ShipMoney vs Kadmos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShipMoney
This innovative prepaid card offers benefits for both crew and captains, providing anytime, anywhere access. It simplifies financial management for maritime professionals.
- Prepaid card functionality
- Benefits for crew and captains
- Anytime, anywhere access
- Financial management tool
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ShipMoney is an innovative prepaid card that provides benefits for both crew and captains, access everywhere anytime!
Kadmos
Receive your salary instantly and send money to loved ones abroad. This app offers transparent foreign exchange rates and aims to provide greater control over your finances. An upcoming debit card will allow for on-the-go spending.
- Instant salary reception
- International money transfers
- Transparent foreign exchange rates
- Upcoming debit card
- Control over finances
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Kadmos completely changes the way international workers get paid! With the Kadmos App you get your salary instantly and can send that money home to your loved ones, as well as spend on the go with our upcoming debit card. Say goodbye to days of waiting before receiving your salary, to lack of transparency and stuck payments, to terrible foreign exchanges rates that make you lose lots of money. We give you back control of your finances, and with it the amazing flexibility of the latest technologies in Germany, to make your life and the lives of the people that you care for, easier and better. --Getting started-- Ask your employer if they already support Kadmos. If yes, great! All you need is an invitation and you are ready within minutes. With the next payment cycle you will then get paid through Kadmos, with all our benefits. If your employer does not work with us yet then it's time to tell them about Kadmos. https://www.kadmos.io/imprint
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kadmos at 5.0 against ShipMoney's 3.7. Kadmos also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 12%). ShipMoney's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (21 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
Kadmos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShipMoney has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of ShipMoney's written reviews are positive against 38% of Kadmos's.
ShipMoney ships an update fortnightly, Kadmos every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipMoney | Kadmos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.8% of reviews | 37.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARITIME PAYMENT SOLUTIONS LLC | Kadmos GmbH |
Customer experience
ShipMoney
Kadmos
In-app purchases
ShipMoney
No in-app purchases
Kadmos
No in-app purchases
