McDistance vs AXSMarine
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
AXSMarine
This mobile tool provides real-time maritime market awareness by tracking monitored fleets and accessing extensive vessel and bunker databases. It allows users to monitor vessel activity, view technical details, and access global bunkering information and prices on the go.
- Real-time fleet monitoring
- Vessel and bunker databases
- Live AIS feed
- Search commercial fleet
- Bunker price monitoring
- Historical data comparison
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The AXSMarine app is the mobile companion of the company's full all-in-one tool suite. It allows you to keep an eye on your monitored fleet while you're on the move, anytime, at any place. With this mobile app, you still have access to AXSMarine's entire vessel and bunkers databases in a more compact package. Take advantage of the live AIS feed combined with proprietary datasets to maintain constant awareness of the maritime market. With the AXSMarine mobile app, you can: • Keep a constant track of any/all vessels on the market at any moment. • Set a number of favourite vessels for quick access. • Get the most essential AIS signal data displayed on your mobile device. • Search through and explore the entire active commercial fleet. • View and copy vessel technical details, trading history, positions, and commercial data. • Access all bunkering locations worldwide. • Monitor the latest bunker prices for multiple fuel types. • Get quick access to your favourite bunkering locations. • View and compare historical data for more context on market fluctuations. • Customize the visuals displayed on your screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: McDistance at 5.0 against AXSMarine's 4.5. AXSMarine's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 70%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
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 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of McDistance's written reviews are positive against 100% of AXSMarine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McDistance | AXSMarine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MarineCircle Info Tech Co. Ltd. | AXSMarine S.A.S. |
Customer experience
McDistance
AXSMarine
In-app purchases
McDistance
No in-app purchases
AXSMarine
No in-app purchases
