N2KView® Mobile vs ARCO Zeus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
N2KView® Mobile
Monitor and control your vessel's systems remotely. View engine data, tank levels, navigation instruments, and more. Customize your display with a wide range of parameters and control types.
- Vessel systems monitoring
- Remote access
- Engine and genset data
- Tank level monitoring
- Navigation instrument display
- Customizable screens
- 276 parameters to monitor
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Ships Monitoring and Control Software. Whether you are interested in monitoring your vessel’s systems while underway or remotely from your home or office, Maretron’s N2KView® software displays the information you need including engines, gensets, tanks, rudders, navigation instruments, local weather, electrical systems and more. N2KView® requires a connection to an IPG100 running on the vessel to retrieve the data. You can configure the screens any way you want, choosing from 276 parameters to monitor, and 31 different control types to view the data. Screens are built on a PC or Mac. and then downloaded to the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch from the IPG100 after the connection is made.
ARCO Zeus
Configure, control, and monitor your ARCO Smart Regulator. Customize charging profiles and safety limits for optimal system performance. Offers default profiles for quick setup or expert tuning.
- Configure ARCO Smart Regulator
- Monitor system performance
- Customize charging profiles
- Set safety limits
- Choose default battery profiles
- Expert tuning assistance
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Setup, control, and monitor your ARCO Smart Regulator all from one location. Charging profiles and safety limits are fully customizable from the app. You can choose a default profile for your batteries to get started quickly, or work with an installation expert to tune your Smart regulator and squeeze out maximum performance from your system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ARCO Zeus at 33% against N2KView® Mobile's 0%. ARCO Zeus also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). N2KView® Mobile's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
N2KView® Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of N2KView® Mobile's written reviews are positive against 33% of ARCO Zeus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
N2KView® Mobile ships an update every 6 months, ARCO Zeus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | N2KView® Mobile | ARCO Zeus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raymarine UK Limited | Dominic Policicchio |
Customer experience
N2KView® Mobile
ARCO Zeus
In-app purchases
N2KView® Mobile
No in-app purchases
ARCO Zeus
No in-app purchases
