CBP ROAM vs CrewLog Construction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBP ROAM
This app allows pleasure boaters and eligible travelers arriving at remote locations to report their arrival online. It facilitates trip creation and may offer video inspections with a CBP Officer for eligible users.
- Online arrival reporting
- Create trip details
- Add travelers
- Specify mode of travel
- Report location
- Video inspection eligibility
- Push notifications for video chat
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The official CBP ROAM App (formerly OARS) from U.S. Customs and Border Protection allows pleasure boaters and other eligible travelers who arrive at remote locations to report their arrival online. In addition to submitting a report of arrival, pleasure boaters who are not currently enrolled in a Trusted Traveler Program, Local Boater Option, or I-68 program who are currently required to report in person may be eligible for a video inspection. Disclaimer: This is a pilot version only for use in limited areas. Contact your local Port of Entry for guidance. Create a trip by adding travelers, your mode of travel, your location, and contact information. After you submit a trip, you may receive a push notification on your device to start a video chat with a CBP Officer to finish reporting your entry into the United States.
CrewLog Construction
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Talk for two minutes. Your daily report writes itself. CrewLog is the record of what happened on site, written by the people who were there — without anyone sitting at the kitchen table at nine o'clock typing it up. Pick the job. Say what happened. Add photos. CrewLog writes the report, files the photos to the right day, logs who was on site and what the weather did, and sends it out under your name. DAILY REPORTS Speak it or type it. It comes back client-ready — the crew, the weather, the work, the photos. One tap to send. Every report kept and searchable. PHOTOS, DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS Every photo filed to the right job and the right day, searchable by caption across your whole archive. Drawings and documents with revisions. Mark up any of it without touching the original. CHANGE ORDERS AND RFIS The two documents that leave your company. CrewLog drafts both from what you already logged, sends them by secure link, and tracks them until they come back. Your client signs on their phone — no login, no account. TIMESHEETS The crew submits hours from site. Overtime at 1.5x, 2x or weekend rates, the payroll math already done. You approve on Friday. LIVE JOB COSTING What the job was worth, what it has cost so far, and what is left — built from your change orders, your timesheets and the receipts in your truck. Photograph a receipt and it reads the vendor, the total and the category. SAFETY Toolbox talks signed by every person who was there. An incident register that treats a near miss as something worth recording. Corrective actions with a name and a date on them. TASKS AND SCHEDULE Every task has an owner, a date, and proof it is done. One shared calendar the whole crew works off. JOB FORECAST AND FIELD MAP See a schedule overrun before it costs you. See every active job on a map and plan the drive between them. THE CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANT One box. Ask what is behind schedule, ask what a job has cost, or ask it to write the change order. It answers from your own jobs — and shows you anything it wants to change before it happens. NO SIGNAL, STILL ON THE RECORD Log the day from a basement or a dead zone. It is saved on the phone and goes up the next time you open CrewLog with service. WHO IT IS FOR General contractors, custom home builders, renovators, and the trades who work for them. Owners, foremen and crew — with roles, so a crew member sees their jobs and their hours, not your margins. WHAT IS ON WHICH PLAN Daily reports, photos, safety talks, the incident register, the assistant and offline logging are on every plan. Team members, timesheets, job costing, change orders, RFIs, drawings and tasks start on Crew. Job Forecast, Project Pulse, branded reports and PDF/CSV export are on Pro. A CrewLog account and an active subscription are required. Accounts are set up at crewlog.ai. Privacy Policy: https://crewlog.ai/privacy Terms of Service: https://crewlog.ai/terms Questions: support@crewlog.ai
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CBP ROAM at none against CrewLog Construction's 8. On price, update cadence, 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. CrewLog Construction sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per month. CBP ROAM asks for nothing beyond the download.
CBP ROAM ships an update every 3 weeks, CrewLog Construction every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CBP ROAM | CrewLog Construction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (125 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 291 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | US Customs and Border Protection | CrewLog Technologies Inc |
Bugs and requests
CBP ROAM
Reported bugs
34 issues- App crashes after update
- App will not open
- App crashes within one second of opening
- App closes immediately after opening
- App not letting user login
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- App crashes when trying to enter a change of port of call
- One-time verification codes never worked
- Latest update fails to submit arrivals
- Update forces user to update, causing crash after login
- App keeps sending user to the same place despite logging in
- Waiting for agent for over two days
- App says waiting, cannot cancel or navigate
- Unable to report 'port of call'
- Port of call button missing
- Latest update dumps previously configured travelers and vessels
- No account info comes over when adding app to new device
- Updated version on App Store downloads incomplete or old version
- No copy-and-paste for phone numbers or other info
- No ability to change traveler info after initial edit
- Cannot paste existing passport photo
- Tedious manual entry of numbers
- Authentication failed on own phone, but works on others'
- Facial recognition takes multiple tries
- Stuck on login screen, does not advance to verification code
- Switching apps for PIN code results in blank screen on return
- App quits when editing or manually entering a traveler
- Cannot find support for security key setup
- Stuck in a loop requiring backup authentication setup
- Won't go past the accept button
- New update no longer works, fails to open
- App won't load
- Gets frozen on a screen
- Misspelled 'Received' on Video Chat info page
- App crashes when trip page is displayed
Requested features
11 requests- Add port of call button
- Allow letters in flight number
- Allow copy-paste for numbers
- Allow sharing travelers between users
- Add more instructions for numbers needed
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- Allow submission and approval prior to US waters entry
- Allow users to remain logged in
- Use fingerprint recognition for login
- Consider alternatives to Zoom for video calls
- Add Spanish language support (already present, but caused bugs)
- Invite users to TestFlight beta program
CrewLog Construction
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CBP ROAM
No in-app purchases
CrewLog Construction
- Solo monthly7 Days trial$39.001 Month
- Crew monthly7 Days trial$89.001 Month
- Pro monthly7 Days trial$179.001 Month
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- Solo yearly7 Days trial$390.001 Year
- Crew yearly7 Days trial$890.001 Year
- Small AI top-up$20.00
- Medium AI top-up$50.00
- Large AI top-up$100.00
Questions
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