SHIPNEXT vs Vessel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
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 update cadence: SHIPNEXT at monthly against Vessel's every 34 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
SHIPNEXT ships an update monthly, Vessel every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHIPNEXT | Vessel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShipNEXT Holding Limited | Haphazard Services Ltd |
In-app purchases
SHIPNEXT
No in-app purchases
Vessel
No in-app purchases








