Comparison

Monitoring vs Maritime Logs

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

Head to head
About

Monitoring

Control and monitor your home or business alarm system remotely from your iPhone. View real-time events, manage user access, and receive instant notifications for alarm activations. Includes a mobile panic alarm feature with GPS location sharing.

Highlights
  • Remote alarm system status view
  • Real-time event logging
  • User access history
  • Set/Unset alarm functionality
  • Multiple system management
  • Direct communication with monitoring station
  • Mobile panic alarm with GPS
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Alarm Watch - Take control of your alarm system wherever you are in the world! View the status of your home and business alarms from your iPhone View recent events in real time. Find out who has been using the alarm, and when Set or Unset the alarm Multiple alarm systems are viewable and controllable from one account Interact with the monitoring station during any alarm activations Change closing time of your business when working late to prevent the monitoring station from disturbing you when working late Notify the monitoring station when you are going to work outside of normal business hours The application now includes a mobile panic alarm which sends the monitoring station your GPS coordinates during an emergency Notifications of alarm activations directly to your phone where you can respond by choosing to send the guard or type in a note for the monitoring team to read Functionality of the application requires that the alarm system is monitored by an affiliate of AlarmWatch. To set or Unset your alarm through the application, a special control module must be installed. Available for New Zealand alarm systems only (Ask your alarm installer, or visit www.alarmwatch.co.nz to learn more about these services).

About

Maritime Logs

Features
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MaritimeLogs is a personal voyage logbook for tracking hours, tasks, roles, vessels and goals, built for anyone serious enough about their time on the water to keep a proper record. Deckhands, masters, engineers, yacht crew, fishing crews, recreational sailors, and people working toward marine certifications. MaritimeLogs is your personal record, not a regulator's official logbook. Formal sea service is verified separately by your employer, flag state or certifying body. But the data you capture maps directly onto the fields required by Maritime NZ Sea Service Records (SRL), MCA testimonials, USCG sea service letters and similar official forms. Print it, have your master sign it, and your formal paperwork becomes quick and accurate to complete. PAY ONCE, OWN IT One payment and it's yours. Nothing to renew, nothing to cancel, no account to lose. LOG A VOYAGE IN SECONDS Start and end times with automatic hour calculation. Day and night hours split automatically, or on the real local sunrise and sunset if you turn on Solar mode, calculated on-device with the NOAA astronomical algorithm. Location is read only when you tap Quick Fill, and never stored. EVERY DETAIL THAT MATTERS LATER Vessel, primary role, voyage type, area, master on watch, tasks performed, goals progressed, people assisted, lessons learnt. Twelve real-time validation rules stop a bad entry before it's saved. GOALS YOU DEFINE Set targets in hours, days, or any unit you choose, sea days toward a milestone, watchkeeping hours, days on a particular vessel, tows completed, training runs. The dashboard shows live progress, so you always know exactly where you stand without doing maths in a notebook. REPORTS WORTH SIGNING PDF reports filtered by date, vessel, role or voyage type, ready for a signature, an employer, or your own audit trail. CSV export for spreadsheets. Share straight from the app. YOURS, COMPLETELY No backend, no analytics, no tracking. Everything lives on your iPhone or iPad and goes nowhere unless you export it yourself. Full backup and restore for moving to a new phone, and CSV import if you're coming from a spreadsheet or another app. One purchase. Yours forever. Requires iOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

Monitoring4 screens
Maritime Logs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Monitoring at Free against Maritime Logs's $2.99. Monitoring also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Maritime Logs's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Monitoring is free to download; Maritime Logs costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monitoring ships an update every 3 months, Maritime Logs fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Monitoring versus Maritime Logs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonitoringMaritime Logs
PriceFree โ€” better$2.99
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Zealand Computing SolutionsRobert Love

In-app purchases

None

Monitoring

No in-app purchases

None

Maritime Logs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monitoring free?
Monitoring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Maritime Logs free?
Maritime Logs costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monitoring or Maritime Logs have ads?
Neither Monitoring nor Maritime Logs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monitoring or Maritime Logs?
Monitoring ships an update every 3 months, and Maritime Logs fortnightly. Most recently, Monitoring was updated on June 11, 2026 and Maritime Logs on September 13, 2026.

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