Completely overpriced
$70 a year! Are you kidding me. When it was at $40, that was barley acceptable. I’ve been using for a few years, it’s ok. When I originally purchased the app, it was the best thing on the market, but it’s still not great by any means. You got to work around some of it’s limitations to get the correct information in. The updates have been helpful, but the app is far from perfect. $70 is totally greedy. The app must have been developed by film tools.Radav1234
Developer Response
Thanks for sharing your feedback. I’m sorry to hear that you feel the recent price increase is unacceptable. The price changes in Q1 ‘24 were updated to reflect Crew Call’s new invoicing functionality as it’s no longer just a Time Tracking App for Film Crew but also an Invoicing App for Film Crew. I agree, Crew Call is definitely not perfect but I work hard to make it customizable to maximize its compatibility for Overtime Calculations all over the world. To my knowledge there is nothing else that offers the flexibility that Crew Call offers. If something isn’t working for you please reach out via the Contact Us Form in the app and I will endeavor to build what is required to make it work for you. I’d love to hear more about the limitations you are working around so that I can make it even more useful going forward. Also, definitely not developed by Film Tools. Crew Call has been built from the ground up by me, Bradley Andrew, an Indie iOS Developer and VTR Operator from Melbourne, Australia. Made by Film Crew, for Film Crew.Crew Call review
I like the app, it does exactly what I need, and if in the future I am in a position to use the other features then I will.
I should mention that in my experience utilizing the slider bar for the time scale component can be difficult, very small adjustments using your finger have to be made to choose the exact time you need.alabasterfinley
Developer Response
Thank you very much for the review, I’m glad to hear you are enjoying Crew Call! I understand the difficulties you describe when using the time slider, the good news is they were fixed in Version 1.5. Now you can tap to the left or right of the circle when using the slider for fine adjustments. This allows you to jog the time selection by one increment, either 6 Mins or 15 Mins. For a detailed overview of the new slider please check out the Learn Section in the app. Under ‘Quick Tips’ there is a short video titled ‘Time Slider’ which will tell you everything you need to know. Thanks!Doesn’t make easy what needs to be made easy
Day rate / 12hr guaranteed
is what is most common in the film industry. You get a number for that day rate, let’s say 400 for the day. The first 8hrs of your day is straight pay at 1x hourly rate, but the remaining 4hrs (too add up to 12) are at a 1.5x hourly rate, calculating up to that 400 total. OT beyond that is then at 2x hourly rate, but this app asks for an 8hr rate (or something, it’s not clear and it’s not changeable, it’s just grayed out)
What just about everyone needs help with is figuring out what your straight time hourly rate is to make sense of what makes that 400 even at a 12 hr day is in the first place (any time shy of 12 still = 12 hrs in the industry) this is needed so that you can figure out how much they owe ya beyond the 12 hrs that you had worked. This app either does not do that, or is designed so poorly that it’s not clear how to do that.... can’t we just put a day rate for a 12 in a slot and have it do the math? Is there any app out there that does this anymore? There was a good one years ago called wrap time, but it’s gone now and this app has earned 1 star from me for getting my hopes up and letting me down.Kopextacy
Developer Response
Hi Kopextacy. I’m sorry to hear about your troubles with Crew Call. The feature that you describe is actually on my to do list and will be pushed out in the next update. What you are describing is negotiating a 12 Hour Rate with Production but using an 8 Hour Rate as your base. The 12 Hour Rate is then made up from 8 Hours at 1.0x (Base Rate) and 4 Hours at 1.5x. It is essential to use an 8 Hour Rate as your base so you have correct calculations for 1.0x and 1.5x. The new update will have a Rate Assist Tool that lets you put in your 12 Hour Rate and it will calculate your 1.0x and 1.5x based on the current Overtime Calculation, thus correctly setting your base 8 Hour Rate. I recently workshopped this with another US Crew Member and we implemented a new Minimum Work Day Option so you can have your Min 12 Hour Day calculated at the correct penalties. If there is something that doesn’t work for you, all you need to do is ask and we’ll make it a reality. The best way to contact us is via the form in-app or by email. I trust in time we’ll be able to turn this 1 Star Review into a 5 Star Review. Thank you for sharing your feedback!
Crew Call
Time Tracking for Film Crew
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Version History of Crew Call
2.3.4
August 18, 2024
Hello Film Crew, This release contains a number of bug fixes and improvements: • Invoice Line Items that are categorised as an Expense will now sort properly and show after Labour, Equipment and Mileage. • Night Loading Times will now have a capitalised ‘AM’ and ‘PM’ to match Labour when converting a Job to an Invoice. • When the Night Loading for a Job is set to ‘None’ it will no longer incorrectly highlight when logging a Work Day. • Removed the Done Toolbar from the Post Code Field in Billing Details. • Fixed an issue that would prevent new crew members from finishing the onboarding process if running iOS 18. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.3.3
July 30, 2024
Hello Film Crew, This release contains a number of improvements: • Added ‘Drone’ and ‘Motion Control’ to the list of departments. • Invoice PDFs will now show the ‘Discounted Subtotal’ when a discount is applied. • When editing Billing Details the Post Code Field will now use a normal keyboard instead of a numeric keypad. • Improved communication between Crew Call and Crew Call Home Screen Widgets. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.3.2
June 29, 2024
Hello Film Crew, This release adds new features based on your requests and suggestions: • Introducing Invoice Summaries! The Home Screen has been updated to support Invoices. Browse Net Income, Gross Income and Tax Collected for a given Week, Month, Quarter or Year. Easily check if all invoices have been paid. The Invoice List allows you to see which invoices belong to a given Time Period. • Introducing Invoice Reports! Generate a report based on your Invoices as a PDF or CSV. Useful if you need to export a record of your income for a given Financial Quarter or Financial Year. Accessed via Home → Invoices → Document Icon in Top Right. • Customise the Home Screen! Change the order of the Time, Income, Invoice, Calendar, Driving Estimate and Industry Stats Sections. Some sections can be hidden if you don’t wish to see them on the Home Screen. • Line Items can now be categorised as ‘Expenses’. Previously the categories were ‘Labour’, ‘Equipment’ and ‘Mileage’ only. • Updated the Invoice Creation Workflow so that Template B can be used independently. Some Crew Members use Template A for Labour and Template B for Equipment, this allows you to create a single invoice for Jobs where you charge for Equipment Only via Invoice Template B. • Updated Superannuation Calculations for the 24/25 Financial Year which increases super paid by employers from 11% to 11.5% in Australia. • Updated the Calendar to use Multicoloured Circles when two different jobs fall on the same day. This makes it easier to identify 2nd Holds or 3rd Holds when using Crew Call to manage your work schedule. • Fixed an issue where the Time Slider would not update correctly for one tap after using the Previous/Next Button to navigate to a different Work Day. • Fixed an issue where the Calendar View could crash if you deleted a Work Day from the Jobs Tab. • Fixed an issue where Invoice Logos would not be restored from a Crew Call Backup if you had not accessed Invoice Logos previously. • Fixed an issue where Notes could be changed for a Locked Work Day when changing between Work Days with Notes selected. • Fixed an issue where ‘Accessibility -> Bold Text’ would impact the Font Weight of PDFs generated in Crew Call. • Fixed an issue where the Crew Rate Card would draw a white image in PDF Reports when using Dark Mode. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.3.1
March 10, 2024
Hello Film Crew, This release contains bug fixes and improvements: • Calendar Sync will now stay connected to the System Calendar when using iOS 17. This fixes an issue where Calendar Events would not update if Crew Call had been open for a while. • The Date Picker when Adding Work Days or Modifying Work Days is now a calendar instead of the older style wheels. • Invoice Numbers can be typed in when setting up the ‘Next Invoice Number’. • Fixed issue where ‘.heif’ file formats could not be used as as Invoice Logos. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.3.0
February 11, 2024
Hello Film Crew, This release is a massive update that brings invoicing to Crew Call. I’m very excited to share these highly requested features with you: • Invoice Generation. Convert Jobs to Invoices in Seconds. • Invoice Editing. Add, Edit or Reorder Line Items. Change Invoice Date, Due Date, Discounts, Tax and Notes. • Invoice Export. Output your Invoice as a PDF to easily send to Production Companies. • Invoice Design. Add a Logo and set a Colour Theme to Personalise Your Invoice. • Invoice Organisation. Invoices are automatically sorted as Draft, Awaiting Payment or Paid. Invoices can be marked as Sent or Paid and this will sync with the corresponding job. Sent Invoices will be locked to prevent changes after the fact, this can be tweaked via Invoice Settings. • Invoice Templates. Customise the contents of an Invoice when converting from a Job. Specify title, tax, payment terms and if the Invoice is made up from Labour, Equipment or Mileage. Two templates can be used in tandem to create a Labour Only Invoice without tax and an Equipment/Mileage Invoice with tax. • Invoice Notes. System Generated Notes are pre-filled based on the Job Details. Superannuation/Pension Details can be added to notes based on the Super/Pension Calculation for the Job. Default Notes can be applied to each invoice. • Updated Production Companies. Production Companies now persist between jobs with the option to add Billing Details, an Email Address, Contact Number, Website or Tax Details. Use Production Companies as Clients when Invoicing. Easily see how much a Production Company owes you or how much they have paid you over time. • Updated Crew Call Backups to store Invoice Logos. • Fixed issue where Importing an Equipment List or a Crew Call Backup could fail when on certain screens. • Fixed issue where the incorrect Name Card could show when using Single User Mode. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.2.5
December 10, 2023
Hello Film Crew, This release contains bug fixes and improvements: • Calendar Sync has been updated to work for iOS 17. This fixes an issue where Calendar Events would not update or become out of sync with Crew Call. To ensure Calendar Sync is working correctly please check System Settings → Crew Call → Calendars. Please ensure 'Full Access' is selected if you are running iOS 17. • Fixes issue where Widgets would display incorrectly on iOS 17. • Various Bug Fixes. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.2.4
December 9, 2023
Hello Film Crew, This release adds new features based on your requests and suggestions: • Calendar Sync has been updated to work for iOS 17. This fixes an issue where Calendar Events would not update or become out of sync with Crew Call. To ensure Calendar Sync is working correctly please check System Settings → Crew Call → Calendars. Please ensure 'Full Access' is selected if you are running iOS 17. • Various Bug Fixes. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.2.3
June 29, 2023
Hello Film Crew, This release adds new features based on your requests and suggestions: • If a Work Day is today, both the Job and Work Day will be highlighted when browsing the Job List or Work Day List. This helps to easily identify the current job or the current day within a longer running job. This option can be disabled via Settings. • When you tap Job Sent or Job Paid from the Edit Job Screen the Date Picker will now show automatically. • Updated the Superannuation Options to include ‘Australia 2023’ which has been updated from 10.5% to 11% for the new financial year. For Australian Crew this new setting will be applied automatically for future jobs and for scheduled jobs that fall in the 23/24 Financial Year. • Fixed an issue where a Blank Settings Picker could show when tapping on a toggle based setting on the Settings Screen. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.2.2
May 18, 2023
Hello Film Crew, This release adds new features based on your requests and suggestions: • Introducing Calendar Sync! Logged work days will sync to your iOS Calendar. Any changes made in Crew Call will be automatically reflected in calendar events. Perfect if you share an iCloud Calendar with someone and wish to keep them informed of your work schedule. Enabled via Home → Calendar → Calendar Icon in Top Right. • Introducing Driving Logbook! Generate a logbook based on your Driving Estimates as a PDF or CSV. Useful if you need to export a record of your work mileage for tax purposes. Accessed via Home → Driving Estimate → Document Icon in Top Right. • Calculation Fix: 1st Meal Penalties will now trigger correctly for Delayed Meal Breaks when logging a Night Shoot. • Calculation Fix: Night Loadings that use midnight as a start/end will now calculate correctly when they trigger at both the start and end of a Work Day. • Calculation Fix: Night Loadings that use ‘Continues Until Wrap’ will now calculate correctly. • Calculation Fix: Work Days that are Night Shoots or have applicable Night Loadings will be automatically recalculated the first time you launch Crew Call after this update. • Bug Fix: Fixed issue where Calendar Sync would assign the incorrect Start Time and End Time in certain Time Zones. • Bug Fix: Calendar Events created by Calendar Sync will no longer have a '-' in the 2nd Line of an address when the logged location is a City or a Suburb. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
More2.2.1
May 16, 2023
Hello Film Crew, This release adds new features based on your requests and suggestions: • Introducing Calendar Sync! Logged work days will sync to your iOS Calendar. Any changes made in Crew Call will be automatically reflected in calendar events. Perfect if you share an iCloud Calendar with someone and wish to keep them informed of your work schedule. Enabled via Home → Calendar → Calendar Icon in Top Right. • Introducing Driving Logbook! Generate a logbook based on your Driving Estimates as a PDF or CSV. Useful if you need to export a record of your work mileage for tax purposes. Accessed via Home → Driving Estimate → Document Icon in Top Right. • Calculation Fix: 1st Meal Penalties will now trigger correctly for Delayed Meal Breaks when logging a Night Shoot. • Calculation Fix: Night Loadings that use midnight as a start/end will now calculate correctly when they trigger at both the start and end of a Work Day. • Calculation Fix: Night Loadings that use ‘Continues Until Wrap’ will now calculate correctly. • Calculation Fix: Work Days that are Night Shoots or have applicable Night Loadings will be automatically recalculated the first time you launch Crew Call after this update. • Bug Fix: The app should no longer crash when changing the Selected Calendar for Calendar Sync. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support! Kind Regards Brad
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Description of Crew Call
Manage your time on-set with Crew Call, the only time tracking and invoicing app purpose-built for freelance film crew.
Track pre, shoot and post days for multiple jobs. Keep tabs on equipment used. Generate weekly timesheets or custom reports. Review your hours and income by week, month, quarter or year. Record call and wrap times for a whole department with Multi User Mode.
Crew Call has been created from the ground up by Bradley Andrew, a freelance VTR Operator / DIT from Melbourne, Australia. Made by Film Crew for Film Crew!
FEATURE OVERVIEW
WORK DAYS - Add work days one by one or set up your week in advance by adding multiple pre, shoot and post days with a single tap. Log call times, wrap times, travel times and meal breaks. Record equipment used on a day-to-day basis. Quickly note camera wrap and drive away times.
JOBS - Create jobs of any length, from two day TVCs to six month Feature Films. Set up jobs as you see fit, customise night loadings, minimum day length and pension contributions. Add work days to jobs for a running tally of hours worked and income earned.
TIMESHEETS - Weekly Timesheets can be generated for single crew members or a whole department. Crew Call’s timesheets are modelled on real-life templates provided by the accounts department to ensure they fit in seamlessly with your production.
REPORTS - Generate PDF/CSV Reports for an entire job or for individual work days. This is a great way to share a complete breakdown of each day’s labour, equipment and notes. Reports can be customised depending on their purpose.
OVERVIEWS - Browse through weeks, months, quarters or years to get a better understanding of your work life. Custom timelines and charts give you a visual overview of hours worked, labour income and equipment earnings.
MULTI USER SUPPORT - This allows one crew member to record call, wrap and travel times for an entire department. Essential for long form jobs where time keeping is usually allocated to one person. Easily share PDF Reports or Timesheets with the production office or other crew members.
INCOME CALCULATION - Crew Call will automatically estimate your earnings based on work hours. Film sets all over the world calculate their overtime differently so we let you create your own overtime calculations. What is your daily base rate? How many hours of double time do you work until triple time kicks in? 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x and 3.0x are supported. Set default overtime rates or apply them to individual jobs.
HALF DAYS, FLAT RATE & DAILY BUMP - Set Half Days based on a percentage of your base rate. Use a Flat Rate when you need to override normal income calculations. Step up to a different role with Daily Bump.
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT - Add unlimited equipment items to your equipment list. Record daily or weekly equipment rates. Create categories to stay organised. Equipment inventories of any size are supported. Edit easily with CSV Import/Export.
EQUIPMENT IMPORT - Download the Crew Call CSV Template to set up your equipment list with spreadsheet software. Perfect for crew who have large equipment inventories. Import the edited CSV to Crew Call and all of your new Equipment and Categories will be added automatically.
EQUIPMENT EXPORT - Export equipment by category or all at once. Easily share your Equipment Lists with other crew members via AirDrop or Email. Ideal if you have someone else running your gear, van or truck.
DATA PRIVACY - Jobs and Work Days that you create with Crew Call are stored on a secure, local database within your iPhone. This ensures that your personal information is kept safe and sound.
CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT - Crew Call is constantly being improved to keep up with the changing demands of our industry. Is there a feature that will make your life easier? Please get in touch and I’ll do my best to make it a reality.
CONTACT - crewcall.software@gmail.com
TERMS OF USE - https://crewcall.xyz/terms-of-use/
PRIVACY POLICY - https://crewcall.xyz/privacy-policy/
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Crew Call: FAQ
Is the software for Crew Call compatible with iPads?
No, Crew Call cannot support iPad devices.
Who is the app developer of Crew Call?
The Crew Call app was built by Auron Studios Pty Ltd.
What is the lowest iOS version that Crew Call can run on?
The minimum supported iOS version for the app is 14.0.
How does the app rank among users?
The rating of 3.9 out of 5 that Crew Call has received from users is not great but not terrible either.
What is the category of the Crew Call app?
Crew Call Relates To The Productivity App Genre.
What’s the current version of the Crew Call app?
The current version of Crew Call is 2.3.4.
What is the latest update date for Crew Call?
Crew Call updated its app on September 19, 2024.
Could you provide information on the release date of Crew Call?
The release date of the app was February 5, 2023.
What is the recommended age for the Crew Call app?
This app is rated for ages 4 and up, and contains only family-friendly content.
What languages are available on Crew Call?
The following list of languages is supported by the Crew Call app: English, Spanish.
Does Apple Arcade provide access to Crew Call for its subscribers?
No, Crew Call is not featured on Apple Arcade.
Can users make in-app purchases in Crew Call?
Certainly! Users can make in-app purchases within Crew Call.
Does Crew Call provide support for Apple Vision Pro?
No, Crew Call does not provide support for Apple Vision Pro.
Does Crew Call incorporate ads within the app?
No, Crew Call does not incorporate ads within the app.
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