ShipCSX vs Blume Connect
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.
Blume Connect
This app connects supply chain partners to book cargo capacity and track shipments globally. Receive real-time logistics updates and push alerts for at-risk orders, ensuring you're always informed about shipment status.
- Book cargo capacity
- Track orders and shipments
- Real-time logistics visibility
- Shipment exception alerts
- Request ocean bookings
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Blume Connect is the supply chain app for shippers that brings your partners together to book cargo capacity and track orders, items and freight shipments worldwide. Optional shipment exception push alerts will track and trace freight, notifying you if an important order is at risk of being late or early. Download the app to receive real-time logistics visibility updates from your trading partners for all orders and shipments. Blume Connect allows you to: 1. Be the first to know when an order is later or early 2. Track orders and shipments on your mobile device 3. View all active Orders, Bookings and Shipments on your mobile device 4. Receive push alerts for at-risk shipments 5. Request new ocean bookings and repeat old bookings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blume Connect at 5.0 against ShipCSX's 2.0. Blume Connect also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). ShipCSX's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 1). 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.
Blume Connect 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipCSX | Blume Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSX | Rez 1, Inc |
Customer experience
ShipCSX
Blume Connect
In-app purchases
ShipCSX
No in-app purchases
Blume Connect
No in-app purchases
