CrewZApp vs Rappul
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrewZApp
Manage your flight schedule, view trip details, and forecast layover weather. Connect with crew members through instant messaging and group chats. Sync your schedule with iCal and receive automatic notifications for changes.
- Automatic schedule sync
- Layover weather forecast
- Crew member notes
- iCal calendar sync
- Instant messaging
- Group crew chats
- Trip acknowledgment (SWA)
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CrewZApp provides pilots and flight attendants a calendar of their schedule, trip views AND MORE with information directly loaded from their airline’s server. Supported Airlines: Flica airlines: Endeavor, Frontier, Hawaiian, Jazz, JetBlue, Mesa, Porter, PSA, Republic, Silver, Spirit and West Jet(please email support if there are issues or you want to help with testing) Southwest Airlines Features for ALL AIRLINES: -Fast Schedule sync - automatically syncs in the background with notifications and alerts for WHAT CHANGED -Forecast weather for layovers -Create notes for: crew members, airports, flights and hotels to include hotel notes that are shared between all crew members(for good restaurants, shopping, golf, etc.) -Sync to your iCal calendar(s) -FFDO links -KCM graphical and text info Social Features for ALL AIRLINES: -Friends list with instant messaging between friends -View one or more friends' schedules on a single calendar, including your own schedule with common days off highlighted (great for planning get togethers) Crew Chats: A group chat for each overnight and for each flight - great for texting your crew(coffee, late, van time changes, etc.) or for planning outings on overnights -Calendar and Notifications for shared overnights and airport layovers(when you and a friend are at an airport or overnight at the same time) Additional features for SWA crews: -Add a commuting flight to your schedule -View flying/credit summary data by tapping a month - includes a quick link to your PAYROLL REPORT -You can ACKNOWLEDGE TRIPS in the app! No more logging in to CWA! -View CWA Messages and acknowledge them(see them only once) -Gates, delays, weather and RELEASES(for pilots) are all updated automatically with notifications for changes - works on airplane wifi! -View AIRPLANE SWAPS -View vacation open time and trades Additional Features for SWA Pilots: -phone numbers auto loaded from CWA when viewing a crew member, quick links to call or text -View OPEN TIME trips graphically - fast updates, color coded with filters -Check your LEGALITY for a trip -View other bidders with PROPERLY SORTED BID AWARD ORDER -View the CAP for each base for your position Additional RESERVE features for SWA Crews: -Your CALLOUT ORDER is automatically loaded and viewable in the app(updated twice an hour) -You will get notifications for order changes -One tap from your reserve trip to view the RESERVE REPORT with your name highlighted -FAs: Tap on AS1 to see your airport standby times In the true spirit of a subscription model we are committed to adding features and improvements. Here are just a few of our ideas for the future: -Add reserve callout info to Flica users -bidding on open time -graphical, quick and easy trip trade, open time, and ELITT viewing, posting and trading for FAs and pilots with filters(SWA and FLICA) -tracking commuting flights Subscription info: CrewZApp is a subscription service and is $3.99 for pilots and $2.99 for Flight Attendants -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase -The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to end of current period -If you want to manage subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal, go to your Account settings after purchase -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a user purchases a subscription to the app Free without login: view KCM airports track southwest flight status, links to other airlines Terms of Use: https://techdebtsolutionsllc.com/index.php/terms-and-conditions/
Rappul
This app offers a free flight search tool for worldwide schedules and timetables. For account users, it automates crew scheduling, providing alerts for reserve status, open time trips, and vacation trading. It also includes a commuter flight search utility.
- Free worldwide flight search
- Automated crew scheduling alerts
- Reserve status monitoring
- Open time trip notifications
- Vacation trading
- Commuter flight search
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What's on the Rappul App? FREE for all users there's a robust flight search utility, and for Rappul Account Users so much more... - The FREE flight search tool allows you to find worldwide flight schedules and flight timetables. Using partner flight connection building engine allows you to find exactly the scheduled routes you're looking for, including interline route connection solutions! - For Rappul Accounts Users - Rappul (RAP-Pull) is a utility that mainly automates monitoring of reserve and other crew member scheduling functions, giving you text and WhatsApp alerts based on user preferences. It provides crew members a shared mental model of their role in the reserve/scheduling system without checking company websites. In addition to reserve functions, Rappul monitors crew websites for opportunities not automatically communicated. This includes trips assigned to reserves not run through open time, split trips currently in open time, and reserve staffing status. Rappul also includes for FREE Vacation Trading and Open Time trip information. Rappul App allows account users have access to all their Rappul settings to control the alerts and data provided to the crews: - Reserve Alerts and Status - Open Time Alerts and Stealth Open Time (trips assign to reserves and not run through company open time system) - Split Trips (STC)...alerts for trips split between bases - Open Time filtering and sorting, including deadhead filtering through commuter stations - Assigned Reserve crew members with filters and sorts - Vacation week trading - Slug...a crew member commuter flight search utility (short for slugging...legalized hitchhiking). The flight search allows crew members the ability to save commuter flight information, and search based on commuter clauses
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CrewZApp at 49% against Rappul's 0%. CrewZApp also leads on ratings volume (180 vs 10) and device support (4 vs 2). Rappul's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. CrewZApp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Rappul asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rappul holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CrewZApp has 180 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of CrewZApp's written reviews are positive against 0% of Rappul's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CrewZApp ships an update every 3 weeks, Rappul monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrewZApp | Rappul |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (180 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 180 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tech Debt Solutions LLC | Timothy Holmes |
Customer experience
CrewZApp
Rappul
Bugs and requests
CrewZApp
Reported bugs
31 issues- Cannot log in
- Schedule not updating
- App crashes
- Support email returns undelivered
- Error when logging in
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- App doesn't work
- No gates or release information
- Gate locations and dispatch releases not showing
- Cannot load commuting flight information
- Releases are hit or miss
- Cannot get DH boarding pass
- Hotels not in database
- Flight tracker on each leg lost
- Airline prevented app from showing gate number
- No new update available
- Cannot log in with work password
- Emails to support not answered
- Mobile version not working for a month
- No response to support emails
- Reserve lineup not fixed
- App crashed for three days without update
- Reserve feature for SWA doesn't load properly
- Reserve list not viewable
- App crashes when trying to open after update
- Stopped working with SkyWest logins
- Trouble since installing
- Constant crashing
- Force closing when trying to log in
- Failed to load schedule
- Doesn't work on iPhone 7
- Wouldn't pull same info as other phones (releases, crew names)
Requested features
9 requests- Add hotel pictures
- Add hotel address with map links
- Allow direct texting to crew members
- Add monthly totals (TAFB)
- Offer annual subscription option
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- Add dark mode/night mode
- Allow FA's to see pilot info and take notes
- Add notifications for trips popping in OT while on reserve
- Ability to view monthly totals including TAFB
Rappul
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CrewZApp
- CrewZApp subscription for FAs1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- CrewZApp subscription-Pilots1 Month trial$3.991 Month
Rappul
No in-app purchases








