OffBlock vs CrewBrain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OffBlock
This app combines a smart pilot logbook with a flight crew organizer. It offers features like automated roster imports, flight logging, and crew communication tools. Share your aviation life and manage your professional schedule efficiently.
- Smart flight logging
- Automated roster imports
- Integrated aircraft management
- Calendar with timeline
- Crew communication tools
- Roster sharing
- Data export in official formats
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The features you love combined in one app: Pilot Logbook – Created to do the work, with no work for you. • Smart flight logging, optimized for speed • Integrated aircraft management • Digital signature • Precise night time calculation • Powerful statistics, also for type- and class ratings • Data export, PDF reports in official formats (EASA, FAA) • Certificate manager • Extensive airport database, location info & aviation weather • Easy data import from third party apps Flight Crew App – Keep up. Be organized. Stay connected. • Calendar with timeline • Automated roster imports (“Live Updates”) • Push notifications & highlighting of roster changes • Calendar export to your private calendars • Crewlists for upcoming und past flights • Common events • Messaging (private chats & groups) • Flight map – ready to share on social media Roster Sharing – Share your aviation life. With privacy built in. • Connect with friends & colleagues • Check their rosters • Find common off days • Extra: OffBlock Family App for your non-flying family and friends The roster evaluation software „easy dutyplan“ is directly integrated into OffBlock - save money even faster and easier on your tax return! Supported roster systems: • AIMS eCrew • eCrew OCR • CBL WinOps • CrewConnex • CrewWebPlus APM • Jeppesen Crew Access • Leon • Lufthansa Group Open API • NetLine/CrewLink, Crew IDP • Planeación • RAIDO • Sabre CWP • SGT • SkedPlus+ • TOPS FREE 60 day trial on signup.
CrewBrain
Streamline personnel planning for events with a central platform for requests and arrangements. It offers clear event displays, staff availability overviews, and automatic notifications to ensure efficient team management.
- Centralized request handling
- Staff availability overview
- Automatic notifications
- Clear event display
- iCal subscription
- Time tracking
- Assignment planning
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Crew management made easy. Simple & efficient personnel planning for Events Flexible planning. Clear display. Always accessible: CrewBrain makes personnel planning for your events fast, easy and efficient. - All requests and arrangements are handled by a central platform accessible to everyone involved - Overview of staff and member availability - Automatic notifications - Clear display of events, rehearsals and holidays - Subscription in iCal format possible - Many useful features like time tracking, assignment planning, travel expenses and much more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OffBlock at 48% against CrewBrain's 11%. OffBlock also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). CrewBrain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. OffBlock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CrewBrain asks for nothing beyond the download.
OffBlock ships an update every 2 months, CrewBrain fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OffBlock | CrewBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (102 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | — |
| 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, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 275 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OffBlock GmbH | CrewBrain GmbH |
Customer experience
OffBlock
CrewBrain
Bugs and requests
OffBlock
Reported bugs
14 issues- Roster import not working
- App is unusable
- Roster autodownload and manual download doesn't work
- Stby duties are not visible
- Data lost
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- App crashes
- Dates bugging
- Calendar export not working
- Synchronization issues with Offblock-Family
- Import roster stuck at 0%
- Total flight hours not visible without payment
- Statistics data lost after forced migration
- All old data gone after update
- Remark option not reintroduced
Requested features
6 requests- Export in calendar view for printing
- Calendar export to be fixed
- More content in logbook for general aviation
- Reintroduce 'remark' option
- Desktop version available again
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- Integration of other airlines for connecting with friends outside own airline
CrewBrain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OffBlock
- OffBlock Pro (1 month)$2.991 Month
- OffBlock Pro+ (1 month)$6.991 Month
- OffBlock Pro (1 year)$29.991 Year
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- OffBlock Pro+ (1 year)$69.991 Year
CrewBrain
No in-app purchases





