Big Schedules vs OrbitMI Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Schedules
Access up-to-date, multi-carrier sailing schedules on the go. This app leverages big data to provide live schedule information, vessel tracking, and event monitoring for efficient shipment planning.
- Live sailing schedules
- Vessel tracking
- Event monitoring
- Schedule comparison
- Favorite searches
- Share schedules
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Big Schedules – Live data. Powerful results. (Powered by IQAX Limited) Big Schedules is the sailing schedule search engine that delivers live schedules and powerful results for you. You can now access the up-to-date, multiple-carrier schedules on the go. LEVERAGING BIG DATA Big Schedules helps you link sailing schedules with vessels, services, and shipments, enabling you to have a single view of your ocean schedules. Big Schedules provides up-to-date sailing schedules for 30 major ocean carriers, over 46,000 port pairs, and nearly 5,000 vessel services. We monitor and analyze vessel data covering 90% of the world's container capacity to optimize the search results. POWERFUL RESULTS Big Schedules actively searches for sailing schedules at the time you search. The data is delivered on-demand to ensure that you get the most up-to-date published results every time you search. INTELLIGENT FEATURES • Favorite Search Save your favorite searches to easily get the most customized, latest results with one click from the homepage. • Share Schedules Select sailing schedule search results to share with your colleagues and associates by email. • Event Monitoring Stay informed of vessel and port incidents that may impact the sailing schedules you search in the schedule search results. • Schedule Comparison Select routes by comparing up to three schedules along with their arrival accuracy. • Schedule Reliability Review carriers’ on-time performance for five popular port-pairs to benchmark carriers. • Vessel Tracking Track the current position and past routes of over 7,000 container vessels on an interactive map. See potential vessel arrival delay alerts in the tracking details to improve planning. • Watch List Subscribe to vessels’ schedules and receive alerts of schedule changes to respond faster to potential supply chain disruptions. EXPERIENCE NOW It's time to elevate your shipment planning with the next revolution in big data management. Register for a free account and start your search today!
OrbitMI Connect
Manage your global maritime fleet efficiently from your mobile device. Visualize vessel locations, track voyage details, and access market intelligence. Receive critical notifications for fleet operations.
- Fleet visualization on map
- Voyage planning and optimization
- Real-time notifications
- Market intelligence and predictions
- Port and vendor details
- Vessel position list
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OrbitMI Connect from OrbitMI aggregates, amplifies and activates maritime data to help you manage your global fleet more efficiently, profitably and sustainability directly from your mobile device. Version 1.0 -Dashboard: View Port Comments, Vessels Approaching Port, Next Open Vessels, Vessel Distributions, Notifications, and Bunker Prices. -Fleet Dashboard: View fleet vessels and locate them on the map, filter by fleet, view the current TCE and the current reported world scale. -Map: Visualize global fleet data, laden and ballast status, historical and planned routes, weather conditions, and alert status. Filter by fleet and segment. View port details including, Bunker Price Vendors Additional Services Terminals Port Calls, and Comments. -Distance Calculator: Alter voyage plans for specific vessels. Set default speeds, incorporate weather factor, add or remove destinations, and set time in port. View voyage summaries, ETAs, steaming time, and bunker consumption and ROB. Visualize your new voyage data on a global map. -Notifications: Receive direct notifications for speed deviation, consumption deviation, ETA change, sire inspection, and CDI inspection -Fleet Overview: View the location, ETA, and ballast status of every ship in your fleet. Manage custom fleets and view the corresponding laden/ballast ratio, as well as historical trends. View bunker ROB and days of steaming time for every vessel in your fleet. -Position List: Access and filter your vessel position list by region and segment, as well as well as, Vessel Name Open Date Next Open Selected Port ETA Remaining Itinerary Last Sire Date, and Coating View last cargoes and internal notes, as well as Year Built, Deadweight, Capacity, and IMO class. Filter by company and isolate by region. -Market Intel: View market predictions for TCE as well as current and predicted World Scale Indexes. Use Converted WSP, WSP classifier, and Stacked classifier models, as well as direction, historical trends, historical prediction accuracy, and World Scale drivers. View current price and bunker trends in major ports around the world, and view vessel distribution between hemispheres. -Contact List: Keep track of all relevant contacts in one simple list.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OrbitMI Connect at 5.0 against Big Schedules's 4.5. OrbitMI Connect also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Big Schedules's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OrbitMI Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
Big Schedules ships an update every 2 months, OrbitMI Connect monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Schedules | OrbitMI Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IQAX Limited | OrbitMI, Inc. |
Customer experience
Big Schedules
OrbitMI Connect
In-app purchases
Big Schedules
No in-app purchases
OrbitMI Connect
No in-app purchases
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