V.Crew Connect vs OpenOcean Crew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
V.Crew Connect
Manage your maritime career with this app. Track assignments, update your profile, monitor tasks, and sign contracts electronically. Access live chat support and view your sea service history.
- Document tracking and expiry alerts
- Assignment notice tracking
- Profile and contact updates
- Pre-embarkation task monitoring
- Electronic contract signing
- Sea service history viewing
- Live chat support
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V.Crew Connect is easy to use and free for all V.Group seafarers. You can quickly create an account using your registered e-mail ID. App features: - Upload documents and track document validity and expiry dates; - Track your next assignment notice and advise of your availability to join the vessel; - Update your profile and inform any contact changes easily; - Monitor your tasks to complete before you embark; - Sign your contract electronically; - View your sea service history and a summary of your experience; - Live Chat Support;
OpenOcean Crew
Stay updated on vessel assignments and travel details. Manage your availability, documents, and personal information on the go. Seamlessly syncs with office crewing features for real-time updates.
- Vessel assignment updates
- Travel arrangement checks
- Availability status management
- Passport and visa document management
- Seamless integration with crewing features
- On-the-go document updates
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Using 90POE’s OpenOcean CREW® mobile app, you can quickly and easily keep up to date with your vessel assignments, check travel arrangements, update your availability status, and manage passports, visas, and other documents. Everything works seamlessly with OpenOcean STUDIO® ’s crewing features to provide you with the most current and relevant information on your mobile. It enables you to keep the office informed of changes in your circumstances and update documents on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenOcean Crew at 5.0 against V.Crew Connect's 2.8. V.Crew Connect's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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.
OpenOcean Crew holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: V.Crew Connect has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
V.Crew Connect ships an update every 5 weeks, OpenOcean Crew every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | V.Crew Connect | OpenOcean Crew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | V.SHIPS UK LIMITED | 90 Percent of Everything |
Customer experience
V.Crew Connect
OpenOcean Crew
In-app purchases
V.Crew Connect
No in-app purchases
OpenOcean Crew
No in-app purchases
