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Marine Survey app alternative: from form filling to findings by voice

The Marine Survey app by World Class Apps fills a template on iPhone or iPad for $5.49 a month. Axsail writes each finding from your voice on iPhone or Android, places your photos and asks for missing readings.

Marine Survey is an iPhone and iPad app by World Class Apps for creating survey reports on the go. The developer builds your report template for you, and you fill in its fields, options and repeating items on the boat, add photos, and send the report as Word or PDF. It's a free download with unlimited reports for $5.49 a month.

If you're looking at the Marine Survey app, you want your report template on your phone. Axsail goes one step further: you don't fill in the form at all. You talk through the boat, and each finding is written for you.

Marine Survey app and Axsail, side by side

MARINE SURVEY APPAXSAIL
How findings go inFill in the fields, options and lists of your templateYou talk through the boat. Each finding is written for you as you speak
Setting upThe developer builds your template for youReady on the first survey, with the report structure surveyors use. Add your logo and signature
Missing readingsNot listed among its featuresAsked on your phone while you're on board
PhotosAdded to the report, with Apple Markup for drawing on themPlaced on the finding they show, from what you said when you took them
RecommendationsWhatever fields your template hasEach finding gets a recommendation and an A, B or C priority, collected into the summary of recommendations
PhoneiPhone and iPadiPhone or Android. Review on any computer, Mac or Windows
Price$5.49 a month, unlimited reportsPer report. 1 credit (€9.97 to €14.75) for an insurance, C&V or damage report up to 40 ft. 4 free credits to start
Free to try2-week trial4 free credits for 6 months, no card

Why surveyors choose Axsail

No form to fill

A template on a phone still means tapping through fields and typing each observation. On Axsail you say what you see, the way you would into a voice recorder. "Starboard aft lower shroud chainplate, rust staining where it passes through the deck, remove and inspect." The finding appears with its system, location, recommendation and a suggested priority.

Ready from the first survey

There's no template to commission. Axsail's report already follows the structure buyers, insurers and lenders expect: particulars, scope, summary of recommendations, findings by system, measurements, overall condition, valuation and your certification. See the sections laid out in our pre-purchase survey report template.

Gaps caught on board

Axsail checks each finding for what the checklist item needs, such as a voltage, hours or a service date, and asks on your phone while you're still standing at it.

iPhone or Android, finished on any computer

Record on the phone you already carry, iPhone or Android, and review and finalise the report in a browser on any computer.

Try it on your next survey

New accounts get 4 free credits for 6 months, no card needed. Start free.

Frequently asked

How much does the Marine Survey app cost?

Its App Store listing shows a free download with an "Unlimited Reports (Monthly)" subscription at $5.49 and a free 2-week trial. The developer builds each user's template. Axsail charges per finalised report, from €9.97 per credit, with 4 free credits that last 6 months.

Why pay per report when a form app costs a few dollars a month?

A form app holds your report's structure. You still write every observation and recommendation into it. Axsail writes them from what you say on board, places your photos and asks for what's missing, so the hours you'd spend typing go back to surveying.

Do I need a template set up before using Axsail?

No. Axsail's report follows the structure surveyors use, with particulars, scope, summary of recommendations, findings by system, readings, overall condition, valuation and your certification. Add your logo and signature and you're ready.

Can I try Axsail on a real survey?

Yes. New accounts get 4 free credits for 6 months, with no card. Record your next survey on Axsail and compare the draft with your usual report.

Your full survey report, minutes after the walk-round

Dictate as you inspect. Axsail builds the findings and the report for your signature

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