Crew Up vs Portrait Creative Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crew Up
Connect with entertainment industry professionals to find jobs and crew. Build your profile, discover opportunities, and manage projects seamlessly within the app. Streamline communication and collaboration for successful productions.
- Professional profile creation
- Job search and notifications
- Crew search and booking
- Job history tracking
- In-app messaging and communication
- Job calendar management
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CREW UP is a community marketplace for entertainment industry professionals. Create a profile with your skills, bio and links to IMDb, Instagram, Vimeo, YouTube, LinkedIn and your site. Search for projects and get notified about new ones matching your profile. Search for local crew, message and book the right person, and keep a project calendar with everyone you work with. CREW UP gives you the tools to communicate directly with the people you need to make your project a success. Crew Up Monthly is $4.99 per month, renews automatically, and can be canceled in your Apple ID Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://crewup.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://crewup.co/terms
Portrait Creative Network
This app connects vetted creative professionals in the film industry, offering portfolios to showcase work and facilitating networking. It provides tools to discover industry attendees, view portfolios, send messages, and schedule meetings within a curated community.
- Vetted creative community
- Professional portfolios
- Industry attendee discovery
- Direct messaging
- Meeting scheduling
- Contact syncing
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Portrait connects a vetted community of filmmakers, department heads, funders, distributors, and more. We help creatives showcase work to the people who matter - at the right time, in the right place, without chaos of the inbox or mass social media. - Informing our thinking: LinkedIn was built for resumes. IMDb was built as a database. We think there's a better way. - Every Portrait member receives a portfolio, making it easy to share contact info and creative work with peers. - Portrait is invite-only but free to join. We welcome filmmakers and industry professionals who've had a project at a major festival, on a major media platform, or in theaters. - Industry Pocket Guides: Browse industry attendees, see portfolios of people behind the films, send messages, set meetings, and add senior contacts. See who you know on Portrait via easy phone contact sync. - Industry Partners: We've worked with The Film Collaborative, The Gotham, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, The DPA, The DCA, Dear Producer, Film Fatales and others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Portrait Creative Network at none against Crew Up's 2. Portrait Creative Network also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). Crew Up's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 60%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Crew Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Portrait Creative Network asks for nothing beyond the download.
Crew Up holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crew Up has 112 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Crew Up's written reviews are positive against 60% of Portrait Creative Network's.
Crew Up ships an update every 2 months, Portrait Creative Network fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crew Up | Portrait Creative Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (112 ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Crew Up, Inc. | Portrait, inc. |
Customer experience
Crew Up
Portrait Creative Network
Bugs and requests
Crew Up
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on iPhone 8 Plus
- No search results displaying in major cities
- Inconsistent functionality across different regions
Requested features
4 requests- Expanded job listings in underserved markets
- Enhanced security and identity verification
- Improved job filtering and search capabilities
- More transparent job posting standards
Portrait Creative Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crew Up
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
Portrait Creative Network
No in-app purchases
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