming you can get a suitable signal its far better with a good horizon.

 

[AHoy2]

Compass.

 

[markdj]

One thing I've found is that the compass is not damped enough but I don't think any software can compensate so it's not really suitable for bouncing about.

My favourite (vaguely) marine apps are marine compass, compass, colour flashlight, knots guide, gps status, meteoblue, iridium flare, bubble, and wifi analyser with the extra connect addin.

 

[camman]

android apps

windguru and tideapp, both useful.

 

[dk]

Not exactly an app, but came across this www.sailingalmanac.com (sorry don't know how to do the hyperlink bit) today - looks fairly useful.

 

[Ubergeekian]

Tricorder. OK, not very boaty, but huge fun.

 

[colingr]

Shipfinder, more fun than use.

TideoftheDay. The table is a bit iffy but the tidal graph is pretty spot on.

 

[Mark-1]

Here's some apps I've found useful so far:

Directly Nautical
Navionics
GPS Essentials
MarineTraffic.com app
Anchor Watch (By Jokaboat) *
Anchor alarm (by MedIT GbR) *
GPS Test
Tide Prediction
Marine Weather by Bluefin
Windguru
GPS Logger (Low power tracker.)
My Tracks

Directly relevant Nautical Web Links that can be linked direct:
www.sailingalmanac.com (Looks great on a small screen.)
Links to all the usual suspect weather sites.


Maybe Useful in a Marine Environment
RMaps
Google Maps
Google Sky Map

Non-Nautical
Navigation
Kindle
File Browser
Barcode Scanner
Laputa
Phantom Alert
Shazam
Youtube


* Anchor Alarms have been a nightmare. None are perfect. Anchor Alarm Free & Android-Speedometer seem not to work in sleep mode defeating the whole point.

 

[colingr]

Try Gpsstatus for cog / sog etc, you can set units to whatever you want. Radar mode works well.

 

[AHoy2]

for astro nav types

the Sidereal Clock could be useful.

Gives UTC and Local Standard times;
Local Apparent and Local Mean Solar;
Greenwich Mean and Local Mean Sidereal;
Equation of Time.

Derives data from GPS signal - so you should be able to check your sights ;>)
From my use so far it appears to have a 1 to 2 second lag on radio reference clocks.

With the available almanac, table and sight reduction apps makes any Android phone a handy astro nav support tool.

 

[grumpy_o_g]

I'd recommend Rain Alarm or Rain Alarm Pro. Basically a straight weather radar history laid over Google Maps. Apart from telling you wether or not you're going to get rained on it's perfect for seeing exactly where the fronts are. I also find the Dolphin Mini Browser is better than the standard Android offering. Absolutely fascinating and a mine of useless information is an app called signals. Everything from the phonetic alphabetic through morse code to Scuba diving hand signals. I you meed to know the US Police Penal codes this is your app.

 

[bendyone]

Have a look at Saildroid for a simple SOG etc.

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

I wonder what someone like Donald Crowhurst would have made of this thread...

 

[Boreades]

I'd like to join in the recommendation for Google Sky Map.

It's grabbed my children's attention and made them more interested in navigation as well.

 

[sailorman]

saynoto0870 ( phone & PC )
screebl
Tide-App
Shopsavvy
Sketcher ( allows hand writing /draw sketch then send)
Compass / GPS

 

[upthesolent]

Regarding weather forecasts. I spent ages looking up reviews etc., on Weather Apps for my Android and The Weather Channel (free) appeared to get a fairly good write up, but nothing compared to Weather Pro which had the best review out of the whole lot.

It really is a case of "you pays your money" and the £3 odd I paid for Weather Pro is in my view, well worth it especially as it is the most accurate out of the whole lot I researched. Btw, Weather Pro is part of the Meteo Group.

 

[nimbusgb]

Marine Traffic. Not exactly real time AIS but fun to see how busy the channel is!

 

[Mark-1]

Marine Traffic. Not exactly real time AIS but fun to see how busy the channel is!

As long as you've got internet access I think it pretty much is realtime AIS. I was on a boat with a transceiver in Jan and it seemed spot on within the 3 minute update limitation for class B. Seemed fine this weekend as well judging by the positions of other shipping. Of course it doesn't give CPA and not many would trust it if it did. I'm just gutted that I paid for Ship finder before I knew about Marine Traffic.

I'm still on the hunt for a tracker that can periodically (say every 30 minutes) enable the GPS for a fix then disable it again to save battery.

 

[bendyone]

As long as you've got internet access I think it pretty much is realtime AIS. I was on a boat with a transceiver in Jan and it seemed spot on within the 3 minute update limitation for class B. Seemed fine this weekend as well judging by the positions of other shipping. Of course it doesn't give CPA and not many would trust it if it did. I'm just gutted that I paid for Ship finder before I knew about Marine Traffic.

I'm still on the hunt for a tracker that can periodically (say every 30 minutes) enable the GPS for a fix then disable it again to save battery.

How about this one
http://gpslogger.codeplex.com/