Sailing: What are the best iOS and Android apps for sailors?

What are the most useful iOS and Android apps for sailors of all kind, from racing to cruising? Please mention what you like and dislike on each app and provide direct app store links for all mentioned apps.
Answer:

As a racer, I like the following apps. You cruisers will probably like more of the chart, knot, and tide references listed here: http://theappwhisperer.com/2011/05/03/top-10-iphone-and-ipad-sailing-apps/ Sailflow developed an app for iOS and Android called WindAlert (Free), which is my favorite way to get up-to-the-minute weather data and forecasts in my area: http://itunes.apple.com/app/windalert/id317992025?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.windalert.android US Sailing released a mobile version of the official Racing Rules of Sailing ($6), which would be great to have if you don't already own a paper copy http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-racing-rules-of-sailing/id358318663?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ussailing.racingrules Kattack ($10) is pretty awesome, if you're racing in an area with an active Kattack event. This iOS app replaces the Kattack onboard hardware. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kattack-mobile/id451564266?mt=8 [Android coming soon] I might be interested to try some of the new tactician apps that are slowly being developed, although I doubt any of them could beat onboard instruments and a notepad. Something like Sailing Tactician (Free) that tracks speed, heading and location could be good for debrief, if nothing else. [Can't find an iOS version] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rs.pstech.sailing.beta

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Windfinder - great app for iOS/Android to get wind information worldwide. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/windfinder/id336829635?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.studioeleven.windfinder Another great app is the Navionics marine for iOS,andriod and pc: http://www.navionics.com/mobile-pc-app

Alon Roth

For master & command on the deck, - For tactical Regatta & Cruising Navigation i-Regatta is from Denmark: http://www.letscreate.dk/ - For Positioning / GPS / Charts / Route / Tracking: http://www.isailor.us/isailor/index.htm

Mikael Koskela

Navionics (already suggested above) is a good chart plotter, as long as your phone isn't in the sun where it will overheat. For monitoring my position at anchor, I like Drag Queen. It sound an alarm loud enough to wake you up if you position varies by more than a preset distance

James Kneale

Navionics Apps are better than most built in chartplotters. absolutely great. i supplement my navionics charts with an app called charts & tides which has free activecaptain data. other responses were good as well.

Connor Godfrey

I like pocketgrib, both iOS and android. Very nice grib file viewer and downloader. Use it on daily bases professionally.

Jeroen Peters

I use https://itunes.apple.com/app/spyglass/id332639548?mt=8&at=11lLc7&ct=fs on my iPhone for sailing. This is an amazing app to have on a boat. It works as a ship's compass, a bearing compass and sextant (without the math), as well as a GPS. It makes a great introduction to celestial navigation, and it is accurate enough to be a seriously useful tool. As far as I know it's for ios only and costs like 4 bucks. Totally worth it. Just don't forget to calibrate it from time to time.

Anonymous

I really like Marine Navigator, an Android app that uses raster charts. It has an excellent free version in which you can set one way point and a more complete pro version with routes.I repeat. FREE. SIMPLE. RELIABLE. FUNCTIONAL.

Mark Edward Harrison

Compass Eye - augmented reality compass app for sailors. Here's a story about it in Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5865625/compass-eye-im-sailing-away

Kevin Doel

The most commented on our forum is, without doubt, iNavX http://www.inavx.com/

Patrick Flouriot

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