Simrad System Builder vs CIEC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simrad System Builder
This business tool helps marine electronics dealers quickly and easily create sales quotes for Simrad equipment. It ensures correct parts are included for a working system and generates diagrams with load calculations, saving significant time.
- Generate sales quotes with system diagrams
- Ensure correct parts for working systems
- Create ethernet and NMEA 2000 connection drawings
- Alerts for missing critical parts
- Resource for product information, specs, and pricing
- Dimensioned drawings and images
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A business tool for marine electronics companies engaged in the sale of Simrad equipment. System Builder is only available to users that are registered with Navico. A password is required to use Simrad System Builder. Please contact your Navico sales representative and apply to use this great tool. A software tool to assist the sale of Simrad products as a complete working system. It is a tool for taking the fear out of selling Simrad. • Provides a sales quote, including system diagrams, to the dealer and/or the customer, quickly and easily, saving a sales person hours, if not days. • Assists marine electronics sales staff, who do not always have intimate knowledge of Navico products, to make sure quotes have the correct parts to make a working system. • Basic product knowledge is required. • Provides both an ethernet diagram and a NMEA 2000 connection drawing with load calculations. • Diagrams show alerts if critical parts are missing and warnings to offer extra functionality. • Serves as a great resource of product information. • Provides key features, specifications, pricing, what’s in the box, images, and dimensioned drawings.
CIEC
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CIEC at every 6 days against Simrad System Builder's every 3 months. CIEC also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simrad System Builder ships an update every 3 months, CIEC every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and May 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simrad System Builder | CIEC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Navico Norway AS | Anh Nguyen Duc |
In-app purchases
Simrad System Builder
No in-app purchases
CIEC
No in-app purchases
