NS Workboat vs NeriOS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NS Workboat
This app helps manage vessel operations and ensure compliance with maritime regulations. It offers checklist-based functionality for audits, inspections, and daily tasks, with offline capabilities and data syncing for smarter operational decisions.
- Checklist-based inspections and audits
- Offline data capture and syncing
- Crew sign-on/sign-off management
- Maintenance and compliance task tracking
- Hazardous condition reporting
- Equipment history and inventory management
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Manage your fleet with confidence using the Nautical Systems® Workboat mobile app. The app enables operational compliance from day one with checklist based functionality, one-stop audit support and limited training requirements Compliant with all Subchapter M compliance options: USCG | TSMS | RCP | ISM Compliant with OSV – OVID (OVIQ) + IMCA DSV, DIVING, DP vessels- IMCA ISM, STCW TMSA, OCIMF SIRE, BIQ Data captured on board for compliance can also provide valuable insights in the office, leading to smarter operational decisions and improved performance. Intuitive Functionality: • Scales with organization • Easy data entry onboard • Works in offline mode; syncs to onboard server • Crew Sign-on and Sign-off Day-to-Day Operations Ready: • Supports work order completions, audit inspections, checklist-based inspections, on-board meetings and drills, audits, sign-on and sign-off crew and document delivery • Maintenance and Compliance tasks • HSQE with questionnaire and checklist support • Identify critical equipment history for inspections and audits • Reporting on hazardous conditions, inspections and equipment failures • Update key operational information such as equipment running hours and spares inventory • Maintain electronic towing vessel record • Manage visitors • Critical equipment lists and its job history We are committed to providing the most reliable customer service and product improvements based on your feedback. Disclosure NS Workboat Mobile app functionality is available through an ABS Nautical Systems Enterprise subscription software license. Nautical Systems Enterprise puts the client in control of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance by showing the client the location of potentially private data and allowing case by case determination for data handling. The software will contain functionality that enables clients to carry out their obligations under the GDPR, such as searching for personal data in comments, documents and attachments, utility for anonymization of crew records that contain personal data, and compiling reports in response to individuals’ requests for their personal data.
NeriOS
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Every handoff between systems becomes someone's job. One vessel movement can mean a dispatch board, a ticket app, a separate service record, and a run of calls and texts holding it together. NeriOS puts the movement in one place. Information is entered once, and it follows the work. ENTER IT ONCE One record carries the movement from the order through to the ticket. Every screen reads the same movement, so a change made in one place is not re-keyed in three others. EACH ROLE SEES WHAT THEY NEED • Pilots - the watch picture: your current job, board and call times, transportation, tides and currents • Dispatch - the live board, and what it is likely to look like next • Drivers - duty status and ride offers, confirmed from the truck • Boat crews and helo - ladder side, transfers, and aircraft availability • Apprentices - required maneuvers, turns and counts, with evaluations entered from the pilot's phone BUILT FOR THE WATCH, NOT THE DESK • See the rotation before you commit to it - cover a job and keep your place • Rest is tracked and shown: who is resting, and until when • Your job history, your ride history, and the day's report AT A GLANCE, WITHOUT UNLOCKING NeriOS includes a home-screen widget and a lock-screen widget (iOS 16 or later). After you sign in, add it from the widget gallery to see your board number and your current or next job. The widget always shows when it was last updated, and its optional lines can be switched off in Settings. TICKETS AT THE RAIL Fill the ticket, attest it, and capture the captain's signature on the phone. That service record is the same record dispatch is working from - not a second copy someone has to reconcile later. ALERTS YOU CHOOSE Silent, a single alert, or a repeating alarm, set per notification type. The things that matter wake you and the rest do not. WHERE IT LOOKS AHEAD, IT SAYS SO The projected board shows what is likely to hit the board next, and labels it a prediction rather than presenting it as fact. MOCai advises. It never assigns a pilot and never blocks dispatch. ALSO IN THE APP A shared calendar, the organization directory with tap-to-call, Face ID or Touch ID unlock after your first sign-in, and a way to report a bug or request a feature without leaving the app. ACCESS NeriOS is a private operations tool. Accounts are provisioned by your organization and there is no public sign-up in the app. If your organization does not use NeriOS yet, visit nerios.io to get in touch. Questions, or trouble signing in? Email support@nerios.io.
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Verdict
NS Workboat and NeriOS are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | NS Workboat | NeriOS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ABS Nautical System LLC | Fairlead Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
NS Workboat
No in-app purchases
NeriOS
No in-app purchases





