Ranking updated
Best vessel inspection apps in 2026
To prepare for PSC, SIRE 2.0, CDI, ISM or ISPS inspections with an AI assistant that searches your own manuals and procedures, MIA - Maritime AI Inspector. For audits that sync into Cloud Fleet Manager, CFM Inspection Report. To work through inspection items fully offline, UniSea Inspections. For signed PDF reports plus maintenance and work orders in one app, Marine Vessel Inspection. Full breakdown below.
How we picked: on board, an inspection app has to help before the inspector arrives and while you record findings, often without a good connection. We read each developer’s own App Store description for which inspection frameworks it supports, how findings are captured, whether it works offline and how reports reach the office.
An AI assistant for PSC and SIRE 2.0 preparation
MIA - Maritime AI Inspector is built for masters, chief engineers, deck and engine officers, superintendents and vetting preparation teams. It answers questions about inspections, compliance requirements and operational procedures, and gives structured workflows and resources for PSC, SIRE 2.0, CDI, ISM, ISPS, USCG and other frameworks. You upload vessel documents, procedures and manuals, and its AI search retrieves answers from them, so you spend less time hunting through binders; it also generates structured notes and inspection records. MIA states that it is independent decision support, not affiliated with any maritime administration, and points to official sources such as the IMO and USCG for verification.
Record findings and build the report
CFM Inspection Report from Hanseaticsoft puts the audit on your phone: add photos, videos, comments or voice notes while you inspect, mark important areas on a picture, and sync with Cloud Fleet Manager in one step so colleagues can start analysing while you move to the next audit; standardised surveys or ad-hoc audits are both supported. UniSea Inspections lets you go through inspection items, answer questions, comment and annotate photos while offline, then generate full reports in the UniSea web app.
Inspections together with maintenance
Marine Vessel Inspection from JRS Innovation generates signed PDF inspection reports with pictures, videos and voice notes, and in the same app manages maintenance, incident reporting and work order tracking in the cloud, so crew on board and shore staff share the same records. If your work also includes documents and reports on land, see document scanner apps.
| App | Best for | Findings | Where reports go |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIA - Maritime AI InspectorCensuusApp Store | inspection preparation with AI | structured notes and inspection records | your MIA account |
| CFM Inspection ReportApp Store | audits in Cloud Fleet Manager | photos with markup, videos, comments, voice notes | synced to Cloud Fleet Manager |
| UniSea InspectionsApp Store | offline inspection checklists | answers, comments, annotated photos | reports built in the UniSea web app |
| Marine Vessel InspectionApp Store | reports plus maintenance | photos, videos, voice notes | signed PDF reports, cloud work orders |
Frequently asked questions
Is there an app to prepare for a PSC or SIRE 2.0 inspection?
MIA - Maritime AI Inspector gives structured workflows and resources for PSC, SIRE 2.0, CDI, ISM, ISPS and USCG inspections and answers questions from your own vessel documents.
Which ship inspection app works offline?
UniSea Inspections lets you go through inspection items, comment and annotate photos while offline, and builds the report in its web app afterwards.
Which app creates a signed vessel inspection report?
Marine Vessel Inspection generates signed PDF reports with pictures, videos and voice notes, and CFM Inspection Report syncs audits with photos and voice notes to Cloud Fleet Manager.