Comparison

goMember vs Laminar361

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

Head to head
About

goMember

Features
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The essential app for club members! With goMember, you gain access to a host of features designed to enhance your club experience. As a member of a club utilising goMember, you'll have all the necessary tools at your fingertips. This app serves as your personal connection to your club, its activities, news, and much more. Experience your club like never before with goMember.

About

Laminar361

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Laminar361 tracks the maritime industry so you don't have to chase a dozen trade publications to do it. Every story in the Feed is found by our own maritime discovery system โ€” 2,500+ targeted searches a day, across 56 regions and 20+ languages โ€” then pulled together on shipping, ports, chokepoints, sanctions, casualties, regulation and fuel-transition news, sourced from established industry publishers before it runs, with every story linked back to where it came from. Swipe through it like you'd scroll a normal feed โ€” headline, the actual substance, and a tap through to the original publisher if you want the full piece. Insights goes deeper on the stories that need more than a headline โ€” chokepoint disruptions, regulatory shifts, fleet and orderbook trends โ€” written for people who already know the difference between a bulker and a tanker. The Toolkit is built for the parts of the job that don't fit in a news feed: โ€” Weather Map: wind, waves and storms on a live map, with forecasts and overlays โ€” Port Distance: sea distances between ports, with the route drawn on the map โ€” Sanctions Check: screen vessels and entities against sanctions lists โ€” Bunker Prices: reported fuel prices and trends at major bunkering hubs No account required to read the Feed or use the Toolkit. If you want a daily brief, you can turn one on โ€” a morning and/or evening notification, on your schedule, and only if you ask for it. No noise, no engagement tricks โ€” just the news and the tools, kept current. Laminar361 is run by people who follow this industry closely, not a general newsroom that occasionally covers shipping.

Screenshots

goMember4 screens
Laminar3614 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: goMember at none against Laminar361's shown. goMember also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.5). Laminar361's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

goMember ships an update every 2 weeks, Laminar361 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
goMember versus Laminar361: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergoMemberLaminar361
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size49 MB64 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMemberLink ApSRahul Dagar

In-app purchases

None

goMember

No in-app purchases

None

Laminar361

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is goMember free?
goMember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Laminar361 free?
Laminar361 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do goMember or Laminar361 have ads?
Laminar361 shows ads; goMember does not.
Which is updated more often, goMember or Laminar361?
goMember ships an update every 2 weeks, and Laminar361 every 3 days. Most recently, goMember was updated on October 24, 2026 and Laminar361 on October 25, 2026.

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