Reviews of NOFOREIGNLAND

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4.74 (Rating count: 217)

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Review summary

NOFOREIGNLAND is widely praised for its detailed, crowd-sourced sailing information, communication features, and responsive development support, making it invaluable for cruisers globally. However, users report recurring issues like map freezing, occasional crashes, and a somewhat clunky interface that needs refinement. Despite these challenges, the app's rich feature set and community-driven data make it a game changer for sailors navigating both remote islands and big cities.

Pros

Provides detailed, crowd-sourced information crucial for sailors and cruisers worldwide, including anchorages, stores, medical clinics, and points of interest.
Enables communication between sailors, including messaging and tracking of other boats, fostering a strong community.
Offers satellite imagery options helpful for navigation in remote locations, enhancing safety.
Developers are responsive and actively improve the app based on user feedback.
Easy to use interface with integration of features like GPS location and photo uploads, making it a valuable cruising tool.

Cons

The app experiences map freezing and blacked-out maps, requiring restarts to resolve, especially when toggling features or during network instability.
Some users find the interface clunky and awkward, with occasional crashes and unintuitive navigation such as editing tracks only from the end.
Certain versions fail to load topographical data, leading users to disable automatic updates to maintain usability.
Text entry issues such as unwanted capitalization and occasional freezes and crashes on certain devices, like Samsung A54.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.90

All time rating average: 4.74

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Date	Author	Comment
2025-01-18	Sa*****	Great app! It's like google maps/trip advisor, but for sailors. 10/10!
Great app! It's like google maps/trip advisor, but for sailors. 10/10!
2025-01-04	To*****	The service has proven very useful for finding relevant information when sailing in foreign lands, and also for communicating with others, asking questions as well as publishing my track.
The service has proven very useful for finding relevant information when sailing in foreign lands, and also for communicating with others, asking questions as well as publishing my track.
2024-11-12	Sa*****	We've been using NFL for a while now and we agree it is a true game changer. We started using it in the South Pacific Islands where we much appreciated the detailed and updated information even on the most remote villages and anchorages. Now we just arrived at Panama City and we realized it makes life so much easier also in finding what you need in a big city. What makes it so powerful is the contribution of all cruisers, it definitely is a precious source of information
We've been using NFL for a while now and we agree it is a true game changer. We started using it in the South Pacific Islands where we much appreciated the detailed and updated information even on the most remote villages and anchorages. Now we just arrived at Panama City and we realized it makes life so much easier also in finding what you need in a big city. What makes it so powerful is the contribution of all cruisers, it definitely is a precious source of information
2024-11-08	Fi*****	I've been a user of NFL for about 4 years now. It is a super tool, a bit like a pilot book but written by cruisers like you, for cruisers like you. Like all crowd sourced information, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. We've used it to obtain information in the Northern Hemisphere, southern Hemisphere, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
I've been a user of NFL for about 4 years now. It is a super tool, a bit like a pilot book but written by cruisers like you, for cruisers like you. Like all crowd sourced information, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. We've used it to obtain information in the Northern Hemisphere, southern Hemisphere, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
2024-11-08	Ro*****	Best communication and information tool for sailors and cruisers.
Best communication and information tool for sailors and cruisers.
2024-11-07	Je*****	Excellent app--incredibly useful for cruisers. Gives details user-provided details related to everything a cruiser needs, including anchorages, passes, stores, restaurants, medical clinics, interesting sights, hikes, etc.. Extra bonus is being able to follow friend's boats and send messages through this platform. Highly recommend.
Excellent app--incredibly useful for cruisers. Gives details user-provided details related to everything a cruiser needs, including anchorages, passes, stores, restaurants, medical clinics, interesting sights, hikes, etc.. Extra bonus is being able to follow friend's boats and send messages through this platform. Highly recommend.
2024-11-07	Ch*****	Responsive developers always working to make this the invaluable app it is for sailors. Great community resource - I use it every time we arrive in a new port
Responsive developers always working to make this the invaluable app it is for sailors. Great community resource - I use it every time we arrive in a new port
2024-10-29	OG*****	Thank you for giving us two choices of satellite imagery. This has become very handy especially in a time when Garmin has taken away the Bing satellite imagery from navionics. If Noforeign lands had a routing & boat moving lead line like navionics I'd prefer to use this as my navigation app over charts when I'm out here in far away places. Your app has helped all of us navigating here in The South Pacific much safer due to the satellite overlays. Thanks on behalf of the cruisers way out here.
Thank you for giving us two choices of satellite imagery. This has become very handy especially in a time when Garmin has taken away the Bing satellite imagery from navionics. If Noforeign lands had a routing & boat moving lead line like navionics I'd prefer to use this as my navigation app over charts when I'm out here in far away places. Your app has helped all of us navigating here in The South Pacific much safer due to the satellite overlays. Thanks on behalf of the cruisers way out here.
2024-10-25	St*****	I real game changer for anyone living on board. Absolutely love it.
I real game changer for anyone living on board. Absolutely love it.
2024-10-08	To*****	Big user of the app and love the concept. Get's 4 stars because my map keeps being blacked out when I toggle between things in the app. To get the map back up I have to exit the app and re-open it. Frustrating! Would also be great if you could share pictures within the messages.
Big user of the app and love the concept. Get's 4 stars because my map keeps being blacked out when I toggle between things in the app. To get the map back up I have to exit the app and re-open it. Frustrating! Would also be great if you could share pictures within the messages.