Crew Up vs Real Expense
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
Real Expense
Easily track and categorize your spending with insightful charts and reports. Securely sign in and export your financial data. Offers smart features like recently used categories to simplify your financial management.
- Expense tracking and categorization
- Insightful charts and reports
- Secure Apple ID sign-in
- Data export and printing
- Recently used categories
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Real Expense makes managing your finances a breeze! Effortlessly track and categorize your expenses, view insightful charts and reports, and securely sign in with Apple ID. Print or export your data, and enjoy smart features like recently used categories at your fingertips. Simplify your financial life today with Real Expense! We use Apple's standard End User License Agreement which can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ And our privacy policy can be found at our website, here: https://rclavey.github.io/resume_website/real_expense.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Real Expense at every 8 days against Crew Up's every 2 months. Real Expense also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Crew Up's advantage is ratings volume (112 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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. Crew Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Real Expense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Real Expense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crew Up has 112 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Real Expense's.
Crew Up ships an update every 2 months, Real Expense every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crew Up | Real Expense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (112 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crew Up, Inc. | Richard Lavey |
Customer experience
Crew Up
Real Expense
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
Real Expense
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crew Up
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
Real Expense
- One Month Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$99.991 Year
