Comparison

Softway vs NK

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

Head to head
About

Softway

Access and manage your company's emails, inter-office messages, and contacts on your mobile device. Send, receive, search, and store important communications offline, with features like attachment saving and an autocomplete function.

Highlights
  • Send and receive company emails
  • Access inter-office messages
  • Offline email storage
  • Company address book access
  • Message search functionality
  • Save and print attachments
Features
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-Full access company mail on the move (send, receive) Ability to send and receive all your company's email in your iPhone or iPad and choose outgoing line (mail) like you do in your office! -Access inter-office messages Access to your inter office messages and be informed any time! -Store important mails for later use offline -Reading a message in your mobile and it appears as read in the system (Communicator) Start your daily work from your iPhone or iPad and log in as communicator user. -Company's address book on your mobile Ability to access company's address book in order to send messages -Search Messages option (Incoming - Outgoing - All messages) Powerful search engine for all messages while you are on the move -Ability to Save and Print Attachments -Autocomplete function with recent recipients -Personal Contacts also available -Access company's folders on your iPhone or iPad!

About

NK

Features
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The NK-SHIPS mobile app is a mobile version of NK-SHIPS, which is a free, internet-based information service for the owners and operators of ClassNK registered ships. Users can access useful information to manage their fleet 24 hours a day via smartphones and tablets. Features - Browse ship particulars of your fleet that have been registered with ClassNK. - Easily monitor the status of surveys/audits, due dates, and expiry dates of certificates for these ships in your fleet anytime, anywhere. * Please note that you need to have a valid NK-SHIPS user account to use this app.

Screenshots

Softway3 screens
NK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Softway at every 5 days against NK's every 6 months. NK's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Softway ships an update every 5 days, NK every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Softway versus NK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoftwayNK
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntonios GeorgiadisNIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI GENERAL INCORPORATED FOUNDATION

In-app purchases

None

Softway

No in-app purchases

None

NK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Softway free?
Softway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NK free?
NK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Softway or NK have ads?
Neither Softway nor NK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Softway or NK?
Softway ships an update every 5 days, and NK every 6 months. Most recently, Softway was updated on November 1, 2026 and NK on November 2, 2026.

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