Ship Mooring vs Harbor Captain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Harbor Captain
Guide various ships to their designated docks by drawing safe routes. Avoid collisions and manage ship speeds and unloading times in this simulation game. Control yachts, tankers, and container ships.
- Draw routes to docks
- Manage ship speed and unloading
- Control various ship types
- Avoid shipping accidents
- Intuitive tap and drag controls
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As the harbor captain and operator, navigate incoming ships to the correct docks. Tap and drag to draw routes into the docks, while taking into account the unloading time, speed, and other visual indicators. Control beautiful ships such as yachts, super yachts, container ships, oil tankers and more. Plan your routes to avoid any shipping accidents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ship Mooring at 80% against Harbor Captain's 0%. Ship Mooring also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and price ($6.99 vs $12.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Mooring costs $6.99 and Harbor Captain $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ship Mooring holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ship Mooring has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Ship Mooring's written reviews are positive against 0% of Harbor Captain's.
Ship Mooring ships an update every 6 months, Harbor Captain every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ship Mooring | Harbor Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Turkin | Future Web Ventures Inc |
Customer experience
Ship Mooring
Harbor Captain
In-app purchases
Ship Mooring
No in-app purchases
Harbor Captain
No in-app purchases
Questions
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