ActiveCaptain®

ActiveCaptain®

By Garmin

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2017-11-07
  • Current Version: 40.1
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 185.77 MB
  • Developer: Garmin
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 3.93909
3.93909
From 4,154 Ratings

Description

The free ActiveCaptain app creates a powerful connection between your compatible mobile device and Garmin chartplotter, charts, maps and the boating community. Whether you use your Garmin products for cruising, fishing, sailing or diving, this all-in-one app will help you enjoy your time on the water. Just pair the app with your compatible chartplotter to wirelessly transfer and access charts and maps, software updates, routes, waypoints and helpful feedback from the ActiveCaptain Community. And, with the purchase of the OnDeck™ hub(1), you can track and monitor your boat from virtually anywhere. Please note that this app is intended for Garmin chartplotter owners and is not recommended for use as a stand-alone navigational app. FEATURES AVAILABLE: - ONECHART™: > New Garmin Navionics+™ and premium Garmin Navionics Vision+™ cartography, featuring a Navionics® style appearance, advanced Auto Guidance+™ technology(2) and a one-year subscription to daily updates, is available now for North America and Europe, and coming soon to the rest of the world. Purchase our newest-generation charts or legacy BlueChart® g3 charts from your mobile device, and upload them to registered Garmin chartplotters on your vessel. You will get exceptional coverage, clarity and detail with charts that feature integrated Garmin and Navionics data and much more. Plus, the NOAA raster cartography(3) and premium features can be downloaded for free through the ActiveCaptain app. Visit Garmin.com/marinemaps. - PLAN A TRIP: Plan your trip, or e-scout a new fishing spot before you’re on the water. Then, transfer your data to your chartplotter where you can view your routes and waypoints. - USER DATA SYNC: Automatically back up and sync your data between your chartplotter and the ActiveCaptain app. - ACTIVECAPTAIN COMMUNITY: Join a community of boaters to get up-to-date feedback on marinas, boat ramps and other points of interest (POI). Check ratings, read reviews, and view pictures of POIs to make informed decisions on the water. Contribute your own POI, reviews and pictures from your compatible mobile device. - CONTROL YOUR CHARTPLOTTER: Using the built-in Helm™ feature, the ActiveCaptain app lets you view and control your compatible(4) chartplotter from your smartphone or tablet, even when someone else is at the helm(5). - EASY SOFTWARE UPDATES: Receive notifications about software updates from the app, and update your chartplotter wirelessly. - ONDECK HUB: Use the ActiveCaptain app to track, monitor and control any number of switches with the OnDeck system(1) from nearly anywhere. Door open? Bilge running? Peace of mind comes in the form of text alerts and updates. - GARMIN QUICKDRAWTM COMMUNITY: Download the latest 1’ HD contour maps shared by your fellow boaters, and sync with your chartplotter. You can also upload your own Quickdraw Contours map data. - SMART NOTIFICATIONS: Connect the app to your chartplotter, and turn on smart notifications(4) to see calls, text messages and more on the chartplotter display while your phone is somewhere safe and dry. FOOTNOTES 1)OnDeck hub sold separately and requires an active subscription plan 2)Auto Guidance+ is for planning purposes only and does not replace safe navigation operations 3)NOAA raster cartography cannot be viewed on echoMAP™ CHIRP and ECHOMAP™ Plus combos but can be viewed on mobile devices via the ActiveCaptain mobile app 4)Helm feature is not compatible with ECHOMAP series chartplotters 5)Check device compatibility on the ActiveCaptain app web page; visit https://www.garmin.com/c/marine/marine-apps/ End User License Agreement: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/legal/marine-mobile-eula/

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Reviews

  • Impossible to use

    1
    By Seattle Diane
    I think you must have to have a computer science degree to make this app work. It will absolutely not work for me, nor can I connect this app to my Garmin chart plotter. No on line help is available.
  • Not user friendly and I still don’t like the block picture I see after I spent 100’s for a subscript

    1
    By Unamused907
    I’m not impressed at all with the grafics, my phone literally has a better picture of my surroundings
  • App Rating

    5
    By Yea K’mon
    Awesome
  • Very disappointed

    1
    By Brian P Patterson
    Junk
  • Could Use a Cleaner Interface

    3
    By AlyAlstah
    The app is relatively dated and could use a cleaner and fresher update, similar to Navionics. Overall the app works but gets glitchy when interfacing with the plotters. Have instances that the plotters get hung up updating the maps. Would like to see the app get a cleaner look. Now that they own Navionics the programmers can streamline this app to look cleaner and more functional.
  • Love it

    5
    By Pandaskeeter
    Absolutely love this app easy to use and straight forward and easily connected to boat
  • Not user friendly

    1
    By Kayak pescador
    This app is a joke. I don’t understand why I can’t just connect my chart plotter to my wifi network to update the device. To use this app you must toggle between connecting to the chart plotter network and your own network with a WAN. The app never gives me the option to select what I want to sync nor do I know when or how to download a software update when connected to the WAN. Another issue is you must have a SD ActiveCaptain card to even connect so if you only have one SD slot you also have to toggle between SD cards. Plan on spending way too much time trying to connect to a network and get updates.
  • Useless

    1
    By psommarva
    Very little one can do with the app and that little has a cumbersome UI and several items simply don’t work. The only intent of this app is to sell charts. My next nav system will be from another brand.
  • Only IOS no MaCOS

    2
    By AnotherAppleUser57
    This app doesn’t run in MacOS even if you have an M silicon chip, this feature is important for Mac Users like me, and is just for Garmin a check box when publish the app into the app store to activate the option to be available for MAC downloads
  • Active Captain

    5
    By Ben6270
    Very extensive in scope and intuitive. Glad I bought this GARMIN UHD2 fish finder.

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