Mobile Marina vs SmartMariner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Marina
Manage your boat's fuel, maintenance, and inspections conveniently from your mobile device. Schedule dockside fuel delivery, receive inspection reports with photos, and request services with ease. Keep all your vessel information and account details in one organized place.
- Dockside fuel delivery
- Vessel inspection reports
- On-demand maintenance requests
- Account and payment management
- Boat and dock registration
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Mobile Marina brings fuel, vessel management and maintenance to your slip across Tampa Bay. The app keeps all of it in one place, so your boat is ready whenever you are. DOCKSIDE FUEL DELIVERY • Choose a regular fueling schedule, or request a delivery when you need one • REC 90 (ethanol-free) and marine diesel delivered to your dock by our fueling vessels • No minimum for REC 90 and no service fees VESSEL MANAGEMENT • Monthly inspections by USCG-certified captains • Get each inspection report, with photos and notes, right in the app MAINTENANCE • Request service for your boat in a few taps • Review and approve estimates before any work begins • See your upcoming appointments YOUR ACCOUNT • Add your boats and where they're docked • View invoices and manage your payment cards • Get notified when a report, estimate or invoice is ready Mobile Marina serves St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Treasure Island, Madeira Beach, Gulfport, Tierra Verde and more of Tampa Bay. Questions? Call (727) 761-1173 or email service@mobilemarina.co.
SmartMariner
This app uses AI to help boat owners find solutions to common challenges, from information discovery to problem fixes. It also connects service providers with customers and serves as a marketplace for buying and selling boats.
- AI-driven problem solving for boat owners
- Connects owners with service providers
- Marketplace for buying and selling boats
- Information discovery for boat ownership
- Facilitates owner needs with professionals
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For Boat Owners, we leverage AI to optimize the process of finding solutions to the challenges that boat owners have. These can be information discovery, problem fixes, or finding help for the various needs that are created by boat ownership. For Service Providers, we help align customer needs with the industry professionals who are well-suited to provide the help that's needed. For Brokers/Dealers, we provide a meeting place for owners to find help buying and selling their boats.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mobile Marina at every 9 days against SmartMariner's monthly. Mobile Marina also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mobile Marina against 5.0 for SmartMariner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mobile Marina has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mobile Marina ships an update every 9 days, SmartMariner monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Marina | SmartMariner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Marina | Smart Mariner LLC |
Customer experience
Mobile Marina
SmartMariner
In-app purchases
Mobile Marina
No in-app purchases
SmartMariner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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