Maersk vs Vessel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maersk
Track and book ocean cargo with real-time shipment information. Favorite searches and receive notifications for changes. Advanced features require login for bookings, pricing, and invoice management.
- Real-time shipment tracking
- Booking and price search
- Notifications for shipment changes
- Terminal information
- Invoice overview
- Customer dashboard
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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
Vessel
Create, store, and search your own custom directories of information. This app helps demystify corporate jargon with instant understanding. Keep your essential data organized and accessible.
- Create custom data directories
- Store and organize information
- Search uploaded content
- Instant understanding of jargon
- Accessible data at fingertips
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Vessel offers a simple way for any individual or company to hold, search & update self-created directories of data or information. Vessel helps an individual unlock corporate jargon to give instant understanding at the touch of a button. Batches are the content you create, hold, search or upload. Vessel is the app in which you carry these so they are always at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vessel at 100% against Maersk's 45%. Maersk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 34 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Maersk ships an update every 2 weeks, Vessel every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maersk | Vessel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (109 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A.P. MOLLER - MAERSK | Haphazard Services Ltd |
Customer experience
Maersk
Vessel
In-app purchases
Maersk
No in-app purchases
Vessel
No in-app purchases
