SHIPNEXT vs Sea/calc distance
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
Sea/calc distance
Calculate voyage distances, times, and costs between waypoints on a map. View arrival/departure times, bunker prices, and vessel routes on a timeline. Exclude waypoints for alternative routing.
- Plot routes on a map
- Calculate SECA distances
- Estimate voyage time
- View arrival/departure times
- Access daily bunker prices
- Display vessel route timeline
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Sea/calc distance allows users to plot a route on a map and calculate the distance (including SECA distances) and voyage time between a number of waypoints, which can be locations, vessel AIS positions or points on a map. - View arrival and departures times in different formats, including the local time at each of the locations in your route - Exclude certain waypoints to use a different routing option View and select from a list of daily bunker prices - Display vessel route in a timeline, showing where the vessel will be at any given time on the route
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Verdict
SHIPNEXT and Sea/calc distance are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SHIPNEXT ships an update monthly, Sea/calc distance every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHIPNEXT | Sea/calc distance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShipNEXT Holding Limited | Maritech Services Limited |
In-app purchases
SHIPNEXT
No in-app purchases
Sea/calc distance
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SHIPNEXT free?
Is Sea/calc distance free?
Do SHIPNEXT or Sea/calc distance have ads?
Which is updated more often, SHIPNEXT or Sea/calc distance?
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