B&G: Companion App for Sailors

Navico Norway AS

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About this app

The B&G® App is designed to help you get the most out of your time on the water, and your electronics, whether you are cruising with your family or racing with your friends.

With detailed charting powered by C-MAP®, weather and marine traffic information, route planning and GPS, it is the perfect aid to navigation for sailors, and is a must-have for sailors with B&G on-board.

Get started –
The B&G App can be used as a standalone or synced with your system. Get started by connecting and registering your chartplotter to your phone via the App...

Explore more –
Use the App to plan your routes and mark waypoints in advance or as an aid to navigation while out and about on the water. With detailed charts, Autorouting™ and AIS, it’s a powerful tool to have at your fingertips.

Simply download offline charts, save your favourite routes and waypoints in the app, so you can enjoy your time on the water and make the most of your sailing time.

The B&G App Includes:

- Activation and Registration of your B&G Chartplotter
- FREE C-MAP Chart Viewer
- Autorouting™ – find the best route to your favourite places
- Personal Waypoints
- Track Recording
- Thousands of pre-loaded Points of Interest, including relevant information about marinas, harbours, beaches, shops and much more
- Marine Weather Forecast
- Weather Along the Route
- Weather Overlay
- Chart Personalisation
- Import & Export GPX Files – share your Routes, Tracks or Waypoints with friends
- Measure Distance Tool

Upgrade to Premium to unlock additional features, including:

- Full GPS Functionality
- Offline Map Downloads
- REVEAL Shaded Relief
- High-Resolution Bathymetry
- Custom Depth Shading
- AIS & C-MAP Traffic

Try before you buy… Experience the B&G App Premium for yourself, with a free 14-day trial (3-day trial in Denmark and Sweden).

The B&G App updates on a continuous basis to make sure you get the best experience and to bring you the most up-to-date maps and functionalities.

Privacy policy
https://appchart.bandg.com/core/map/privacy.html
Terms of service
https://appchart.bandg.com/core/map/tos.html

Ratings and reviews

Unusable. Can't connect to device. App crashes. Awful design means I can't connect my two devices even though they're already on the same WiFi (boat hotspot) instead need to use the plotter as hotspot and scan a QR code which fails to work and then leaves an incomplete device configured. Selecting the device crashes the app. All updates applied. Into the trash with it.

I was happy with it at first, however in order to sign into the app you must have an internet connection. Once signed in the connection is no longer needed. I had to reboot and then needed internet to get back in. Unacceptable if I depend on it. The good news. The chart download is very flexible and the charts are clear and can be zoomed in as much as you want. It offered contour lines as an option which made depths very clear. Routes are easy. Create a start & finish the app does the rest.

So, I've subscribed to premium as I have a lot of B&G equipment on my boat already. I don't think the app is at all ready for release yet. The first route I have tried to create takes me across land at the beginning, the summary says 189km and 19 hours for a route which is 8nm long and takes a little over an hour and a half and I cannot find any tide information anywhere. I tried leaving feedback in the app but just get the message 'something went wrong' 😕

What’s new

We’ve been hard at work making your experience better! In this update, we’ve focused on fixing bugs and enhancing overall performance.