Comparison

IDEA YACHT vs YachtSync

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

Head to head
About

IDEA YACHT

This mobile application extends a web-based yacht management system to your device, offering control over equipment, maintenance, and procurement. It supports offline functionality for logging maintenance activities and accessing technical information, aiding in compliance and cost reduction.

Highlights
  • Engine room log rounds
  • Enter hour counter values
  • Sign off/postpone maintenance tasks
  • Vessel database access
  • Add item/component pictures
  • Download PDF documents
Features
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This app was designed to bring the key functionality from IDEA Yacht onto your mobile device, to have it available everywhere and every time. IDEA’s management solution for luxury yachts, IDEA Yacht, is entirely web-based and keeps you in full control of your equipment and all related maintenance and procurement duties. Not only is the user interface self-explanatory and easy to use, but our solution also provides the full functionality of a modern Asset Management system, such as reduced equipment breakdowns and overall costs, optimum stock control of expensive spare parts, rapid access to critical technical information and workflow-enabled procurement, including approvals. For offline scenarios, you can use the iOS based maintenance App that allows you to register all maintenance work activities on a smart device, even without a network connection. You can install IDEA Yacht offline or on board a yacht without the necessity for an online connection. The Quality and Safety module provides you with improved access to safety information, helps you prepare for audits and inspections and comply with ISM regulations. For managers of yacht fleets, we offer a Fleet Management Dashboard that will assist you in complying with regulatory requirements, as well as provide you with a collection of web-based vessel management reporting forms. This app will be able to synchronize the data with your existing IDEA Yacht installation (IDEA Yacht 2019.3 or newer is required). Currently the following functionality is available from the app: ● Execute engine room log rounds ● Enter hour counter values ● Sign off or postpone maintenance tasks (including history entry) ● Enter engine room log values ● Vessel database for component and item information ● Add item or component pictures with the device camera ● Capture pictures with the device camera and add it to maintenance history ● Download and view PDF documents or other files More features will be added in upcoming versions.

About

YachtSync

Features
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Sending your certificates to a crew agent should take a minute, not an evening of renaming files. YachtSync files them all, tracks what expires when, and exports the lot named the way the agent asked. Free for crew. Always. TRY IT WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Tap Try it first and start adding certificates. No email, no card. Add an email and password when you are ready, and everything you added stays with you. SCAN INSTEAD OF TYPING Photograph a certificate or upload a PDF. The AI reads the title, expiry date, document type and issuing authority. You check it and save. The free plan includes 3 AI scans in total, 50 MB of storage and 20 certificates, and needs no card. KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE Every certificate colour-coded at a glance. Teal for valid, amber for expiring soon, red for expired. A six-month renewal timeline shows what is coming, so you can book the course before it fills up. Push notifications 90, 30 and 7 days before an expiry date, plus reminder emails at 90, 60, 30, 14 or 7 days. THE CERTIFICATES IT KNOWS 77 types, with rank and refresher variants. STCW, Certificates of Competency for deck, engineering and electro-technical, medicals including ENG1, Cayman and Marshall Islands, GMDSS, RYA, HELM, ECDIS and WSET. Competency variants follow the MCA's own structure. One Certificate of Competency card holds every endorsement you hold, OOW Unlimited to Master Unlimited, EOOW to Chief Engineer, the way your physical certificate holds them. SEA TIME, DAY BY DAY Set your vessels up once, sign on, then tag each day as sea days, watchkeeping, standby, shipyard or onboard non-qualifying. Recurring mode fills days forward, so you do not have to open the app daily. Onboard service and qualifying sea service stay as two separate totals, the standby and shipyard caps are applied to the qualifying figure, and raw days sit beside credited days. Export as PDF or CSV, and your totals feed the Careers tab, which shows the gap to your next ticket. It is your own record, not an MCA-recognised testimonial, and YachtSync does not verify or countersign sea service. SEND IT THE WAY THEY ASKED Set your file naming format once and every certificate downloads with the right filename. Export the whole portfolio as a ZIP in a few taps, then send it to an agent, a captain or a recruiter. COVER PAGE FOR YOUR FOLDER Generate an A4 cover sheet for the front of your physical cert folder. Every certificate listed and colour-coded, with a blank column to write in which folder page each one lives on. SHARE WITH NO SIGNAL Certificates save to your phone as you add them, so you can share one at sea with no signal. Sign in on a new phone and everything is there. TRAINING DIRECTORY Search 100+ listed training providers and their course dates from inside the app, then click through to book. Needs a connection. PRIVACY We never sell your data. Scanning sends the document to our AI provider, Anthropic, to read the dates, and under their terms it is not used to train their models. Read what we collect and who processes it at yachtsync.uk/privacy. Your physical originals stay with you. YachtSync tracks them, it does not replace them. YACHTSYNC PRO Optional. Β£39 a year, Β£4.99 a month or Β£99 once, for 500 MB of storage, unlimited certificates, unlimited AI scans and bulk upload. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Built by a working superyacht officer who started out dockwalking in Antibes. Questions or feedback: admin@yachtsync.uk

Screenshots

IDEA YACHT4 screens
YachtSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IDEA YACHT at none against YachtSync's 3. IDEA YACHT also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. YachtSync sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. IDEA YACHT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
IDEA YACHT versus YachtSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIDEA YACHTYachtSync
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size54 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIDEA Data Solutions GmbHYachtsync LTD

In-app purchases

None

IDEA YACHT

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

YachtSync

Subscriptions2
  • YachtSync Pro β€” Monthly$7.991 Month
  • YachtSync Pro β€” Annual$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • YachtSync Pro β€” Lifetime$139.99

Questions

Is IDEA YACHT free?
IDEA YACHT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YachtSync free?
YachtSync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IDEA YACHT or YachtSync have ads?
Neither IDEA YACHT nor YachtSync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IDEA YACHT or YachtSync?
IDEA YACHT ships an update every 3 weeks, and YachtSync every 3 weeks. Most recently, IDEA YACHT was updated on October 24, 2026 and YachtSync on October 25, 2026.

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