Maritime Master vs Audio Fastlane
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maritime Master
Master maritime navigation and safety with an interactive 3D learning experience. Covers COLREGs, flags, ropework, navigation, meteorology, and more through engaging lessons and quizzes.
- Interactive 3D ropework and knot tying
- COLREGs reference and quizzes
- Flag and phonetic alphabet learning
- Maritime safety procedures
- Navigation tools and techniques
- Meteorology and weather patterns
- Comprehensive maritime exams
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Master the essentials of maritime navigation and safety with Maritime Master, your comprehensive training solution for maritime professionals, enthusiasts, and anyone curious about the world of seafaring. Whether you're studying for your maritime certification, brushing up on your skills, or simply fascinated by ships and the sea, Maritime Master offers an engaging and interactive learning experience. Taking maritime learning to the next level with gamification, learning in a whole new way! Have fun learning in an interactive 3D environment that helps you learn and test your skills. Explore detailed models, animated demonstrations, and challenging quizzes to solidify your knowledge. Key Features: - COLREGs (Collision Regulations): Access the complete text of the COLREGs, organized by section for quick and easy reference. Essential knowledge for safe navigation. - Flags: Learn ICOS flags, semaphore, and their meanings. Master the phonetic alphabet and test your knowledge with the fun and addictive Flagman game (hangman). - Health & Safety: Cover critical topics such as signage at sea, fire extinguishers, personal protective equipment (PPE), and other essential safety procedures. - Ropework: Learn essential knots and equipment in a fully interactive 3D environment. Explore animated knots from any angle and practice tying them virtually. - Navigation: Learn about markers, lights, shapes, radar, sonar, bearings, and other crucial navigation tools and techniques. Test your skills with interactive exercises. - Meteorology: Understand weather patterns at sea. Learn about clouds, the Beaufort scale, and wind barbs in an interactive environment. - Sea Terms & Lingo: Learn all the essential maritime terminology, including parts of the ship, nautical phrases, and common seafaring expressions. - Sounds: Familiarise yourself with important sounds at sea, from foghorns to distress signals. - Comprehensive Exams: Test your knowledge on all topics with our challenging exams. Track your progress and identify areas where you need to focus. Maritime Master is designed to be a valuable resource for: - Maritime students and cadets - Experienced seafarers looking to refresh their knowledge - Boaters and recreational sailors - Anyone interested in learning about the maritime industry Download Maritime Master today and embark on your journey to becoming a maritime master!
Audio Fastlane
This app transforms study materials for maritime and aviation certifications into audiobooks. It offers features like synchronized reading, visual recaps, and exam-style questions to aid learning. Progress tracking and offline downloads enhance the study experience.
- Audiobook learning for certifications
- Synchronized read-along feature
- Visual animated diagram recaps
- Exam-style practice questions
- Personalized study routes
- Offline content downloads
- Progress tracking and goals
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Audio Fastlane turns the reading for your next ticket or certificate into audiobooks, so the studying happens while your hands are busy: on watch, washing down, in the gym, in the car, or on the way to the airfield. There are two sides to the library. Maritime covers yacht, merchant navy, and fishing and workboat tickets. Aviation covers the FAA private pilot certificate. Choose your side when you first open the app and the library follows. Every title is written from the syllabus, the textbooks and the course notes. Where a title has been checked against published accident reports, its page says which reports and when it was last reviewed, so you can see what you are trusting. LISTEN, READ, SEE, TEST - Listen. Plays in the background with lock-screen controls. Skip fifteen seconds either way, change speed from 0.5x to 2x, and pick up exactly where you left off, to the second. - Read along. Pull up from the player and the chapter's text rides up over it, with the word being spoken highlighted. Tap any word to jump the audio there. Press and hold a term to see what it means. Turn the text up large, or let it scroll itself. - Visual recaps. On most titles, each chapter has a strip of short animated diagram cards, one idea per card, for the rules that are easier seen than heard. - Exam-style questions. Questions on each chapter, a random set from any book, a mixed exam across your route, and practice on the questions you keep getting wrong. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU STUDY - Routes and tickets. Home shows one button for each route, in ladder order from entry level to the top ticket. Tell the app what you are working towards and your own route comes first. - Progress. A daily listening goal, a streak, the titles you have finished, and a running total of the hours you have put towards your ticket or certificate. - Downloads on tap, a chapter or a whole book, for listening with no signal. Nothing downloads on its own. - Sleep timer: 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or the end of the chapter. - Car mode: one tap from the player for large controls you can use at a glance. - Bookmarks, and a share link for any chapter. - Reminders, if you want them. Notifications are off until you say yes, and you can switch them off in Settings. - Report a bug from inside the app. FIVE TITLES FREE, FOR GOOD No subscription and no account: COLREGs Explained, COLREGs Word for Word, Yachtmaster Offshore, The Casualties That Wrote the Rules of the Sea, and Private Pilot: The Accidents That Wrote the Rules of the Sky. ALL ACCESS All Access unlocks every title in the library, new ones included, with their read-along, recaps and questions. It comes in 1-month, 3-month and 12-month plans. Customers who are eligible for the introductory offer start with a 3-day free trial; the app tells you before you buy whether you are eligible. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. YOUR ACCOUNT The free titles need no account. An account keeps your place in step across your devices, and you can delete it yourself in Settings at any time. COMING FROM THE OLD APP Your subscription comes with you: open the app and tap Restore, or sign in. Listening positions, bookmarks and downloads start again on this version. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION All Access is an auto-renewing subscription, sold in 1-month, 3-month and 12-month lengths. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Where a free trial is offered, any unused part of it is forfeited if you buy a subscription before it ends. Privacy Policy: https://audiofastlane.com/policies/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://audiofastlane.com/policies/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Audio Fastlane at 100% against Maritime Master's 0%. Maritime Master's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price and update cadence 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. Audio Fastlane sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Maritime Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maritime Master ships an update every 10 days, Audio Fastlane fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maritime Master | Audio Fastlane |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.3 GB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MARITIME MASTER LIMITED | Henry Peace |
Customer experience
Maritime Master
Audio Fastlane
In-app purchases
Maritime Master
No in-app purchases
Audio Fastlane
- All Access – 1 Month3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- All Access – 3 Months3 Days trial$59.993 Months
- All Access – 6 Months3 Days trial$99.996 Months
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- All Access – 12 Months3 Days trial$149.991 Year
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