Comparison

Ship Mooring vs Ship Maneuvering Simulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ship Mooring

Experience realistic ship handling with various tasks like port arrivals and departures. Control multiple propellers, manage different engine types, and navigate diverse weather conditions. Features a sandbox mode for custom level creation.

Highlights
  • Port arrival and departure tasks
  • Sandbox mode for custom levels
  • Control of multiple propellers
  • Various engine types (diesel, steam, azimuth)
  • Day/night modes
  • Different weather conditions
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Different type of tasks: * Arrival to port (mooring at yellow/black gate) * * Departure from port (cross green line) * * Port to port trial * * Day or night modes * * Sandbox mode. Create and pass your own levels * Real control of one, two, three and four propellers ships. Single ship control and teamwork with tugs during ship mooring operations. Different weather conditions and level difficulty. Different types of ship power plants: - directly coupled to propellers diesel engines (with start air control); - steam engines and turbines; - free turn azimuth propulsion (single or double). Auxiliary bow and stern thrusters.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Astern propeller effect
  • Drift during turns
  • Pivot point movement
  • Velocity-based rudder effectiveness
  • Bow thruster influenced by velocity
  • Sandbox environment
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Ship Mooring4 screens
Ship Maneuvering Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ship Maneuvering Simulator at Free against Ship Mooring's $6.99. Ship Maneuvering Simulator also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (105 vs 10). Ship Mooring's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, in-app purchases and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ship Maneuvering Simulator is free to download; Ship Mooring costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ship Mooring holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ship Maneuvering Simulator has 105 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Ship Mooring's written reviews are positive against 86% of Ship Maneuvering Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ship Mooring ships an update every 6 months, Ship Maneuvering Simulator every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Ship Mooring versus Ship Maneuvering Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShip MooringShip Maneuvering Simulator
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better4.3 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB338 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr TurkinWPC

Customer experience

Ship Mooring

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Ship Maneuvering Simulator

All ratings101 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative11.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ship Mooring

No in-app purchases

None

Ship Maneuvering Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ship Mooring free?
Ship Mooring costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ship Maneuvering Simulator free?
Ship Maneuvering Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ship Mooring or Ship Maneuvering Simulator?
Ship Mooring is rated higher. Ship Mooring averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Ship Maneuvering Simulator averages 4.3 from 105 ratings.
Do Ship Mooring or Ship Maneuvering Simulator have ads?
Ship Maneuvering Simulator shows ads; Ship Mooring does not.
Which is updated more often, Ship Mooring or Ship Maneuvering Simulator?
Ship Mooring ships an update every 6 months, and Ship Maneuvering Simulator every 6 days. Most recently, Ship Mooring was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ship Maneuvering Simulator on October 27, 2026.

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