PSC Check vs JiBe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
JiBe
Streamline vessel inspections with this app that automates report writing and picture sorting. Focus on the inspection itself, as the system compiles data and generates reports for you.
- Offline vessel inspection
- Automated report writing
- Picture sorting
- Real-time voice recording
- Image recording
- Data compilation
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JiBeInspect is a native application built for offline use on board the vessel. The focus of the application is enabling the Supt. to reduce the administrative work of sorting pictures and writing the report, all of that is done by JiBe. The professional can focus on inspecting. JiBeInspect enables real time voice and image recording on board, where as the writing of the report and compiling the data into presentable format is done by the system. By the time the Superintendent is back in the office, the report will wait on his screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JiBe at every 3 months against PSC Check's every 10 months. JiBe also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PSC Check against 5.0 for JiBe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PSC Check ships an update every 10 months, JiBe every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PSC Check | JiBe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI GENERAL INCORPORATED FOUNDATION | JiBe LLC |
Customer experience
PSC Check
JiBe
In-app purchases
PSC Check
No in-app purchases
JiBe
No in-app purchases
