We couldn't hope BlueChartsMobile would get us through the next 6 months, as far as the "navigator" is concerned.. Downloaded Aqua Map and so far, very good. Have not cruised with it yet. As Sean says it downloads AC. Also, we have 360 waypoints we needed to port. Aqua Map allows you to download them to their corporate site in 3 formats and then push them into the mobile app. Wow...saved me many hours of manual input. As a complaint, on our iPad, we have Garmin Blue Charts, SeaIQ and now, Aqua Map. They all download the AC data base...but...they cannot share 1 file so we have to have room for the same data 3x. (A problem Jeff might have look at...don't think that will happen now.) Waiting for the Navionics mobile app to include AC. Launching on a few, or less, weeks. Chas & Bev and Everywhere headed for the Trent Severn...soon -- Bahama trip photo blog: http://bevchasbahamas2014.blogspot.com/ Boat track including Bahamas: https://share.delorme.com/CharlesMcKeown

On 05/25/2018 06:21 PM, Chas McKeown wrote: > ... > As a complaint, on our iPad, we have Garmin Blue Charts, SeaIQ and > now, Aqua Map. They all download the AC data base...but...they cannot > share 1 file so we have to have room for the same data 3x. (A problem > Jeff might have look at...don't think that will happen now.) Long, detailed tech explanation omitted, but suffice it to say that this could not really have been changed no matter who looks at it. The application space in both Android and iOS does not allow disparate applications to share files. If it did, then an unscrupulous application could steal personal information or otherwise wreak havoc with your device. Beyond that, the AC API provides the data online but does not dictate to the app how or where to store it, and every app has its own method. In order for multiple plotter apps to share AC data, or, for that matter, to share charts, the developers would have to cooperate to develop a common database, build a common server app to serve that data to the other apps, and then build those apps to utilize that server. While that might happen within a single company, so that, for example, Garmin's AC app and Navionics app might play together (at some expense to performance), it's beyond the pale to expect it to happen between competitors, especially without a significant market demand (by which I mean desire to spend more money). FWIW. -Sean m/y Vector lying Georgetown, BS http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com