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Best 10 Boating Map Apps
Lake maps & marine GPS can easily take the stress out of a boating trip. Besides regular navigational maps, get highly accurate lake depth & contour maps.
About Boating Maps
Boating maps are a two-dimensional representation of sea areas or lake districts in which the coastal regions are also outlined. They serve the purpose of navigation.
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Boating Marine & Lakes
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i-Boating:Marine Navigation Maps & Nautical Charts
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C-MAP - Marine Charts. GPS navigation for Boating
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Lowrance: Fishing & Navigation
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Marine Ways - Free Nautical Charts
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Polaris GPS Navigation: Hiking, Marine, Offroad
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Aqua Map Marine - Boating GPS
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iNavX - Sailing & Boating Navigation, NOAA Charts
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Garmin ActiveCaptain
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Gps Fishing Points & Maps Radar
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Boating Marine & Lakes
Navionics Srl
Maps & Navigation
The same detailed charts and advanced features as on the best GPS plotters.
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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i-Boating:Marine Navigation Maps & Nautical Charts
Gps Nautical Charts
Travel & Local
Chartplotter w/ Voice : Marine Navigation Charts & HD Lake Contour Maps
500K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
$24.99![App Store]()
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C-MAP - Marine Charts. GPS navigation for Boating
Navico Norway AS
Maps & Navigation
Marine and nautical chartplotter. Offline maps for boating and sailing.
500K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Lowrance: Fishing & Navigation
Navico Norway AS
Maps & Navigation
The Lowrance companion app. Offline maps for boating and fishing.
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Marine Ways - Free Nautical Charts
Kernalite
Travel & Local
Free nautical charts, route planning, and GPS-guided marine navigation
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Polaris GPS Navigation: Hiking, Marine, Offroad
DS Software | 📡
Maps & Navigation
GPS for marine, hiking, off road, trail navigation. FREE offline maps and charts
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Aqua Map Marine - Boating GPS
GEC srl
Maps & Navigation
Nautical Charts for Navigation
50K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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iNavX - Sailing & Boating Navigation, NOAA Charts
NavX Studios
Maps & Navigation
Now on Android - the #1 Handheld Chartplotter & Marine Navigation Application
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
$4.99 In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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9Free In-App Purchases
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Free In-App Purchases![App Store]()
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Gps Fishing Points & Maps Radar
AMFAPPS
Travel & Local
Watch out fishing maps, fishing forecast and weather radar.
100K+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching boating gps, boating maps, lake gps and 3 other keywords. From there, we retrieved a total of 1,095 unique apps (537 Android apps and 558 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
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Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 1,095 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Boating Map Apps for both Android & iOS.
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