Comparison

Compsy vs Cruise Star

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

Head to head
About

Compsy

This app helps Royal Caribbean Casino Royale players maximize their rewards by tracking points, tier progress, and certificate deadlines. It ensures you never miss out on earned value and provides easy access to booking information.

Highlights
  • Track tier progress in real-time
  • Manage certificate value and deadlines
  • Reminders for point redemption
  • Browse and book sailings
  • Consolidated cruise history
  • Lock screen and live activity updates
Features
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Log your points from any slot machine and Compsy turns them into answers: the tier you've reached, the exact cabins you've earned on real sailings, and the day your certificate expires. YOU LOG THE POINTS. COMPSY DOES THE MATH. Compsy cannot read your balance from the casino — no app can. Check your total on any slot machine or at the host desk, tap it in, and Compsy handles the rest: tier progress, the cabins that total unlocks, and exactly how far you are from the next one. THE MONEY YOU'RE LEAVING BEHIND Every cruise ends the same way for too many players: a certificate worth thousands of dollars sitting in a drawer, a 30-day booking window they forgot was running, and real value they'll never get back. Or the last night of the cruise — exhausted, packed, getting off tomorrow — and a machine balance full of points they never redeemed. These are not small mistakes. NEVER MISS A DEADLINE Your booking window starts the moment you disembark. Compsy tracks your certificate value, booking deadline, and offer code — always visible, never forgotten. Reminders land ten days out, then again at four. NEVER FORFEIT YOUR POINTS Points left on your balance at debarkation are gone. Compsy nudges you the afternoon of your last full day, and again that evening, to redeem them before it's too late. REPLACE THE PDF Each tier's reward flyer is 15+ pages of tiny text you can't search on a phone. Compsy replaces it. Browse every sailing by ship, class, region, cabin type, length, home port, and month. Save the ones you want. Every filter is free. PREVIEW YOUR TIERS BEFORE YOU SAIL Add an upcoming cruise and every tier opens for you to explore — see the cabins each one unlocks on real sailings while you're still packing. Your exact tiers are confirmed once you scan your offer code aboard, but you never have to wait to look. SEE WHAT MORE POINTS ACTUALLY BUY Compsy reads each sailing's own reward chart and tells you the truth for that specific cruise — "+4,500 pts and this sailing becomes a Junior Suite," or "best cabin this sailing offers" when more points would change nothing. Some sailings never improve at any tier. Compsy says so instead of letting you assume otherwise. FIND THE CASINO Deck and location for the casino on 30 ships, stored on your phone. Works with the ship's Wi-Fi off. THE PLAYER'S CHECKLIST Four phases, day one through debarkation: what to do when you board, what to do every night, what to do before your last night, and what to do the morning you leave. KNOW WHEN OFFERS DROP Compsy predicts the date the next chart is published and reminds you that morning, so you are looking the day it lands instead of a week later. ALL YOUR CRUISES IN ONE PLACE Past voyages, active sailings, upcoming trips — one timeline. Certificates, points history, and deadlines at a glance. No account and no login: your data syncs through your own iCloud. LOCK SCREEN & LIVE ACTIVITY Points and tier progress live on your lock screen. During a cruise, the Dynamic Island shows your balance and trip day without opening the app. WHAT'S FREE (NEARLY ALL OF IT) Tracking points, tier progress, browsing and filtering every sailing, certificate deadlines, casino decks, the checklist, and every reminder are free for everyone. Reminders have never been a paid feature and never will be. COMPSY PLUS — an optional yearly subscription Plus raises the 3-saved-sailing limit to unlimited, opens a shared sailing link with the sender's filters already applied, and keeps Compsy independent. That is the entire list. Auto-renews yearly until canceled; manage or cancel in your Apple account settings. Track your points, know what they're worth, and never let a certificate expire in a drawer. Compsy is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Royal Caribbean International, Club Royale, or Casino Royale. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About

Cruise Star

Log your cruise ship experiences and discover new ones. Rate ships, save favorites, and see what friends think without booking details. Explore a catalog of vessels with photos and facts.

Highlights
  • Rate cruise ships with half to five stars
  • Save ships to a bucket list
  • Write and read reviews
  • Follow friends and see their activity
  • Browse a catalog of cruise ships
  • View ship photos and facts
Features
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CruiseStar is a social log for cruise ships. Rate the ships you have sailed, save the ones you want next, and see what your friends thought — without booking pages, prices, or itinerary clutter. BROWSE THE FLEET Search a living catalog of cruise ships, from the biggest new vessels to classic liners. Open any ship for photos, facts, and real ratings from people who have been on board. RATE IN A TAP Give half-star to five-star ratings. Mark ships you have sailed. Heart a ship onto your bucket list. Your log saves instantly and follows you across devices. WRITE REVIEWS Share a short take after a sailing. Read what other cruisers said before you pick your next ship. FOLLOW FRIENDS Find people, add friends, and watch a feed of ratings, reviews, and “been on” marks. Turn on alerts when friends leave a review. BUILT FOR CRUISERS CruiseStar rates ships, not sailings. That means one page for Icon of the Seas, Queen Mary 2, or your favorite river boat — a lasting record you can come back to years later. CruiseStar is free to browse. Create an account when you are ready to save ratings, reviews, and lists.

Screenshots

Compsy3 screens
Cruise Star3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cruise Star at none against Compsy's 1. Cruise Star also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Compsy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Cruise Star asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Compsy against 5.0 for Cruise Star. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compsy ships an update weekly, Cruise Star every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Compsy versus Cruise Star: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompsyCruise Star
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKevin CroyLemon Tree Studio Inc.

Customer experience

Compsy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cruise Star

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Compsy

Subscriptions1
  • Compsy Plus Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Cruise Star

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compsy free?
Compsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cruise Star free?
Cruise Star is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Compsy or Cruise Star?
Compsy and Cruise Star are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Compsy or Cruise Star have ads?
Neither Compsy nor Cruise Star shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compsy or Cruise Star?
Compsy ships an update weekly, and Cruise Star every 3 days. Most recently, Compsy was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cruise Star on October 31, 2026.

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