ABS MyFreedom™ vs Podium5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ABS MyFreedom™
Manage asset certification, classification status, and reports for your fleets and vessels. Track inspections and ensure regulatory adherence through a user-friendly mobile interface. Streamline asset management and compliance for maritime professionals.
- Manage asset certification
- Track classification status
- Generate reports
- Monitor fleets and vessels
- Ensure regulatory adherence
- Streamlined asset management
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With the ABS MyFreedom app, you can effortlessly manage certification of all your assets, their classification status, and reports. The ABS MyFreedom™ app you to track your fleets and vessels for inspections, certifications, and their classification or regulatory adherence. Users can ensure their vessels meet industry standards while staying organized—all through a user-friendly mobile interface. Perfect for maritime professionals aiming for streamlined asset management and compliance.
Podium5
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Mission-critical solutions for the global maritime community from Pole Star Global. Our objective is to organise the maritime world’s data and harness its true potential, for the benefit of our valued clients. Through our use of technology, we are dedicated to making maritime operations continually more effective, safer, and ever more efficient, with every day that passes. This application services the mobile fleet tracking and Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) management requirements of both OTiS and Podium5 platform subscribers.
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Verdict
ABS MyFreedom™ and Podium5 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ABS MyFreedom™ | Podium5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Bureau of Shipping | StratumFive |
In-app purchases
ABS MyFreedom™
No in-app purchases
Podium5
No in-app purchases
