Terms of use

Version 2026-11-03 · Effective November 3, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Novadri LLC, a Washington limited liability company ("Novadri", "we", "us"), and govern your use of the Marine Maps app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, the marinemaps.app website, and the online services they use (together, "Marine Maps"). By downloading, installing or using Marine Maps, or by creating an account, you agree to these Terms, to our Privacy Policy and to our Community Guidelines. If you do not agree, do not use Marine Maps.

Please read Sections 2, 14, 15 and 17 carefully. They limit our liability, require you to bear the risks of navigation, and require disputes to be resolved individually, without a jury or class action.

1. Who may use Marine Maps

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you may use Marine Maps only with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian, who agrees to these Terms on your behalf. You may not use Marine Maps if you are barred from doing so under the laws of the United States or any other applicable country.

2. A navigation aid only. You accept the risks of navigation.

Marine Maps is a navigation aid, not a certified navigation system. Charts, depths, routes and tide predictions may be inaccurate or out of date. Always use official charts, keep a proper lookout, and use good seamanship.

Not an official or certified chart system. Marine Maps is not an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and is not type-approved. Charts are converted from NOAA electronic navigational charts and displayed by our own software. They are not official charts, they do not satisfy any chart carriage requirement, and they may be incomplete, simplified, rendered incorrectly or older than the latest edition and Notices to Mariners.
Every feature is an aid. Automatic routes, route and depth checks, shallow-water and anchor alarms, tide and current predictions, tide-adjusted depths, weather, buoy data, marina and place information, and calculations of distance, time, fuel and position are provided for planning and situational awareness only. They may be wrong, missing, late or unavailable. Routes may pass hazards that are not charted or not shown. Verify everything against official charts, publications and actual conditions.
Devices fail. GPS positions can be inaccurate or lost. Phones, watches, batteries, software, data connections and notifications can fail, freeze, be delayed or be silenced, including by iOS settings. Always carry and use independent, appropriate means of navigation and communication.
Not for emergencies or collision avoidance. Marine Maps is not a distress, emergency, search-and-rescue or collision-avoidance system. In an emergency, use VHF channel 16, call the Coast Guard or 911 (or your local emergency number), and use dedicated safety equipment.
Your responsibility. The person in command of the vessel is solely responsible for its safe navigation and operation, for keeping a proper lookout, for complying with the navigation rules (including COLREGS and the US Inland Navigation Rules) and all other applicable laws, and for deciding whether conditions are safe.
Assumption of risk. Boating and other activities on the water are inherently dangerous and can result in property damage, serious injury or death. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you voluntarily assume all risks arising from your activities on the water and from any use of, or reliance on, Marine Maps.

3. Location sharing and other people

If you choose to share your position or routes, the people you choose can see them. Shared positions can be delayed, inaccurate, or stop updating without warning, for example when your device has no signal or battery. Location sharing is a convenience, not a safety, tracking or rescue service. Never rely on it, or ask anyone else to rely on it, to know that a person or vessel is safe. Share only your own location, and share another person's information only with their consent.

4. Price

Marine Maps is free until April 2027. After that, some features may require a purchase or subscription. We will announce pricing in the app before it applies, and you will never be charged unless you choose to buy something through the App Store. Purchases are processed by Apple under Apple's terms, and refunds are handled by Apple. We may add, change or remove features at any time, including features that are free today.

5. Licence to use the app

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use Marine Maps on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not, and may not help anyone else to:

copy, modify, translate, decompile, disassemble or reverse-engineer the app, except where the law expressly allows it despite this restriction;
extract, scrape, export in bulk, redistribute or sell charts, indexes, data or other content from Marine Maps, or use them in another product or service;
use Marine Maps or its content to train machine-learning or artificial-intelligence models, or to build a competing product;
rent, lease, sell, sublicense or otherwise commercially exploit Marine Maps;
access our services by automated means, overload or disrupt them, probe or bypass security or access limits, or access accounts or data that are not yours;
remove or obscure any notices, credits or safety warnings.

Marine Maps, its software, design, text, graphics, compilations and trademarks are owned by Novadri LLC or its licensors. Except for the licence above, no rights are granted to you.

6. Your account

Accounts are free. After a first period of use (currently 14 days), you need an account to keep using Marine Maps. You may sign in with Apple or with an email code.
Give accurate information, and keep your device and sign-in secure. You are responsible for activity on your account.
Choose a display name and @handle that follow the Community Guidelines and do not impersonate anyone, including Marine Maps or Novadri.
You can delete your account at any time in the app (Settings → Account → Delete account).

7. Your content and conduct: zero tolerance

"Your content" means anything you submit, store or share through Marine Maps, such as your profile, boats, waypoints, routes, tracks, names, notes and reports. You keep ownership of your content. You grant Novadri a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, copy, process, adapt (for example, to convert formats), sync and display your content only as needed to operate, secure and improve Marine Maps and to share it with the people you choose. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies we must keep by law or that remain for a short time in backups.

You are responsible for your content and promise that you have the right to share it and that it complies with these Terms, the Community Guidelines and the law. We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. You can block anyone, and report profiles and shared content from within the app. We aim to review reports within 24 hours. We may, without notice and at our discretion, remove or restrict content, and suspend or permanently ban accounts that break these Terms or the Community Guidelines or that we believe put others at risk. We are not obliged to monitor content and are not responsible for content posted by others.

8. Copyright complaints

If you believe content in Marine Maps infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent containing: your physical or electronic signature; identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the material and where it appears in Marine Maps; your contact details; a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the owner, its agent or the law; and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorised to act for the owner. Send notices to Copyright Agent, Novadri LLC, 7504 117th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA, or erkan@novadri.net. We may remove the material and will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.

9. Messages and notifications

Safety and service notifications. If you allow notifications, Marine Maps sends the alerts you set up, such as anchor and arrival alarms and chart-update notices. Their delivery is not guaranteed (Section 2).
Service messages. If you have an account, we may email you about your account, security, important changes to Marine Maps or these Terms, and legal matters. These are not marketing and are part of the service.
Product news (opt-in). If you turn on "Product news and tips" in Settings → Notifications, you agree that we may send you occasional push notifications and, if you have an account, emails about new features, updates, tips and offers for Marine Maps. It is off unless you turn it on. You can turn it off at any time in the app or with the unsubscribe link in any such email.

10. Feedback

If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback, you agree we may use them without restriction or compensation to you.

11. Third-party data and services

Marine Maps relies on data and services from others, including NOAA and the National Weather Service (charts, tides, currents, weather), OpenStreetMap contributors (marinas and places, available under the Open Database License), Apple (base map, sign-in, App Store) and our hosting providers. We do not control them, do not guarantee their accuracy, completeness, timeliness or availability, and are not responsible for them. Their own terms may also apply. Links to other websites are provided for convenience only.

12. Apple

These Terms are between you and Novadri only, not Apple Inc. ("Apple"), and they supplement Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement; where they conflict, the stricter limit on your use applies to the extent the Apple agreement allows. Novadri, not Apple, is solely responsible for Marine Maps and its content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for Marine Maps. If Marine Maps fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for Marine Maps; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Novadri, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to Marine Maps or your possession or use of it, including product liability claims, claims that it fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer protection, privacy or similar claims, and for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of any claim that Marine Maps infringes a third party's intellectual property rights. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as "terrorist supporting", and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

13. Changes, suspension and ending

We may change, suspend or discontinue Marine Maps or any part of it at any time. You may stop using Marine Maps at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, if required by law, or to protect users, third parties or Marine Maps. Sections 2, 3, 5 (restrictions and ownership), 7 (licence for content already shared, to the extent needed), 10, 11 and 14–19 survive any ending of these Terms.

14. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MARINE MAPS AND ALL CHARTS, DATA, ROUTES, ALARMS, PREDICTIONS AND OTHER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. NOVADRI AND ITS MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (INCLUDING NAVIGATION), ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, QUIET ENJOYMENT, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT MARINE MAPS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION FROM US CREATES ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

15. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL NOVADRI OR ITS MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, LICENSORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO ANY VESSEL OR OTHER PROPERTY, GROUNDING, COLLISION, SALVAGE OR TOWING COSTS, PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE OR GOODWILL, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO MARINE MAPS, ANY CHART, DATA OR CONTENT, ANY CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS, OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, PRODUCT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO MARINE MAPS OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR MARINE MAPS IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, AND (B) USD 100.

These limits apply even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose, and they reflect the free or low price of Marine Maps. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limits, so some of the above may not apply to you; in that case our liability is limited to the fullest extent the law allows. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law, such as for fraud or, where applicable, for death or personal injury caused by gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

16. Indemnity

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Novadri and its members, employees, contractors and service providers from and against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, fines and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: your use of Marine Maps in operating any vessel; your content; your breach of these Terms or of any law; or your violation of anyone else's rights. We may control the defence of any such claim, and you will cooperate with us. This does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

17. Disputes

Talk to us first. Before starting any legal claim, send a written description of the dispute to erkan@novadri.net and give us 60 days to try to resolve it informally.
Governing law. These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to Marine Maps are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, and applicable US federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Courts. Any claim must be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in King County, Washington, and you and we consent to their personal jurisdiction and venue. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies.
Individual claims only. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you and Novadri each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated or representative proceeding.
Jury trial waiver. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND NOVADRI EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL.
Time limit. To the extent permitted by law, any claim must be filed within one year after it arises, or it is permanently barred.
Consumers outside the US. If you are a consumer living in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another country whose laws give you rights that cannot be waived by agreement, nothing in this section takes those rights away, including the right to bring proceedings in your local courts.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms. The version and effective date above show the current version. If a change is material, we will tell you in the app before it takes effect and, where required, ask you to accept the new Terms. If you continue to use Marine Maps after a change takes effect, you accept the changed Terms. If you do not agree, stop using Marine Maps and delete your account.

19. General

These Terms, the Privacy Policy and the Community Guidelines are the entire agreement between you and us about Marine Maps and replace any prior agreement on that subject.
If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted, and the rest of these Terms remain in effect.
Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it.
You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganisation or sale of our business or assets.
We are not responsible for any delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including outages of networks, satellites, government data services or hosting providers, natural events, war, or acts of government.
You must comply with all US and other applicable export control and sanctions laws.
Marine Maps is "commercial computer software" provided to US Government users only with the rights set out in these Terms.
Headings are for convenience only. "Including" means "including without limitation". If these Terms are translated, the English version controls.

20. Contact

Novadri LLC, 7504 117th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98033, USA.
Support: info@novadri.net · Legal notices: erkan@novadri.net