Comparison

Contract Countdown vs SeaBuddy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Contract Countdown

Track your progress through sea contracts with detailed calculations. Log past contracts to see total days onboard and completed contracts. Calculate days within specific tax years and share your progress.

Highlights
  • Calculate contract days
  • Track total days onboard
  • View days remaining
  • See percentage complete
  • Count completed contracts
  • Calculate tax year days
  • Share progress via screenshot
Features
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Contract Countdown counts down the days of your contract at sea, from joining day to sign-off. Your contracts, safe in iCloud Everything you add is backed up to your own iCloud account. Change phone, reinstall the app or add an iPad, and your contracts come straight back. When you update from an earlier version, your existing contracts are moved across automatically. The gauge you know • The original 0–100 gauge, with a white needle for days completed and a red needle for days remaining • The red zone for the last stretch of your contract, set as a percentage or a number of days • Days completed, total days and days remaining, counting both joining day and sign-off day Your career at sea • Every contract in one history, grouped by year and searchable by ship, cruise line or position • Add your position to each contract and see your career progress • Career stats: days at sea each year, a career timeline, the ships and cruise lines you've worked on, your longest contract and your average time home • Lifetime days at sea across all your contracts Tax days Set the start of your tax year and see how many days you've spent at sea so far, plus the days already scheduled. Browse earlier and later years. A guide to help with your records. On your Home Screen, Lock Screen and wrist • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen • An Apple Watch app with complications • Ask Siri: "How many days left in Contract Countdown?" Made for crew • Reminders at halfway, when the red zone starts, with 7 days to go, the day before sign-off and the day before joining • Add joining and sign-off days to your calendar • A badge for each cruise line, or add your own logo from Photos • Share a countdown card with friends and family • Export a backup file whenever you like • For iPhone and iPad, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Filipino, Indonesian and Hindi Private by design No account, no ads, no tracking. Your contracts stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. We never see them.

About

SeaBuddy

This app connects seafarers with their fleet and shore teams, enabling secure communication, mood logging, and participation in onboard activities, even with limited internet. It provides shore teams with insights into crew wellness and compliance with maritime regulations.

Highlights
  • Secure vessel and fleet chat
  • Mood, sleep, and fatigue check-ins
  • Event calendars and feedback surveys
  • Offline-first data sync
  • Encrypted data storage
  • Crew wellness dashboards
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SeaBuddy lets seafarers engage securely and stay connected with their fleet, log daily mood and fatigue, and participate in onboard activities - even with limited connectivity. Shore teams get access to dashboards, wellness reports, and sentiment insights to make proactive decisions and stay compliant with MLC and IMO guidance. Features include: - Secure vessel + fleet chatrooms - Mood, sleep, and fatigue check-ins - Event calendars and feedback surveys - Offline-first sync and encrypted data Built by The Social Maritime Pte Ltd in Singapore — SeaBuddy is trusted by shipping companies globally.

Screenshots

Contract Countdown4 screens
SeaBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SeaBuddy at Free against Contract Countdown's $0.99. SeaBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Contract Countdown's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SeaBuddy is free to download; Contract Countdown costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contract Countdown holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contract Countdown ships an update every 7 months, SeaBuddy every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contract Countdown versus SeaBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContract CountdownSeaBuddy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB109 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJohn PhillipsThe Social Maritime Pte Ltd

Customer experience

Contract Countdown

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SeaBuddy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Contract Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

SeaBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contract Countdown free?
Contract Countdown costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SeaBuddy free?
SeaBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contract Countdown or SeaBuddy?
Contract Countdown is rated higher. Contract Countdown averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SeaBuddy averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Contract Countdown or SeaBuddy have ads?
Neither Contract Countdown nor SeaBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contract Countdown or SeaBuddy?
Contract Countdown ships an update every 7 months, and SeaBuddy every 9 days. Most recently, Contract Countdown was updated on November 11, 2026 and SeaBuddy on October 30, 2026.

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