McDistance vs Signal Ocean Platform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McDistance
Easily calculate accurate distances between over 10,000 ports worldwide. This app provides precise voyage estimations for simple or complex journeys, with visual route mapping and cloud data saving.
- Accurate port distance database (10,000+ ports)
- Visual route on offline/online maps
- Voyage estimation for complex routes
- Cloud data saving and sharing
- Fuel and diesel oil price updates
- Email estimation results
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McDistance is the world's best application for getting ports distance and making your voyage estimation quickly. Using it you would get the accurate distance between any ports, which supports more than 10,000 ports. Moreover, it can help you to make the precise estimation for any simple or complex voyage easily. Features: - Accurate port distance database include more than 10,000 ports - Show the visual route on offline map or online map. - Get the best route by setting Routing Points. - Available for any complex voyage with multi-port loading and multi-port discharging. - Save your voyage estimation data in the cloud. - Share the estimation data with the desktop and web applications. - Get the latest fuel and diesel oil prices. - Send voyage estimation result with email. - Support Chinese and English Language Online customer service: SKYPE/MSN - marinecircle@hotmail.com; QQ - 2325647780 Support Email: support@marinecircle.com
Signal Ocean Platform
This app provides real-time shipping market insights by combining commercial data with AIS. It offers tools for monitoring market movements, calculating voyage profitability, and tracking vessel information on the go.
- Real-time shipping market monitoring
- Vessel arrival time predictions
- Live fixture updates
- Available tonnage lists
- TCE voyage calculations
- Vessel specification search
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The Signal Ocean Platform combines commercial information with AIS to create a real-time view of the Shipping Market. It provides the user a suite of dashboards and tools to precisely monitor the market and make commercial calculations. The Signal Ocean App has: • Distance Tool: Know when a vessel is expected to arrive at a specific port and calculate timings on the go. • Fixtures: Monitor the market live and be notified when vessels go on subs, are fully fixed or failed. Always be up to speed on the latest market movements. • Tonnage List: View available tonnage from the palm of your hand. Make commercial decisions on the go based on accurate and timely market information. • Voyage Calculator: Quickly do TCE calculations for vessels globally. Immediately understand the relative profitability of a specific ship. • Vessels: Search for any vessel and see information on its specifications, commercial voyages, and received data. The Signal Ocean application is free but an active subscription to The Signal Ocean Platform is required for you to access and use this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: McDistance at 70% against Signal Ocean Platform's 0%. McDistance also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and device support (3 vs 1). Signal Ocean Platform's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
McDistance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Signal Ocean Platform has 38 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of McDistance's written reviews are positive against 0% of Signal Ocean Platform's.
McDistance ships an update monthly, Signal Ocean Platform every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McDistance | Signal Ocean Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MarineCircle Info Tech Co. Ltd. | Signal Ocean S.M.P.C. |
Customer experience
McDistance
Signal Ocean Platform
In-app purchases
McDistance
No in-app purchases
Signal Ocean Platform
No in-app purchases
