Active Reader vs CrewPad PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active Reader
This app serves as an enterprise content delivery system, providing secure access to company documents and information. Users require specific credentials to log in and utilize its features.
- Enterprise content delivery
- Secure access
- Credentials required
- System administrator access
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Active Reader™, your enterprise content delivery system. Credentials required. Contact your system administrator for access.
CrewPad PRO
This app provides a mobile training solution for the aviation industry, offering offline access to learning content and documentation for flight and cabin crews. It synchronizes completed courses and records with a central LMS, ensuring up-to-date operational information.
- Offline learning management system (LMS)
- Media-based learning content
- Courseware and documentation access
- Automatic synchronization agent
- Training record management
- Seamless deployment of information
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Pelesys CrewPad PRO is our next-generation suite of mobile training solutions developed specifically for the needs of the aviation industry. CrewPad PRO is the offline deployment and management platform designed for mobile utilizing a rich variety of media based learning content, courseware and documentation materials for flight crew, cabin crew and other airline personnel who require up-to-date, “operation critical” information. CrewPad PRO includes an offline Learning Management System (LMS) which makes remote training a reality. There is no reliance on steady internet connections for course completion. CrewPad uses a state-of-the-art synchronization agent which automatically updates all applications and information hosted on each iPad allowing for seamless deployment of essential information. Training courses and training records can be downloaded to CrewPad, and once completed, synchronized with the Pelesys LMS and Qualification Management System (QMS) providing a secure, seamless training solution. CrewPad PRO is compatible with Pelesys Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) version 3.9.0 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Active Reader at 17% against CrewPad PRO's 0%. Active Reader also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). CrewPad PRO's advantage is rating (2.6 vs 2.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CrewPad PRO holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Active Reader has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Active Reader's written reviews are positive against 0% of CrewPad PRO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Reader | CrewPad PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (41 ratings) | 2.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc. | Pelesys Learning System Inc. |
Customer experience
Active Reader
CrewPad PRO
In-app purchases
Active Reader
No in-app purchases
CrewPad PRO
No in-app purchases
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