Comparison

SeaVectors vs shipETA

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

Head to head
About

SeaVectors

This app provides professional marine navigation with official ENC charts and real-time weather data. It offers advanced instrument displays, alerts for restricted areas and fishing closures, and route planning capabilities for safe and informed voyages.

Highlights
  • ECDIS-grade ENC charts
  • Real-time marine conditions
  • Customizable instrument panel
  • Restricted area and fishing closure alerts
  • Advanced weather overlays
  • Official tide data
  • Route planning and simulation
  • Offline chart caching
Features
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Official ENC charts. Seabed relief. Marine weather and currents. Your boat’s instruments. One app. SeaVectors brings together official charts, regional current models, marine forecasts, tide predictions, AIS collision awareness and your boat’s NMEA data. Explore full NOAA chart coverage for the United States and high-definition vector charts for the Canada West Coast. Try everything free for 30 days. PROFESSIONAL ENC CHARTS Charts use official S-57 data and S-52 symbology, with day/night palettes and a boat-specific safety contour. Tap objects to read their official attributes. Choose nautical, night, satellite or relief styles and control individual layers. SEE THE SEABED Shaded bathymetry reveals ledges, channels and drop-offs. Coverage includes British Columbia, the US West Coast, Puget Sound, Florida and the US East Coast, with detail down to 1 metre in selected areas. EXPLORE AND SAVE The crosshair identifies charted wrecks, rocks, obstructions, bridge clearances, lights, buoys, depths and bottom types. Charts cache as you browse. Download charts and relief for selected areas before departure, and manage saved data in Storage Management. CONNECT TO YOUR BOAT Connect over Wi-Fi to your NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 network for live speed, depth, wind, heading, position, RPM, fuel and more. Monitor multiple engines, tanks and batteries, and build your own instrument dashboard. AIS COLLISION AWARENESS See nearby vessels with closest point of approach (CPA) and time to CPA (TCPA). Custom thresholds, colour-coded risk and escalating alarms help identify developing collision risks. TIDES AND REGIONAL CURRENTS View CHS and NOAA station predictions for tide heights, highs and lows, current speed and direction, flood, ebb and slack. Animated currents use Canadian ECCC CIOPS models and NOAA regional models covering the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes, plus broader RTOFS East coverage. Nearby station predictions refine local currents where applicable, with Open-Meteo as a fallback. Smooth particles, speed-based colours and legends make flow easier to follow. WEATHER ON ONE TIMELINE Compare wind, gusts, waves, tides and currents in a redesigned panel with coloured curves and animated map overlays. Sources include NOAA NWS, Environment and Climate Change Canada, GEM, NOAA GFS, ECMWF IFS, ECMWF AIFS and Météo-France. Auto and Open-Meteo Best Match simplify selection. Open-Meteo marine forecasts and NOAA GFS-Wave add marine coverage. Open at NOW, keep the selected hour when switching tabs, and return to current conditions with one tap. Save available forecasts for offline access. Coverage and forecast length vary by location, source and time. PLAN AND RECORD Create routes with distance, ETA and fuel estimates, and preview them with simulation. Record and replay tracks. Save markers with notes, photos or video. Receive alerts for charted Restricted Areas and supported DFO fishing closures. YOUR UNITS, YOUR LANGUAGE Choose feet or metres, °F or °C, and knots, mph or km/h. Available in English and Simplified Chinese. SeaVectors aids navigation. It does not replace official paper charts, a proper lookout or prudent seamanship. Always cross-check. SUBSCRIPTION Includes a 30-day free trial. A subscription is required afterward for continued full access. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service https://seavectorsapp.com/terms/ Privacy Policy https://seavectorsapp.com/privacy/

About

shipETA

Features
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shipETA is an offline voyage planning aid for ship officers. Calculate Speed Required, Best ETA, Latest ETD, and bunker estimates with Zone Description (ZD) wall-clock times, built for pilot-station to pilot-station sea passages. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Speed Required: sail time, required dock ETA, pilotage, and distance to required open-water SOG • Best ETA: sail and SOG to pilot-station arrival and dock ETA • Latest ETD: required dock ETA and SOG to latest sail and departure • Fuel: cube-law estimate from two speed / MT-day references, with optional burn band • Routes: save and reopen passages on device • Vessels: performance profiles (SOG and cube-law refs) you can link to a route • Whale zone: SOG cap for ETA/ETD; segmented WZ distances for Speed Required • Share: export a PDF or copy a text summary via the system share sheet BUILT FOR THE BRIDGE • Works fully offline. No account, no cloud sync • ZD as a signed UTC offset (including half hours) • Clear timeline: sail, pilot out, sea passage, pilot in, dock • Local storage only for routes and vessel profiles IMPORTANT shipETA is a planning aid. Results are estimates from the values you enter and are not a substitute for official navigation systems, company procedures, or the Master’s judgment. Always cross-check before use. Support: dahiri.farid@gmail.com Privacy: https://seawork.org/#privacy Website: https://seawork.org/

Screenshots

SeaVectors4 screens
shipETA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: shipETA at none against SeaVectors's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. SeaVectors sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. shipETA asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
SeaVectors versus shipETA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeaVectorsshipETA
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMALL TECHNOLOGIES INC.Farid Dahiri

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SeaVectors

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
None

shipETA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SeaVectors free?
SeaVectors is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is shipETA free?
shipETA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SeaVectors or shipETA have ads?
Neither SeaVectors nor shipETA shows ads.

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