AlphaEcho
Paddler
I've been keeping an eye out for boating apps that offer features for paddlers (and human powered craft) not just the sailing and motoring crowd.
This one showed up in my feed today. It is clearly positioned for the aforesaid crowd. It comes out of the UK, but they seem to have detailed charts covering the Pacific Coast. It may be useful. and it seems to offer a shade more than Garmin's Navionics ... if you go for the Elite plan. https://www.savvy-navvy.com/pricing
The rub is the pricing. The Essential plan, which offers less than Navionics, is $35 CAD/yr. Explore offers about the same as Navionics, costs $80 CAD/yr. Elite is $90 CAD/yr. For that you get a "tidal streams atlas" and "satellite mode".
You can try out the app for 2 weeks for free, but first you give them your payment info. If you want to opt out, you have to remember to do it before the 2 week trial is up. Take that as you will, but it feels a mite predatory to me. I deleted the app off my phone.
I'd really appreciate it if anyone who has tried this app can offer up their practical experience with it. I'm still curious to know if their charts are useful (screenshots maybe?) and if the interface is better than Navionics (which is a rather low bar IMHO).
This one showed up in my feed today. It is clearly positioned for the aforesaid crowd. It comes out of the UK, but they seem to have detailed charts covering the Pacific Coast. It may be useful. and it seems to offer a shade more than Garmin's Navionics ... if you go for the Elite plan. https://www.savvy-navvy.com/pricing
The rub is the pricing. The Essential plan, which offers less than Navionics, is $35 CAD/yr. Explore offers about the same as Navionics, costs $80 CAD/yr. Elite is $90 CAD/yr. For that you get a "tidal streams atlas" and "satellite mode".
You can try out the app for 2 weeks for free, but first you give them your payment info. If you want to opt out, you have to remember to do it before the 2 week trial is up. Take that as you will, but it feels a mite predatory to me. I deleted the app off my phone.
I'd really appreciate it if anyone who has tried this app can offer up their practical experience with it. I'm still curious to know if their charts are useful (screenshots maybe?) and if the interface is better than Navionics (which is a rather low bar IMHO).