ShipCSX vs NS Rating
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.
NS Rating
This app allows users to get shipping rates for Norfolk Southern. It enables rate inquiries, requests for new rates, and viewing past searches. Users can also favorite common searches for quick access.
- Perform rate inquiries
- Request new rates
- View historical rate searches
- Favorite searches
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Get rates for shipments with Norfolk Southern using the NS Rating mobile app. With the NS Rating app, you can: * Perform rate inquiries * Request new rates * View historical rate searches * Favorite searches for easy access to commonly searched rates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NS Rating at 5.0 against ShipCSX's 2.0. NS Rating also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). ShipCSX's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
NS Rating holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShipCSX has 77 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ShipCSX ships an update every 2 months, NS Rating every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipCSX | NS Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSX | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
Customer experience
ShipCSX
NS Rating
In-app purchases
ShipCSX
No in-app purchases
NS Rating
No in-app purchases
