SHIPNEXT vs PSC Pocket Checklists
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
PSC Pocket Checklists
This app assists maritime professionals by providing checklists to ensure compliance with Port State Control inspections. It helps ship owners and crew prepare for inspections, meeting all requirements and obligations.
- Port State Control checklists
- Maritime industry focus
- Compliance assistance
- Ship owner and crew support
- Inspection preparation
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Lloyd’s Register is a global professional services organisation specialising in engineering and technology solutions for the maritime industry and broader ocean economy. We are the world’s first marine classification society, created more than 260 years ago to improve the safety of ships operating in more than 70 countries. Our Port State Control app exists to make life easier for ship owners and crew, helping to ensure that each inspection goes smoothly, and that all your requirements and obligations are met every time. Together with the UK P&I Club, we have compiled this checklist following analysis of deficiencies found by port state control (PSC) officers on ships classed by Lloyd’s Register.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SHIPNEXT at monthly against PSC Pocket Checklists's every 13 months. PSC Pocket Checklists's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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, PSC Pocket Checklists every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SHIPNEXT | PSC Pocket Checklists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShipNEXT Holding Limited | Lloyds Register group services limited |
In-app purchases
SHIPNEXT
No in-app purchases
PSC Pocket Checklists
No in-app purchases
