Maersk vs PSC Check
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maersk
Access real-time cargo tracking and booking for ocean freight. Get instant shipment updates, vessel locations, and schedule information. Log in for advanced features like placing bookings, finding prices, and managing invoices.
- Real-time shipment tracking
- Instant lookup for vessels and schedules
- Shipment notifications
- Terminal information
- Place bookings
- Find prices and save searches
- Invoice overview
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Real-time shipment information. Favorite a B/L, container, schedule or price search. Receive notifications. • Instant lookup for point-to-point, port calls and vessels • Follow your shipments and get notified of changes • Find terminal opening hours and contact details • Detailed FAQ and local information Login for advanced features, including: • Place a booking or just find a price. • Search for spot rates, save recent searches • Complete invoice overview • Dashboard with up-to-date cargo information and shortcuts • Easily switch between different customers
PSC Check
This app assists with pre-departure equipment checks for maritime vessels, helping to reduce the risk of inspection detentions and deficiencies. It categorizes items by location, allows for input of inspection results with notes and photos, and generates PDF reports. Users can also review statistical data on common deficiencies.
- Categorized equipment checklist by location
- Input inspection results with notes and photos
- Generate PDF reports for shore-side forwarding
- Analyze detainable deficiency statistics
- Regular updates for checklist and statistics
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ARRIVAL CHECKLIST for PSC is the preparatory onboard equipment checklist mobile app to help minimize the risk of PSC detentions and deficiencies. Key features: - The app categorizes items that are frequently pointed out as deficiency at PSC inspections by location. - Inspection results can be input into the system along with notes and photos for each corresponding checklist item. - Users have the option of creating a PDF version of the completed results, which can be forwarded shore side. - Users can also confirm the statistical data and the tendency of detainable deficiencies in across a number of major PSC areas. - Updates are available for the checklist and statistics to ensure the app has the latest PSC data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Maersk at every 2 weeks against PSC Check's every 10 months. Maersk also leads on ratings volume (108 vs 1). PSC Check's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PSC Check holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maersk has 108 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Maersk ships an update every 2 weeks, PSC Check every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maersk | PSC Check |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (108 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | A.P. MOLLER - MAERSK | NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI GENERAL INCORPORATED FOUNDATION |
Customer experience
Maersk
PSC Check
In-app purchases
Maersk
No in-app purchases
PSC Check
No in-app purchases
