VPET vs Crew Call
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VPET
This app provides real-time on-set editing tools for light and assets, supporting ARKit for professional 3D animation, VFX, and game cinematic creation. It integrates with existing film pipelines and is open-source.
- Real-time on-set editing
- ARKit support
- Asset editing
- Light editing
- Open-source development
- Integration with film pipelines
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VPET offers a holistic approach for collaborative tools that allow real-time on-set light and asset editing via an intuitive interface. The app supports ARKit. The development can be customized to any production environment and particularly considers established (offline) film pipelines. The application is intended for professional 3D animation, VFX, TV and game cinematic creation. Its development is open-source, with growing support for diverse film and VFX pipelines. VPET was initially developed in the scope of the EU funded project Dreamspace (610005). The development is continued after project Dreamspace ended in fall 2016 on behalf of Filmakademie Baden-Württembergs research and development department.
Crew Call
Streamline time tracking and invoicing for freelance film crews. Log workdays, equipment, and breaks, then generate detailed timesheets and reports. Manage multiple jobs and calculate income with customizable rates.
- Track pre, shoot, and post days
- Log equipment usage
- Generate weekly timesheets and custom reports
- Review hours and income by period
- Multi-user mode for department timekeeping
- Customizable income calculations
- Equipment management
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Manage your time on-set with Crew Call, the only time tracking and invoicing app purpose-built for freelance film crew. Track pre, shoot and post days for multiple jobs. Keep tabs on equipment used. Generate weekly timesheets or custom reports. Review your hours and income by week, month, quarter or year. Record call and wrap times for a whole department with Multi User Mode. Crew Call has been created from the ground up by Bradley Andrew, a freelance VTR Operator / DIT from Melbourne, Australia. Made by Film Crew for Film Crew! FEATURE OVERVIEW WORK DAYS - Add work days one by one or set up your week in advance by adding multiple pre, shoot and post days with a single tap. Log call times, wrap times, travel times and meal breaks. Record equipment used on a day-to-day basis. Quickly note camera wrap and drive away times. JOBS - Create jobs of any length, from two day TVCs to six month Feature Films. Set up jobs as you see fit, customise night loadings, minimum day length and pension contributions. Add work days to jobs for a running tally of hours worked and income earned. TIMESHEETS - Weekly Timesheets can be generated for single crew members or a whole department. Crew Call’s timesheets are modelled on real-life templates provided by the accounts department to ensure they fit in seamlessly with your production. REPORTS - Generate PDF/CSV Reports for an entire job or for individual work days. This is a great way to share a complete breakdown of each day’s labour, equipment and notes. Reports can be customised depending on their purpose. OVERVIEWS - Browse through weeks, months, quarters or years to get a better understanding of your work life. Custom timelines and charts give you a visual overview of hours worked, labour income and equipment earnings. MULTI USER SUPPORT - This allows one crew member to record call, wrap and travel times for an entire department. Essential for long form jobs where time keeping is usually allocated to one person. Easily share PDF Reports or Timesheets with the production office or other crew members. INCOME CALCULATION - Crew Call will automatically estimate your earnings based on work hours. Film sets all over the world calculate their overtime differently so we let you create your own overtime calculations. What is your daily base rate? How many hours of double time do you work until triple time kicks in? 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x and 3.0x are supported. Set default overtime rates or apply them to individual jobs. HALF DAYS, FLAT RATE & DAILY BUMP - Set Half Days based on a percentage of your base rate. Use a Flat Rate when you need to override normal income calculations. Step up to a different role with Daily Bump. EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT - Add unlimited equipment items to your equipment list. Record daily or weekly equipment rates. Create categories to stay organised. Equipment inventories of any size are supported. Edit easily with CSV Import/Export. EQUIPMENT IMPORT - Download the Crew Call CSV Template to set up your equipment list with spreadsheet software. Perfect for crew who have large equipment inventories. Import the edited CSV to Crew Call and all of your new Equipment and Categories will be added automatically. EQUIPMENT EXPORT - Export equipment by category or all at once. Easily share your Equipment Lists with other crew members via AirDrop or Email. Ideal if you have someone else running your gear, van or truck. DATA PRIVACY - Jobs and Work Days that you create with Crew Call are stored on a secure, local database within your iPhone. This ensures that your personal information is kept safe and sound. CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT - Crew Call is constantly being improved to keep up with the changing demands of our industry. Is there a feature that will make your life easier? Please get in touch and I’ll do my best to make it a reality. CONTACT - crewcall.software@gmail.com TERMS OF USE - https://crewcall.xyz/terms-of-use/ PRIVACY POLICY - https://crewcall.xyz/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VPET at 5.0 against Crew Call's 4.0. VPET also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Crew Call's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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. Crew Call sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year. VPET asks for nothing beyond the download.
VPET holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crew Call has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VPET | Crew Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH | Auron Studios Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
VPET
Crew Call
In-app purchases
VPET
No in-app purchases
Crew Call
- Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year









