Comparison

PSC Ready vs MACK A&I

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PSC Ready

Features
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Created by Bureau Veritas experts, PSC Ready is a free, user-friendly and interactive app that allows ships and fleets to prepare for port state control inspections all around the world. Thanks to this app, ship owners, captains and crews will be able to plan, execute and analyze PSC self-checks. PSC Ready will assist in preventing threats to safety and environment and facilitate swift corrective actions to ensure compliance with IMO regulations. PSC Ready enables you to launch inspections of your ship or fleet in a few clicks: | Create targeted campaigns on your whole fleet and receive inspection results from each ship. | Create and perform self-check inspections on a ship (online and offline) *Use the Bureau Veritas built-in, and up-to-date, checklist *Customize each inspection according to ship type *Note deficiencies, take photos and list any corrective actions to be taken |Generate and share inspection reports with your contacts |Initiate follow-up inspections to ensure deficiencies have been corrected |Create tailor made checklists or define specific inspections based on the CIC campaigns organized by MOUs. |Stay up-to-date with the latest MoU news |Access statistics on ship deficiencies provided by Port administrations ready to share data with the maritime community |Customize and use your own checklist template and share it with your network

About

MACK A&I

Features
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- Designed for vessel audits and inspections, enabling shore-side auditors to conduct onboard ship audits. - Templates are downloaded from API for shore users. - Shore-side users receive both audit plans and templates from the API. - The app does not support audit creation or usage by shipboard crew. - Audit templates contain four types of structured questions to support thorough inspections. - Each question supports additional fields like Info Remarks, Memo, Add Image, and more. - Users complete all template questions during the audit phase. - After the audit, mandatory fields in the Report of Findings must be filled. - Audits can be performed entirely offline after downloading the required data. - Completed audits are manually uploaded to the web platform by the user. - Uploaded data is accessible via a centralized web dashboard for review, reporting, and archival.

Screenshots

PSC Ready4 screens
MACK A&I4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MACK A&I at every 2 months against PSC Ready's every 7 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PSC Ready ships an update every 7 months, MACK A&I every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
PSC Ready versus MACK A&I: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPSC ReadyMACK A&I
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBureau Veritas Marine & OffshoreSOLVERMINDS AND SOLUTIONS

In-app purchases

None

PSC Ready

No in-app purchases

None

MACK A&I

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PSC Ready free?
PSC Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MACK A&I free?
MACK A&I is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PSC Ready or MACK A&I have ads?
Neither PSC Ready nor MACK A&I shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PSC Ready or MACK A&I?
PSC Ready ships an update every 7 months, and MACK A&I every 2 months. Most recently, PSC Ready was updated on October 29, 2026 and MACK A&I on October 25, 2026.

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