Argo - Boat Navigation App

Argo Navigation, LLC

In-app purchases

About this app

Get Out on the Water with Argo – Your Ultimate Boat Navigation Sidekick

Whether you’re exploring new waters, cruising with friends, or chasing sunsets, you deserve a smarter, simpler way to navigate. That’s where Argo Navigation’s charts, GPS and trip planning tools come in.

Argo Navigation is an all-in-one boating app that helps you plan trips, navigate confidently, discover new places, and connect with fellow boaters.

Think of Argo Navigation like your best boating buddy who always knows the best dock bars, keeps you out of nautical mishaps, and never asks for gas money. And never forgets his chart either.

Why Argo Navigation?

Let’s be honest: most marine chartplotters and other GPS software are either clunky, confusing, or so expensive you feel like you’re buying the boat all over again. And marine charts are slow to update. Not Argo Navigation.

🗺 Effortless Marine Navigation, Charts and GPS

Plot nautical routes directly on Argo Navigation’s map and enable GPS tracking with just a few taps. We include up-to-date NOAA charts and Army Corps of Engineers data covering the US, Canada, and the Caribbean, including coastal areas and many inland lakes.

📍 Plan Boat Trips with Confidence

Hidden anchorages, waterfront restaurants, or the nearest fuel dock? Argo Navigation’s boating map has it all, plus reviews and tips from other boaters.

💨 See Marine Weather, Tides and Currents

Overlay NOAA weather and wind on your boating map, and analyze marine forecasts well into the future. See tides, currents, temperature, wave height, and wave period across the US, Canada, and the Caribbean.

💬 Stay Connected to Your Boat Club or Community

Share voyages, swap boating tips, and see where fellow boaters are cruising. With Argo, the sea feels a little smaller and a lot more fun.

What’s Included with Argo Navigation:

• Unlimited Charts: Access charts for the US, Canada, and the Caribbean, including coastal areas, the ICW, inland lakes, and rivers.

• Interactive Nautical Map: Find marinas, anchorages, boat ramps, restaurants, dock bars, and more.

• Voyage Logbook: Plan, save, and relive your voyages with detailed logs and trip memories.

• Real-Time Local Knowledge: Crowdsourced hazard reports, depth updates, reviews, and insider nautical tips from boaters like you.

• Community: See where fellow boaters are cruising and plan trips together.

And yes, all of that is really free.

Go Beyond Free with Argo Navigation Premium

Go beyond the marine basics with tools that make your boating experience easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

• Smart Routes: Autoroute around hazards and shallow waters. Routes are tailored to your boat’s draft and height.

• Offline Charts: Download offline charts and routes before leaving the dock so you can navigate confidently when cell service disappears.

• 7-Day Weather Forecasts: Tides, currents, wind, rain, lightning, temperature, wave height, and period.

• Custom Depth Contours: Adjust contour depths and colors to visualize safer waters and identify ideal fishing areas.

• Sync with Your Chartplotter: Import and export GPX files for easy navigation.

• Multi-Vessel Support: Manage routes and logs for all your vessels.

What Boaters Are Saying

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“This app is a game-changer. I absolutely love it. A must-have for every boater—and it’s FREE!”

“Argo has completely changed my boating experience! It’s user-friendly, well-designed, and incredibly helpful.”

Your Next Boating Voyage Starts Here

Ready to navigate smarter and explore farther?

Download Argo Navigation today and see why thousands of boaters have chosen Argo for navigation.

Tried Navionics, Wavve Boating, or another boat navigation app? Many boaters have switched to Argo for a simpler, more modern way to navigate.

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Ratings and reviews

Finally a decent usable free app for boat navigation! There are so many others out there that claim to be free but their functionality is extremely limited or not even usable. Years ago I paid for one that that was supposed to be free for lifetime and it wasn't true. Now it costs over $100 a year. This one gives me very similar functionality with no cost and some enhancements that the other one did not even have. Plus their premium subscription is more than half of other competitors!

This app could be fantastic but at least on Android I've had a very bad experience with it. Performance got really bad while on the water, and the point that shows my location and direction was almost never accurate, showing me crab walking as though the compass stopped working. Using the track feature at about 5 mph drew lines through islands that I was going around. After we got back to the dock, unloaded the boat and went back for the phone, the location was still catching up.

So far, not reliable. I have installed it twice on my android phone before I was able to get to the setup. I had problems from the start with it taking minutes to load. I then installed it on my android tablet and it sits there for longer on the blue Argo screen. I even purchased the premium subscription to see if it improved, but it didn't. When it did open on my phone, I was greeted with a spam friend request. After updating, it says update failed in top left corner. Not reliable navigation.

What’s new

- More improvements for Robert's Record Attempt page
- Other smaller fixes