No single app does everything on a boat. A practical setup for the Med is a chart app, an anchorage guide, a forecast app and an anchor alarm. These are ten good ones, with what each is best at.
1. Navionics Boating
Garmin · 2.9 out of 5 (2,351 ratings)
Charts and bathymetry, with plotter and AIS links
Navionics charts offline with SonarChart HD bathymetry, Auto Guidance+ dock-to-dock routing, weather and tides, markers and tracks, AIS with a Wi-Fi receiver and Plotter Sync.
- Price:
- Yearly subscription by region: Mediterranean & Black Sea $59.99, Adriatic & Ionian Seas $69.99, US & Canada $49.99; free for a limited time
- What it doesn't do:
- Charts and advanced features need the yearly subscription after the free period.
App Store page →2. C-MAP: Boating
Navico · 4.5 out of 5 (2,424 ratings)
Charts with a free viewer and Autorouting
Free C-MAP chart viewer with Autorouting, waypoints, tracks, marine weather along the route and GPX import and export. Premium adds offline maps, high-resolution bathymetry, REVEAL shaded relief and AIS.
- Price:
- Free chart viewer; Premium with a 14-day free trial, subscriptions as in-app purchases from $1.99 to $39.99
- What it doesn't do:
- Offline downloads, full GPS, high-resolution bathymetry and AIS are Premium only.
App Store page →3. Savvy Navvy
Savvy Navvy Ltd · 4.7 out of 5 (8,355 ratings)
Passage planning on tides, depth and weather
Simplified charts from official hydrographic data, routing that accounts for weather, tides and depth, a departure scheduler, AIS data, marine forecasts, tides and currents, and marina and anchorage info.
- Price:
- Free version; Premium $99.00, Premium (US-only charts) $129.00 and Premium Plus (global charts) $169.00 as in-app purchases
App Store page →4. Aqua Map Boating
GEC s.r.l. · 4.7 out of 5 (13,796 ratings)
Official charts offline, with an anchor alarm
Official nautical charts (NOAA in the US) to download for offline use, manual and automatic routes, tracks, tides and currents, anchor alarm, and ActiveCaptain and Waterway Guide points of interest.
- Price:
- Chart subscriptions by area (US nautical and lake charts from $9.99); Expert $14.99 and Master $24.99 on top; 14-day free trial on all subscriptions
- What it doesn't do:
- Expert and Master (forecasts, AIS, NMEA instruments) include no charts: they go on top of a chart subscription.
App Store page →5. iNavX
NavX Studios · 4.8 out of 5 (21,796 ratings)
A phone chartplotter with charts from several providers
Chartplotter where you buy charts from several providers, including Navionics+ and C-MAP, with routes, track log, GRIB weather, tides, anchor alarm, AIS and NMEA instruments over Wi-Fi.
- Price:
- Free app with NOAA raster charts; other charts from $9.99 to $199.99 a year by provider, weather and AIS Live sold separately
App Store page →6. TZ iBoat
Nobeltec, Inc. · 4.6 out of 5 (883 ratings)
A full chartplotter with AIS and radar modules
Chartplotter with TZ MAPS (vector, raster, satellite and bathymetry), wind-aware anchorages, real-time light sectors, weather with offline access, tides and currents, and NMEA, AIS and radar connections.
- Price:
- Free core features; Essential, Premium and Elite plans from $2.99 to $39.99, TZ MAPS charts by area (USA $19.99), AIS module $8.99 and Radar module $49.99
- What it doesn't do:
- Online AIS is in the Essential plan; high-resolution forecasts in Premium.
App Store page →7. Navily
The Navigation Family · 4.8 out of 5 (836 ratings)
Marinas and anchorages with community reviews
More than 35,000 marinas and anchorages with 500,000+ community reviews and photos, 700+ bookable marinas, route planning, Protection Scores for wind and swell, community chat and anchorage alerts.
- Price:
- Free; Navily Premium as an in-app purchase from $9.49 to $24.99
- What it doesn't do:
- The 72-hour protection score, preference filters and offline mode are Navily Premium.
App Store page →8. Scirocco
Simone Ruggiero, Naples (Italy)
Day trips along the coast: forecast, waypoints, navigation and the boat
Made in Naples for the Mediterranean: a 7-day hourly sea forecast with the Italian 2 km model where it covers, Mediterranean wind names, a compass with plain-word corrections and full boat management. No charts.
- Price:
- Free up to 20 waypoints; Pro $24.99/year (7-day free trial) or $3.99/week (3-day free trial)
- What it doesn't do:
- No nautical charts with depths and no AIS.
Download Scirocco free →9. Anchor Pro
IdeaBoys GmbH · 4.8 out of 5 (3,597 ratings)
An anchor alarm with alerts ashore
Anchor alarm: set the anchor as you drop it, define the swing zone with one or two radii, monitor position, GPS signal and battery, and get alerts ashore by Telegram or email, also on Apple Watch.
- Price:
- Free with ads; Anchor Premium $6.99 a year removes ads and adds features
App Store page →10. MarineTraffic
MarineTraffic Applications Ltd · 4.7 out of 5 (64,997 ratings)
Seeing the ships and ferries around you
Live ship positions worldwide from AIS data, with vessel type, destination, speed, course and voyage history, fleets to follow and wind on the map.
- Price:
- Free; Mobile Pro Plan as an in-app purchase ($4.99 or $29.99)
- What it doesn't do:
- Satellite AIS beyond coastal coverage is part of the Mobile Pro Plan.
App Store page →The only boating app you need
Marine forecast, waypoints, compass, GPS tracks, boat management, maintenance and documents.
Download Scirocco →Prices, features and ratings of the apps come from their US App Store listings on October 20, 2026 and may change: Navionics Boating, C-MAP: Boating, Savvy Navvy, Aqua Map Boating, iNavX, TZ iBoat, Navily, Scirocco, Anchor Pro, MarineTraffic.
Navionics, C-MAP, Savvy Navvy, Aqua Map, iNavX, TZ iBoat, Navily, Anchor Pro and MarineTraffic are trademarks of their respective owners. Scirocco is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by them.