Comparison

On Set Updates vs Haystack

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

On Set Updates

This app provides live digital call sheets for the film and television industry, keeping users informed about on-set activities. It offers real-time updates, historical data, and push notifications for key events like scene completion and schedule changes.

Highlights
  • Live updating digital call sheet
  • View recently completed days
  • Push notification alerts
  • Update callsheet on the fly
  • Requires free account from onsetupdates.com
Features
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Live digital callsheet for the film and television industry. Keeps you in touch with every event on set. From turnover to wrap, we help keep your finger on the pulse of on set activity. - View a live updating digital callsheet for the current shooting day - Look back at recently completed days - Push notification alerts inform you when scenes are completed, for turnover, lunch and wrap or if the scene order is changed - Update the callsheet on the fly directly in the app Requires a free account from onsetupdates.com

About

Haystack

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Haystack is an all-in-one production solution for revolutionising and improving efficiency and workflow across the film and TV industry. Currently operating across Costume, Hair and Make-Up, we ensure teams can work together to create seamless notes, photos and detailed tracking of garments and kit across the whole production process. With an automated sync, teams can work online or on remote location without interruption. Also offering detailed seamless solutions to speed up and simplify prep and wrap, Haystack ensures nothing is ever lost across productions as garments and kit can be easily identified and located using our revolutionary new system. Having been used on several productions so far, we ensure time-saving tech to help find that needle in a Haystack quicker and more efficiently. Haystack is a great resource and tool for you departments on your next production.

Screenshots

On Set Updates3 screens
Haystack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Haystack at every 5 weeks against On Set Updates's every 4 months. On Set Updates's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

On Set Updates ships an update every 4 months, Haystack every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
On Set Updates versus Haystack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOn Set UpdatesHaystack
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOn Set Software LtdAnother Haystack Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

On Set Updates

No in-app purchases

None

Haystack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is On Set Updates free?
On Set Updates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haystack free?
Haystack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do On Set Updates or Haystack have ads?
Neither On Set Updates nor Haystack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, On Set Updates or Haystack?
On Set Updates ships an update every 4 months, and Haystack every 5 weeks. Most recently, On Set Updates was updated on October 2, 2026 and Haystack on September 22, 2026.

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