Imray Navigator

Would like it if I could do the old fashioned chart work on these charts in the app on Android but other than that it's great. Much prefer it to the vector charts apps.

just subscribed on my ipad to western med charts then installed the app on my andrpid phone, logged into my account only to be shown no subscriptions! And there buried in an FAQ the fact that an account subscription would appear to be device or OS dependent. Not good guys!!

Rip Off - you have to have a separate licence for this and your iphone - At least Navionics recognises you are the same user (across platforms) - with demise of paper charts if Imray rip customers off in this fashion they wont survive - seems like an archaic company not forward thinking

terrible, so glitch. Somehow made itself the default opening system for documents in my phone. Nightmare to get rid off...

first class app

Really good charts app. Needs more functionality including tides to become the top electronic navigation app or even best on-board backup.

Absolutely Awful. This is one of the worst Apps I have seen from a 'tech' company. Very blurred and completely unusable for anything, not to mention navigation. There are tons of free apps which are light years ahead.

works well update's each time you open the app.👍⛵️

Fabo

Won't run crashes on open. Samsung smx700 Update. After I reached out to Imray, they fixed the crash within a few days. The app faithfully displays the same raster image as the printed charts. A simple way to get Imray chart images on board with simple navigation functions.

Keeps stopping. Tried several times after restarting phone. Have never managed to get it to work.

Useful but no frills ...I'm sure it will do more than I realise but it's not well documented.

Always accurate

Most useful with passages through difficult channels eg chanel de Batz.A pity not enough detail for Portsal Passage, though paper imraycharts did show detail and transits.

Greedy has taken over. And no one appears to care that small boat owners are being fleeced by everyone. I am now uninstalling having been with you for many years.

Completely doesn't work. Never did. Didn't work yesterday when they didn't respond. Doesn't work today.

Charts are good but the android version lacks much of the functionality available on the apple version. Won't be renewing my subscription unless it's brought up to the same standard as the apple version.

I like this app. The charts, being Imray, are really clear, and easily readable on phone or laptop. Much clearer in default settings than Navionics or similar. If I could add anything it would be WiFi access to NMEA GPS/AIS/DSC information. The other feature I would add is the ability to draw more than just 1 bearing on the chart. That would enable a user, whose GPS was not functional, to use their electronic chart in the "old fashioned" way to triangulate a position, or to draw a safety bearing

More bugs than a restaurant owned by Bill Gates. You can enter waypoints, but then what? Lol! You can't build a route with them, you can't go to them. Overall a very frustrating app.

When it works, it is fine, but log-in issues make it too unreliable to use it seriously for navigation.

it's good but doesn't flow

Really nice (raster ) chart experience. The only app I tried which showed the Off Casquets TSS in the English Channel when zoomed out enough to view the whole width; good user experience on an Oukitel RT5. Chart packs seem fairly good value and the format is both easy to read and well engineered for small boat navigators (very similar to the Imray paper charts).

Excellent for all sorts of water sports. Easy to use and really handy on the phone.

The details in the chart are good. The navigation is not very intuitive with little guidance.

Pro: Having raster charts available on my phone on deck is immeasurably useful - great to check what the paper chart says compared to vector charts on the plotter. Con 1: Resolution of raster files is adequate to poor. Images are frequently highly pixellated, especially on my tablet with its larger screen. I'm surprised they cannot "vector-ise" the "raster" images like a PDF. Con 2: Not a great plotter app: can't follow route, routes don't sync between devices, doesn't show boat COG/SOG vector.

Looks good, but very limited chart selection -mostly UK and surrounds, as well as some Meds. I was going to try it out, but there aren't any North American charts in the store.

Seems to work well. Nice interface, easy to use. Charts don't seem to include tide diamonds, if they did I'd have given 5-stars.

There is a lot of negativity around this app but I view it as convenient way to navigate using fixed raster charts using a tablet. Vector charts are great until you plot a course and hit a sandbank because you didn't zoom in enough along the whole course to see it. I don't ever want to be faced with that situation. Plotting courses is straightforward, it would benefit from having an anchor alarm built in. For me I like the security of seeing a classic raster chart on my tablet

Very flakey. I've struggled to create an account. I can't find a code with the paper maps I've bought. The log in process jumps between browser snd app. I gove up.

Wow wow superb app..I love it ,because I am a fisher man......

Some are saying these charts are better than navionics. I can't see in anyway that this is so. Therefore I will be asking for a refund and deleting this app.

Disappointing, I purchased a couple of charts thinking that like NV Charts I would also have access to the electronic version, but that is not how it works. Looks like you need to then purchase the same electronic chart and can only view it for a year. Tried out the demo chart, but that was so limited I gave up. Really, really disappointed with the product and would encourage Imray to look at the NV Charts app and consider using the same business model.

waist of time!!

One of the better charts I think

A super little stand by app. Excellent clear and detailed charts, this app is self explanatory and easy to use. The customer support service is helpful and friendly. Very pleased, However I have since found another app which gives me the same full quality charts but for FREE ! I am not going to renew my subscription for local charts when other providers are offering the same without charge. Also no adds for a one off payment of £4.

Very good

Ok

This app is very poor. It is certainly not good enough to use to navigate a boat. The most serious failing is that it forces you to download updates before you can use it. This is clearly only possible if you have wifi access at the time. I have had to give up using it as i can no longer download updates at all, i get a "download failed" message with no further information. I have, of course, tried uninstalling and reinstalling, only to see the same error. The app is now even worse.

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A useful app to track location, routes, send screen shots etc but not as your main electronic means of navigation as too small a screen on mobile and does not work on Windows laptops. It has a very irritating habit of reverting to your position in the wider UK area rather than remaining at the zoom level of your local position last viewed if your put your phone down and the screen lock kicks in

Good

yoobee

Having changed phones, my charts aren't now available on the new device. Refresh/restore subscriptions does nothing. Using same credentials as before and the app seems to think I haven't got a subscription.

Nice apps imray navigatir.. thanks you

Pretty useless, downloaded chart for Greece, great.. I can see the chart but I can't do much else. I've watched several instructional videos on how to use the app but mine just refuses to plot the route. Waste of effort to download.. Best go with navionics

The quality and resolution of the charts is quite terrible and so is the UI. Having raster chart that doesn't even scale properly on professional paid app in 2022 is beyond embarrassing.

Keeps freezing and then crashes. Problem has gotten worse since chart updates.

Unless you give full access to GPS you can't do anything. Ie you can't just view charts. You also need to set up a second account, separate from any created on a pc

EDIT: Still uncomfortable with this app. Needs separate login every time via external web browser. Only stores maps in internal memory.

Very useful

After help with the voucher code loaded and works well. But limited functionality and not very intuitive

Download the app to my Samsung. Redeem code didn't work. Spent a little time on FAQS still no joy.

It does what it's supposed to

Android app. I have a set of paper charts that come with a link code. The app will not let me view them (though it does list it under my subscriptions), just keeps telling me to purchase the appropriate chart. The app itself does not run smoothly and the screen flickers when it's running. Overall my experience has not been great and I would be unable to recommend it to anyone, including for planning purposes only.

Don't bother - no where does it say you need to download charts for app to be any use.

Access to imray charts. Good navigation facilities. Use it as a back up to my plotter on a tablet.

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I cannot find a button to renew subscription so it is unusable.

This obviously isn't intended as something to rely on to actually navigate but it's handy for checking things when planning etc. Given this, it's a bit annoying it insists on checking for updates every time it starts up. It's also really annoying it can't store the charts on a SD card but has to use the phone storage.

Cannot open the chart list!!!

Happy with this app, especially as I had a free voucher for a chart when I bought my copy of the East Coast Pilot published by Imray. I had a few problems initially but they were sorted very promptly by the support team. A useful back up for paper charts and a chart plotter. Note that these charts are raster not vector charts.

A great back up to have for boating

once you start any track in the app - app keep "tracking" even if you switch it off and closed the app, - accessing location and draining the battery. looks like showstopper bug :(

Downloaded app, bought chart, downloaded chart. Cannot zoom in. Waste of time and money. Deserves -1 star.

Just not good, tracking keeps going even when. To try stop it

I love this app. Having to re zoom every time is the only tiny negative, but I do rate it 5* as its great to have on the phone when busy and single handed!

wont even install on my Samsung tablet so installed on an ipad instead, where it works OK. It's got a long way to go though to catch up with Navionics and ease of use.

Good

Will the reset to global outline be rectified before June 2021? This appears to occur after most events, such as route planning and is extremely frustrating even sat at home, never mind when pitching about at sea! This appears to be a backward step from previous versions. Overall the app is very useful, but such a major user difficulty means star rating has to be low for now.

Android. It's a great app! I like it especially as the electronic charts are identical to my Imray paper charts; I much prefer this than using Navionics, for example. One system keeps it simple. Fantastic value for money when you consider the huge number of charts that are included in each chart set! On the downside, the charts don't always merge seamlessly. And like other reviewers, the ability to download and store charts to an SD Card would free up a huge amount of internal storage space.

Love this app .

Does what i need. Very handy.

Like others have found, it is frustrating to use as chart resets to global outline and the current vectors don't display. I will wait until the app works as well on Android as it does on iOS. As a result I have removed it for now.

I'm fairly happy with the App for Android and it seems to have become more stable over the various iterations. One key concern though is the amount of storage it takes up without the ability to move the data files to an SD card. Well at least I can't find a way to do it, but its possible my Googlefu isn't up to scratch in trying to find the answer.

The android version is not user friendly. I struggle with chart downloads and general operation

I've used the Imray app on Ipad for many years and it's wonderful. The android version is rubbish. So many faults but in particular you can't show tidal currents. What's the point of a navigation app that doesn't give you tides. My initial 1 star review may have been a bit harsh and 'dissapointing' may be a better word than 'rubbish'. However I would not have paid £25 for an Imray subscription if I had realised that this app is at such an early stage of development.

Unable to log on to the app, even though I have an account with Imray that I can log on to outside the app via the internet. however, for some reason the app logs on by pressing the Google icon with no name or password requested. My subscriptions are shown correctly and can be very slowly downloaded, but don't show on the map. Waypoints can be generated, but not deleted. For some reason delete goes to Email. Given up!

This could be a nice app but the developers must stop it zooming out to world view all the time (e.g. if the screen is rotated or the menu is requested). Please fix this. Also it would nice if the thickness and the colour of planned courses could be changed in the settings menu). Otherwise it could be great. Many of us prefer the raster imray charts to digital offerings such as Navionics.

I'm am unable to to purchase flags This is a big setback for me

low in features slow loading maps

Good quality raster charts from imray. Fairly intuitive but help section could be better. The most annoying thing is when changing orientation the map zooms out to worldwide which is very frustrating, please fix it! It would be nice also when taping the centre boat icon to zoom in automatically to the chart for that location.

Consistently unable to do anything with this app. Set up account and downloaded trial charts twice but it keeps saying error. Shame really because their paper charts and folio packs are excellent. Was hoping to give this app a go whilst bringing a boat back from Wales but looks like I'm staying with paper and Garmin. Update: Looks like the problem was with my software, which is now resolved. Imray have been super helpful and understanding trying to sort it with me, can't fault them.

Great charts, good app

Not even at Beta stage. Too many issues to cover here. I couldn't create a route using either of two up to date android devices. My subscription didn't show in playstore, or Google pay. The app doesn't show in device settings. My registration email link wouldn't work. No manual for android. Zoom out on chart non existant. 9 miles in landscape is zoomed fully out More a zoomable than a raster chart. The data is the same it just gets bigr Keeps defaulting to world view... A lot of screen pinching!

Gave this app a one-star rating yesterday (Sunday) which was completely unfair. There was a glitch in my subscription which meant I couldn't access the chart. Customer services sorted it out today and everything's hunky dory. The app is excellent for planning purposes which is why I subscribed in the first place.

I bought the East Coast chart download in March for twenty quid per year, which I think is reasonable as its the same cost as the annual OS subscription. It's now June and the app is telling me that my chart subscription has now expired. 2 months use for 19.99? Rip. Imray should be ashamed of themselves.

Unfortunately there is no option to store the chart downloads on my device's SD card storage. When I initially downloaded English Channel each section was just under 300Mb and I could only squeeze West & Central onto my device. After the recent chart update each section is nearly 600Mb. This makes it impossible to download more than one of the 3 sections I'm subscribed to, making it useless for practical purposes. The charts themselves seem clear and faithful to original paper versions.

Some good features but needs significant development to compete with Marine Navigator. Charts are very clear. However route planning facility is a bit jerky and individual route points can freeze when editing. For serious use it needs a night mode and this needs to be much better than the iPad version which just slightly dims the screen. Needs to give a black background like MN and car sat navs. Also needs ability to use external Bluetooth GPS for longer battery life and an AIS module

Unable to login. Used to hang on a blank screen after clicking login. After contacting customer support, eventually getting a reply and waiting another few weeks, now I enter my login details before it hangs on a blank screen again.

Downloaded this to try. Downloaded channel chart. Unable to view it. Not impressed. Shan't risk spending any money on it.

very good

Very slow to react to moving the cursor and scaling up or down and sectors missing details in lower rooms. In general a frustrating experience.

paid for charts just don't appear. no responce from support. don't waste your money.

very happy to see imray charts on android! keen to see the tracking etc asap!