ShipCSX vs NFI App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShipCSX
Access real-time rail shipment status updates and manage freight movements from your iPhone. This app allows CSX customers to trace shipments by equipment, location, or train, and submit switch requests. Trucking companies can also manage freight drop-offs and pick-ups at terminals.
- Real-time shipment status updates
- Trace by equipment, location, or train
- Inventory Management Switch Request
- XGate for freight terminal management
- Anywhere/anytime access
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Please note: Only CSX customers with valid login credentials for ShipCSX will have access to the features on the ShipCSX mobile application. The ShipCSX mobile application provides customers anywhere/anytime access to updates on the status of their rail shipments from an iPhone. Customers can retrieve up-to-date information about their shipments using Trace by equipment, Trace by location, and Train Trace, or send information to CSX using the Inventory Management Switch Request features. ShipCSX mobile allows trucking company customers to enter information about freight to be dropped and picked up at the CSX terminals through the XGate part of the application, providing a more efficient experience at the terminals. ShipCSX Mobile is designed with our supply-chain and logistics conscious business customers in mind. For security reasons, only authenticated CSX customers can access shipment information through the application. If you need to set up a new secure login ID or reset your password, contact the ShipCSX team.
NFI App
Access certification details, expiration dates, and CEU totals. Receive timely notifications for upcoming expirations. Includes tools for job site measurements and a notes section for licenses and to-dos.
- Certification number access
- Expiration date tracking
- CEU totals
- Push notifications
- Job site measurement formulas
- Notes section
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-Access your Certification number, expiration dates and current CEU totals in a convenient photo Identification screen -Receive push notifications from NFI on important certification expiration dates -formulas to help calculate important job site measurements -Notes section to store other important license numbers or job site information and to do's
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NFI App at 2.7 against ShipCSX's 2.0. NFI App also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 18%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). ShipCSX's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months) and ratings volume (77 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
NFI App holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShipCSX has 77 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ShipCSX's written reviews are positive against 33% of NFI App's.
ShipCSX ships an update every 2 months, NFI App every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipCSX | NFI App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (77 ratings) | 2.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSX | John Hoover |
Customer experience
ShipCSX
NFI App
In-app purchases
ShipCSX
No in-app purchases
NFI App
No in-app purchases
