App features:
- Interactive map
- Progress Tracker
- Set waypoints
- Search for treasure
- Secure your routes
- Send your ships on missions
- Collect cargo and currency
- Secure your uPlay friends' routes
- In-game messages
- Community challenges
- Animus Database
This is the same thing Hideo Kojima announced for Metal Gear Solid 5 that you will be connected to your game 24/7 via an app for earning money, producing ammo, crafting weapons and leveling up your soldiers. Ubisoft has plans for developing companion apps for Watch_Dogs and The Division too.