Boat builder® vs Ship Maneuvering Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boat builder®
Design and construct various boats, from small fishing vessels to larger ships. Develop thriving cities on beautiful islands, attracting wealthy residents and facilitating trade through air travel. Enhance your island's value and create a bustling metropolis.
- Boat construction
- Island city development
- Trade simulation
- Resource management
- Island beautification
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Create a small fishing boat, create a new city. Make beautiful islands an island where rich people gather, trade each day through arriving airplanes. Your city will be even more value added. Island Games, City Management, Island City, Fishing Game, Fishing Game, Ship Game
Ship Maneuvering Simulator
Experience realistic ship handling with this simulator. It features advanced physics like astern propeller effects, drift during turns, and velocity-dependent rudder and bow thruster performance. Explore various environments with different ship types.
- Astern propeller effect
- Drift during turns
- Pivot point movement
- Velocity-based rudder effectiveness
- Bow thruster influenced by velocity
- Sandbox environment
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This simulator will give you a realistic experience of what it's like to handle a large ship. It includes some features which often seem to be missing in other simulators: - Astern effect of the propeller - Drift during turn - Pivot point movement - Rudder effectiveness based on propeller flow and ship's own velocity - Bow thruster effectiveness influenced by ship's velocity For the moment there are three ships (cargo ship, supply ship and battle ship). In the future more may be added. The game is played in a sandbox style with a sea, river and port environment and customisable current. I plan to also add wind effect. The simulation is based on the mathematical hydrodynamic MMG model which is also used in professional ship handling and mooring simulators.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ship Maneuvering Simulator at 86% against Boat builder®'s 33%. Ship Maneuvering Simulator also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (4.2 vs 2.8). Boat builder®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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
Ship Maneuvering Simulator is free to download; Boat builder® costs $8.99 up front. Boat builder® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ship Maneuvering Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ship Maneuvering Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ship Maneuvering Simulator has 101 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Boat builder®'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Ship Maneuvering Simulator's.
Boat builder® ships an update every 36 months, Ship Maneuvering Simulator every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boat builder® | Ship Maneuvering Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.8 (5 ratings) | 4.2 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 338 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Domyung Kim | WPC |
Customer experience
Boat builder®
Ship Maneuvering Simulator
In-app purchases
Boat builder®
- 5 Diamond$4.99
Ship Maneuvering Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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