#Will my seaiq app transfer to new ipad update

However the option Tides & Current displays vectors of currents on the chart with direction and instant speed in real time. iSailor offers connections NMEA0183, but limited to navigation instruments : GPS, Wind, Sounder, AIS. iNavX does not directly provide the tides calculation, but to interface with the application AyeTides offering the heights of water from 10.000 stations in the world. A request and display feature of GRIB weather files via X-Traverse, or via Saildocs Server with Mail or satellite messaging (Iridium, XGate). In contrast to iNavX where purchases via the X-Traverse server are a real headache for users.Ībout advanced functions, NMEA interface, support AIS, data rate Weather, the prize goes to iNavX that showed from the beginning a desire for integration with all navigation instruments, using NMEA0183 and NMEA2000 support and TCP/IP protocol. The Chart management (purchase, download, update) is much easy with iSailor, since the purchases are integrated ( in-app). Functions’ import/export are much more numerous in iNavX, as well as chart display settings that provide a much wider range of options. In addition to the management of waypoints, routes and tracks files, We find the alarms and alerts enough complete (waypoint enabled, anchor, AIS, WiFi connection, aso.) but with a significantly different treatment. Each guide is an option per yearly subscription.īoth applications offer the same basic functions. Sites are represented on the chart by specific icons, a tap for accessing information in the lateral drawer. The first two available areas are the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Navigation guides are accessible via a new tab of the lateral drawer. They contain all the marinas, commercial and fishing harbours, and the moorings of a geographical area, includes detailed information as the means of contact (VHF, phone, email, web site), facilities, access, etc. It is clarified that the results of this method can introduce 'minor differences' with the official tide tables. The calculation process is based on the Simplified Harmonic Method of Tide Predictions which can be found in various publications, as the Admiralty Tide Tables (The British Admiralty tide tables). The tides in iSailor is calculated on the basis of four main harmonic and corrections in shallow water. This version provides new options by subscriptions and improvement claimed for a long time : the ability to enable and disable the display of lights sectors on the chart. iNavX displays the barometric 'BPR' pressure in instruments banner, with a graphic zoom recording the pressure of the last 24 hours. With the iPhone 6 and 6+ appeared a built-in atmospheric pressure sensor. In addition to transfers to the X-Traverse account that allows to save these data, iNavX allows exporting using the 'Open in' function, via AirDrop, and also to iCloud Drive (If activated in the settings of the device). Export of waypoints, routes and tracks files.

The choice of units is made in the application preferences. This version, delivered for a few days, essentially adds some improvements to the many functions already present.Īssociated with weather display option provided as optional with ( ²), a tap anywhere on the chart when the forecasts are displayed provides access to data meteogram for this location. On the other hand it is always difficult to share the objective and subjective aspects in a comparative, I was already confronted in the past ( ¹). Warning, this exercise is associated with a snapshot vision, valid today but quickly obsolete tomorrow, as changes are rapid in this domain.

#Will my seaiq app transfer to new ipad update

They each have their qualities and their faults, and I took advantage of the innovations introduced by their recent update to attempt a quick comparative price/functions.

These are the ones that offer the most extensive functions and the choice of the best maps. I consider iNavX and iSailor as the two best navigation apps so far under iOS. The year 2015 barely begun, developers already deliver us their applications developments, probably developed between two glasses of champagne during the holidays.