Reviews of Waterway Guide

By: Waterway Guide Media LLC App

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Total ratings

2.84 (Rating count: 44)

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Review summary

Waterway Guide offers valuable boating details and anchorages, making it a useful cruising tool with good map visuals. However, many users report frequent app crashes, unable to open maps, poor search/filter features, and frustrating usability issues like mandatory registration and absent in-app help. While the content is appreciated, technical problems significantly impact the user experience, but recent updates have improved stability for some.

Pros

Provides great detailed information that makes boating safer
Includes helpful anchorages and marinas information
The maps look great for navigation purposes
Useful as a resource for cruising and trip planning
Works well once the stability issues are resolved

Cons

App frequently crashes or hangs, requiring uninstallation and reinstallation
Search and filtering functionality is poor or non-existent, making it hard to find specific locations
Maps often fail to load, showing blank or white screens
Requires registration before use, which some users find inconvenient
Lacks proper help or FAQ support inside the app

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.90

All time rating average: 2.84

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30% (6)

Date	Author	Comment
2024-09-24	S *****	No filter - hard to find Anchorage, meaningless info overload!!! Search is terrible. If you don't have GPS on (save battery) you're always back in Africa. Okay, but if you switch to another app, upon return your back in Africa, not where you left off. ....VERY FRUSTRATING.
No filter - hard to find Anchorage, meaningless info overload!!! Search is terrible. If you don't have GPS on (save battery) you're always back in Africa. Okay, but if you switch to another app, upon return your back in Africa, not where you left off. ....VERY FRUSTRATING.
2024-08-15	MA*****	Was great, used it all the time. Suddenly earlier this week it wouldn't open. Uninstalled and reinstalled and it looks like a new version but won't open anything (marinas, anchorages, my purchased books in the library). Was a 5 now a 0 because it no longer works. Please fix!
Was great, used it all the time. Suddenly earlier this week it wouldn't open. Uninstalled and reinstalled and it looks like a new version but won't open anything (marinas, anchorages, my purchased books in the library). Was a 5 now a 0 because it no longer works. Please fix!
2024-06-09	J *****	Great details makes boating safer
Great details makes boating safer
2024-05-12	An*****	Bahamas Land and Sea is a great resource but the app after the new release 3.3.31 keeps on hanging when you try to open it. Only workaround that I've found is to reinstall and download the book again. Given this takes ages it is really frustrating. I wish they would print the book rather than just having it electronic. It is much better than the Bahamas book.
Bahamas Land and Sea is a great resource but the app after the new release 3.3.31 keeps on hanging when you try to open it. Only workaround that I've found is to reinstall and download the book again. Given this takes ages it is really frustrating. I wish they would print the book rather than just having it electronic. It is much better than the Bahamas book.
2024-05-08	Ka*****	App stops working frequently and must be uninstalled and reinstalled to work. When it's working it is very useful.
App stops working frequently and must be uninstalled and reinstalled to work. When it's working it is very useful.
2024-01-04	Sp*****	So much data and no way to mine it. No filter on the marina search. Ex. What if I want to research marinas that pools and filter out the rest? No real Help or even FAQ. Where do I submit questions on how to use this? Obviously here in the app review isn't the correct place but it's the only way that I see. Or did I miss something? The maps themselves look great. Maybe for navigation it's good but for trip planning I think it would be hard to use.
So much data and no way to mine it. No filter on the marina search. Ex. What if I want to research marinas that pools and filter out the rest? No real Help or even FAQ. Where do I submit questions on how to use this? Obviously here in the app review isn't the correct place but it's the only way that I see. Or did I miss something? The maps themselves look great. Maybe for navigation it's good but for trip planning I think it would be hard to use.
2023-11-30	Wi*****	Hugely helpful especially anchorages
Hugely helpful especially anchorages
2023-11-17	Ma*****	Registered and tried to open the map, and just like the comments mentioned, does not work. Disappointing, uninstalling.
Registered and tried to open the map, and just like the comments mentioned, does not work. Disappointing, uninstalling.
2023-11-15	Gr*****	Your suggestion worked, thank you. Rating updated to 5*. Everything looks great.
Your suggestion worked, thank you. Rating updated to 5*. Everything looks great.
2023-10-09	al*****	The new 3.0.4 app works well. Thanks to the folks who helped me! the app continued to close itself, over and over. especially bad when traveling. Uninstalling app, installing new version has fixed the problem.
The new 3.0.4 app works well. Thanks to the folks who helped me! the app continued to close itself, over and over. especially bad when traveling. Uninstalling app, installing new version has fixed the problem.