Qastor
Marine Navigation and Pilotage
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
A precise navigation software for piloting and docking, and with Under Keel Clearance capability and modes customized to specific, critical operations, Qastor also supports high-resolution overlays to expand navigable water, and real-time meteorological updates via the Connect Server, resulting in optimal situational awareness for pilots.
more - S-100 layers Qastor
- Changed CPA along route
- Visualization of old and lost targets
- Suppress own vessel Ghost ship using Connect server Client Relay
- Distance labels behaviour
- Favorites list in edit mode
- Copy AIS- and XR2 status window interaction
- ADX XR2 display which RTK station it is connected too
- Qastor startup with No Profile setup
- German translation update
- Predicted Tide Graph
3.21.0 Apr 16
Annotation overlap behaviour.
Increased target pick radius.
Heading offset icon in top- and side bar.
Direct indication of a failed login to Connect server.
Copy all AIS data to top of menu.
Appearance of extend/contract distance line button.
Connect data stream recovery after switching networks.
Definition next to the S-104 and S-111.
Fix manifold distance/speed covered by vessel shape.
Fix XR2 status window not overlapping the AIS popup window and side bar.
Fix not localized text in profile change popup window.
Fix multiple identical alarms.
Fix manual tide change applied immediately.
Fix distance labels jumping.
Fix Indication of Pos en Hdg source in status window XR2.
Fix personal storage out-of-date notification.
Fix docking panel closes after closing favorites.
Fix time info not hidden after selecting a new vessel.
Fix north-up compass button does not update.
Fix authentication errors shown when internet connection is lost.
Fix Side panel does not fully close when using gripper.
Fix display of decimal SOG/COG for pilot plugs with internal GNSS receiver.
3.20.0 Feb 5
Improved NTRIP support
3.19.0 10/27/2025
NOAA charts download
Moored target filter
Falling/Rising tide indicator
Two reference datums in one chart
Negative SOG with no HDG
Multiple items with identical names now have unique naming
Heading and ROT warning popup text
Visibility of AIS targets
Menu text change PPU distance to centerline and bow
Pre-saved location selection
AIS/VTS toggle
Range ring and bearing/distance measurements
Manifold Approach
Client relay update settings
North up icon and display orientation
GRIB file rendering with blue collar
AIS parameters change and vessel marker ring color behaviourGRIB parameter deviation of sea level from mean
3.18.0 09/29/2025
Heading offset applied indication
Heading offset not stored after restart of Qastor.
Dusk & Dark mode color contrast enhancements
Profile changes overview popup window
Expected meteo duration cycle indicator displayed wrong color
Conversion to ENC charts inside Qastor 3
French- and German translation updates
Offset of docking line at start of edit mode
Approach- and lock line labels overlap
Scroll list jumps back to the top
Placement icons top right corner
Profile changes overview popup window
3.17.0 06/24/2025
Favorite profiles selection in side panel
Annotation view settings included in Qastor profile
S-102 bathymetry overlay sun illumination
Display of S-102 intertidal zone
Meteo overlay dialog improvements
Startup position multiple screens
Range markers in multiple windows
Trimble MPS566 Pilot navigation device support
3.16.0 03/31/2025
Scaled parameters for training facilities
Import and Export of KML and GPX route files
Bearing to any waypoint in the bottom bar
Quick edit button to change target column order in side bar
Display characters option during entering of password
De-select a target from the chart in the target list
3.15.0 02/03/2025
- Qastor multi-screen
- Target list configuration settings
- Resizable Target list columns
- Meteo stations setting stored in the profile
- North orientation lock after restart
- Ships reference position as a percentage of the bow
3.14.0 11/11/2024
- Tide Prediction
- Support for GRIB, S104 & S111 Meteo overlay
- KM/h speed added to speed units.
- Disable auto-reverse option of a route
- XR2 status window displayed if an alarm is enabled on one of the pods
- Radius zero option added to a manual curved EBL in Qastor
- Target interaction improvements
- Pan away timer displayed when vessel is in center mode fixed
- Save to RTZ route option restored
- eSIM usage on iPad
- Zoom behavior mouse-wheel with multiple monitors
- Trenz Sirius device settings Favorites menu
- Key shortcuts improvements
- Trelleborg PPU devices NTRIP data usage
- French and German version translation updates
3.13.0 10/02/2024
Fix connection issue for devices that have an eSIM
3.12.1 07/25/2024
- Secondary screen
- Range tool in the secondary screen
- Hide/display toggle button for secondary display
- Save predefined locations of a secondary screen
- Tracking targets in secondary screen
- Block and unblock CPA target in secondary chart
- Unit change Speed Along- and Speed Across Track
- Secure profile settings with a password
- Trenz Sirius support
- S-102 layer displayed with S-57 bathymetry simultaneously
- VRM/TCPA cursor double click to activate
- Bottom bar abbreviations explanation in the configuration menu
- Meteo station offset display
3.12.0 05/13/2024
Generate routes in RTZ format
Curved EBL from own vessel
XTD reference point name displayed in bottom bar
Storage of recordings on a user-defined location
Display the speed required to arrive at a waypoint at a set time
Snap to buoy cursor similar to target selection
Mouse-over displaying radial menu text on Windows
Close the Voyage Menu even with empty settings.
Suppression of Heartbeat alarm when virtually boarded
Calculate the speed required to arrive at a waypoint at a set time
Snap to buoy cursor similar to target selection
Mouse-over displaying radial menu text on Windows
Close the Voyage Menu even with empty settings.
Suppression of Heartbeat alarm when virtually boarded
NTRIP connection from Qastor switched off if not required by XR2 MPU modem
Ability to allow docking on non-docking enabled devices
Display offset position of meteo stations
Double tap on top bar on iPHONE
Update shared profile only at startup or manually
Top bar disappeared after changing orientation from portait to landscape mode
Positioning device & alarms remain active when virtual boarding
3.11.0 03/18/2024
* Restore the user interface after closing the application
* Show past track of other targets
* Show labels of slow targets
* Toggle between Bow Distance Along Track (BDAT) and Distance Along Track (DAT) in the Docking screen
* Add any meteo station from the chart to the bottom bar
* Latitude and Longitude of cursor and ship displayed
* Qastor closing confirmation popup screen on Windows version
* Automatically open Voyage panel after Qastor startup
* Air pressure without negative sign and decimals
* Display waypoints at larger zoom and scale levels
* Select a target from the chart to display in the target list
* Save Vessel popup window when closing Voyage menu
3.10.0 12/19/2023
- Bug fix show labels of slow targets.
3.9.2 11/08/2023
- A fourth column added to the target list
- Vessel shape selection
- Target list sorting displayed
- Isolate hidden targets in the target list
- The annotation area edge is not displayed anymore
- Save your own vessel with name and extra information
- Start Qastor always with a specific profile
- Support Navigandi Orbis PPU
- Option to save the vessel dimensions automatically.
- Support for Navicom CanalPilot device.
- DHI NCOS overlay functionality.
- The colors in the sensor status do not change when disconnecting.
- The sensor is not displayed correctly in the top bar.
- Switch off individual chart items
3.9.0 10/17/2023
- Visible route cross-track distance
- Cross-track distance alarm
- CPA presentation settings
- Hide and unhide targets
- Front-side vessel view in Voyage Menu
- Lock view functionality in replay
- Positioning device part of the name of a recording
- User-defined view setting for ROT “dead zone”
- Man Over Board function
- The astern speed with a negative number
- New design target list buttons
- Data communication output
3.8.0 07/12/2023
- Audio recording
- Graphical vessel outline in Voyage
- *.000 support
- *.RTZ import
- XR2 Features
3.7.0 04/17/2023
XR2 PPU Sensor status support
3.6.0 01/03/2023
- Notify when the Server Tide reference level differs from the chart Sounding datum
- Bottom bar retain previous position after opening and closing side bar
- CPA distance in target list renamed to CPA
- CPA along route distance = 0 not displayed anymore
- Switch between all targets and CPA targets in target list
- Heading is added as a selectable filter option in the target list
- Alarm sounds
- Vessel history shapes with dashed outline
- UDP connection AD Navigation XR2 PPU
- Option to select a local route with an active DUKC plan
- Option to hide approach distance and speed to a navigation line in the docking panel
- Switch off tidal reference alarm
- Submenu to select route in Settings
- Scale long vessel names in topbar
- Reconnect time out changed from 30- to 5 seconds
3.5.0 11/01/2022
- Qastor components scaling refinements
- Directly add data to fill in fields without a popup window
- Embedded copy option
- Separate antenna offsets for AIS and GNSS
- Hide docking panel for devices that do not support docking
- Docking and target list number conventions
- Sounding datum and Vertical datum reference level displayed in ENC pick report
- Disable tide correction in chart option
- OpenSeaMap
- All times in replay related to the time of recording
- Trelleborg CAT PRO PPU support
- Navicom Dynamics Harbour Pilot Mk 5 PPU support
- AD Navigation ADX DUO PPU support
- Static bin update
3.4.0 08/22/2022
- iOS 15.4.1 induced crash fixed
- Embedded copy option
- Separate antenna offsets for AIS and GNSS
* Copy AIS offsets
* Use PPU base line to set the antenna offset
- OpenSeaMap
3.3.2 04/26/2022
- Redesigned docking panel
- New Bottom bar gadgets
- Vessel shape trail
- Shortcut keys for zooming and panning
- TRENZ Pilot Plug support
- Ability to extract AD Navigation XR2 NTRIP settings
- Notification refinements
- Connect Server security
- Personal profiles
3.3.0 04/04/2022
- Annotations
- AD Navigation XR2 alarm scenarios
- Docking panel appearance
- UDP support
- Trelleborg CAT series
- Display/Hide bottom bar with top bar simultaneously
- Lock line distance visibility
- Increased zoom level
3.2.0 07/28/2021
- Delete passed waypoint from bottombar
- Scaling improvements Lenovo Laptops
- Beaufort as wind speed unit
- Docking display improvements
- Centimeter distances to docking objects
- Position mode and Base line alarm moved to Positioning device menu
- Coordinate input from 3 to 5 decimals
- NTRIP and IO settings are stored in a profile
- Individual changes of units of measurement
- Toggle docking distances on/off from ships radial men
3.1.3 03/29/2021
- Record and Replay
- NTRIP client functionality
- Toggle to a predefined view area and back
- Toggle between Connect Servers
- Notifications with resolve option
Out of date notification
AIS change notification
- Other Notifications
Position Mode
Baseline
Number of Satellites
- Save and recall vessel setting files
- Edit tools
Great circle option
Approach points distance to vessel connection points
Generate/edit locks
Ability to enter coordinates
- Language verification by marine professionals
- Hiding the Top Bar and other screen features
- Adapt application scaling for Windows devices
- Upcoming Release
Annotation area's
AD-XR2 advanced alarm handling
Enhanced docking panel
3.1.0 02/22/2021
- S-100 layers Qastor
- Changed CPA along route
- Visualization of old and lost targets
- Suppress own vessel Ghost ship using Connect server Client Relay
- Distance labels behaviour
- Favorites list in edit mode
- Copy AIS- and XR2 status window interaction
- ADX XR2 display which RTK station it is connected too
- Qastor startup with No Profile setup
- German translation update
- Predicted Tide Graph
more Version 3.21.0 Apr 16
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