Voly Crew vs TheBoatApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voly Crew
Streamline crew management at sea with tools for logging rest hours, submitting leave requests, and tracking compliance. Collaborate in real-time with vessel managers and fellow crew members, whether online or offline.
- Log hours of rest
- Create work profiles
- Submit shore leave requests
- Set In | Out status
- Monitor rest hour compliance
- Offline functionality
- Real-time collaboration
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Simplify your life at sea with the next generation of crew management tools. Thousands of crew on vessels worldwide use Voly Crew to win back time from tedious admin tasks to get back to what they do best. The Voly Crew app syncs seamlessly with Crew's Vessel Dashboard to give captains, crew and vessel managers the ability to collaborate in real-time and benefit from more productive teamwork. Win back time for more important things: * Log hours of rest for multiple days at a time, on or offline. * Create work profiles to log regular hours in a fraction of the time * Submit a shore leave request directly through the app * Set your In | Out status with one click Stay on top of the important stuff: * Monitor your hours of rest compliance (MLC) * Set reminders to log your hours * Get notified of shore leave approvals * Review your upcoming shore leave dates * View the live status of your fellow crew Don’t let anything hold you back: * Works on and offline * Keep your personal Voly Crew profile when you move vessels Ready to get started? Download the Voly Crew app. Select sign up and create your account in seconds. Then invite other crew to join directly through the app.
TheBoatApp
Manage all aspects of your boating life with this comprehensive app. It offers a digital logbook, inventory tracking, task management, checklists, alerts, and document storage, all accessible online and offline across devices. Keep your marine life organized and enjoy peace of mind while cruising.
- Digital logbook
- Inventory management
- Task and checklist creation
- Alerts and notifications
- Document storage
- Offline access
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All your marine life, fully catalogued, organized and backed-up, accessible from anywhere on any device, online as well as offline. Logbook, Inventory, Tasks, Checklists, Alerts, Documents and more. Cruise safe, with peace of mind!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TheBoatApp at 4.0 against Voly Crew's 3.5. TheBoatApp also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Voly Crew's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.
TheBoatApp holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Voly Crew ships an update every 3 weeks, TheBoatApp every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voly Crew | TheBoatApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voly Group | Marine Data Cloud |
Customer experience
Voly Crew
TheBoatApp
In-app purchases
Voly Crew
No in-app purchases
TheBoatApp
No in-app purchases
