Comparison

Ships Lights vs IPA dMSC

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

Head to head
About

Ships Lights

Learn and review maritime navigation rules for ships' lights, fog signals, and shapes. This app uses effective learning methods to teach both new and experienced sailors, with levels of increasing challenge and a searchable index.

Highlights
  • Ships' lights, fog signals, and shapes education
  • Refresher for experienced sailors
  • Learning tool for new sailors
  • Searchable index of vessel types
  • Four levels of increasing challenge
  • Effective learning methods
Features
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Navigame Ships is an entertaining and educational game on ships' lights, fog signals and shapes - both as a refresher for experienced sailors as well as teaching new sailors. Navigame Ships is also available in Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish. Navigame Ships also includes an index list, in which you can search for a ship’s lights and find the specific kind of vessel, fog signals and shapes. With this app you can - in the most effective and fun way - learn or brush up on ships' lights, fog signals and shapes. Navigame Ships is constructed according to the most effective learning methods, and the app is used for all maritime educations - both for commercial mariners and recreational boaters. In Navigame Ships the different kinds of vessels are split into four levels with increasing challenge.To pass a level and gain access to the next level you have to answer at least 24 out of 30 questions correctly. To pass the final test you have to answer at least 54 out of 60 questions correctly. Navigame Ships is produced by Weilbach A/S, Denmark.

About

IPA dMSC

Features
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The official digital membership card of the IPA (Austria, Norway, and Denmark). This app enables members of the IPA Sections Austria, Norway, and Denmark to digitally display their membership card and verify other members' membership status.

Screenshots

Ships Lights4 screens
IPA dMSC2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: IPA dMSC at Free against Ships Lights's $3.99. IPA dMSC also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 17 months). Ships Lights's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

IPA dMSC is free to download; Ships Lights costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ships Lights ships an update every 17 months, IPA dMSC every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ships Lights versus IPA dMSC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShips LightsIPA dMSC
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIver C. Weilbach & Co. A/SInternational Police Association (IPA), Österreichische Sektion

In-app purchases

None

Ships Lights

No in-app purchases

None

IPA dMSC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ships Lights free?
Ships Lights costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is IPA dMSC free?
IPA dMSC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ships Lights or IPA dMSC have ads?
Neither Ships Lights nor IPA dMSC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ships Lights or IPA dMSC?
Ships Lights ships an update every 17 months, and IPA dMSC every 5 weeks. Most recently, Ships Lights was updated on October 27, 2026 and IPA dMSC on August 29, 2026.

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