New at Navionics

The few hundred boaters, Android devices users, Who made me happy to follow this blog have been able to see with disappointment the absence of news since the end 2014. I am well sorry, But still to date I note very little in the field of maritime navigation. Apart from the applications already mentioned above which present updates without a revolution, The Android universe seems little of interest to the developers of navigation apps. When analyzing the global market share of Android on smartphones and tablets, and conversely the poverty of navigation applications compared to the proliferation under iOS, We remain doubtful. But that's how.

Therefore I am happy to find a pretext to take back my editors, supplied by Navionics, which for once in its commercial policy offers an improvement in the price of its Navionics Boating application.

Navionics Boating

By the way, the two applications Navionics Marine and Navionics Boating become one with, or not, A card integrated with the purchase. Either :

• Boating = without a smartphone card (Free)
• Boating HD = cardless for tablet 7″+ (Free)
• Boating Europe = with Europe card for smartphone
• Boating Europe HD = with Europe card for tablet 7″+

So there is always, despite the comparison of the names, Two apps that coexist. Which must seem a little confusing to potential new customers. Especially since the division of geographical areas can be significantly different, in example : the Europe region purchased in Navionics Boating does not have the same division as the Europe zone of Boating Europe ! Inherited from the former Navionics Marine Europe, the latter was much larger but did not include the Channel Islands or the south coast of England. In Boating, the purchase of the Europe zone covers the whole of the English Channel as far as the Scilly, and from Morocco to the Western Mediterranean, Corsica and Sardinia included. More… not the Atlantic Islands (Azores, Madeira, Canaries).

Several other regions of the world are, Of course, Available. The price list, to date, is as follows :

As seen in the renewal option Navionics+ is reduced from the original purchase price of a card. Moreover,, Navionics+ now includes both functions Navigation Module et Lost Cards, previously optional. Too bad for those who had already bought them. The question marks are about the prices I don't know, You have to have bought the initial application to know them, because they are only available through in-app purchases.

Navionics+

As a reminder, This is the option to renew, at the end of the first year after your purchase, The license to update your maps continuously. It is in fact a "package" of functions, Including Sonarcharts, Community Edits, and now Navigation Module et Lost Cards (*). But still not Autorouting added in iOS versions, weird.

Renewal of Navionics+ for the Europe region purchased in Navionics Boating

Former Navionics Marine Europe owners who sail in the Channel will have to fill in the missing areas by purchasing the UK-Ireland-Holland region associated with the Navionics+ package.

The missing areas in Navionics Boating Europe force the acquisition of another region to complete the Channel navigations.

As you can see, it is not evangelical simplicity, Navionics does not provide any complete price list. The good news is the reduced renewal of Navionics+ subscriptions, and the features offered, previously optional, to new buyers.

And if you didn't understand anything about my explanations, don't hesitate to write to Navionics support help@navionics.com.

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(*) See Navionics Boating sur Android [Update]
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