Maersk vs SHIPNEXT
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
SHIPNEXT
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Shipnext — Your Global Shipping Workspace, Now on Mobile Work faster, smarter, and from anywhere. Shipnext Mobile brings the full power of the global Shipnext platform and marketplace directly to your phone — giving shipping professionals real-time visibility and instant access to the world’s shipping market. Perfect for: Shipbrokers Shipowners & Operators Traders & Commodity Houses Freight Forwarders / NVOCC Chartering Managers Maritime Logistics Teams What you can do with Shipnext Mobile (even on the Free plan): • Instant Freight-search and Cargo–Ship Matching • Global Vessel Search + AIS overview • Add & manage cargo and ship positions • Port data search • Auto-sync with your web account • Real-time alerts & push notifications • Send offers and negotiate directly in-app • Preview documents on the go • News and Market data on Shipping and Transportation • Shipping Industry Chat No credit card. No setup. Download and start working immediately. A paid version includes: • E-amail service with access to LLM and Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Freight indexes • Voyage Management Solution • Freight Calculator and Voyage Cost estimator • Filing solutions for shipping data And much more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Maersk at 3 against SHIPNEXT's 1. Maersk also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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.
Maersk ships an update every 2 weeks, SHIPNEXT monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maersk | SHIPNEXT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (108 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A.P. MOLLER - MAERSK | ShipNEXT Holding Limited |
In-app purchases
Maersk
No in-app purchases
SHIPNEXT
No in-app purchases
