CrabGear vs Roost 360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CrabGear
This app helps West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery captains report lost fishing gear recovery. Recovery Captains in participating ports can log the location and time of recovered gear.
- Report lost fishing gear recovery
- Log location of recovered gear
- Log time of recovered gear
- Support West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery efforts
- Participating port captain functionality
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CrabGear supports supports the efforts of the West Coast Dungeness Crab Fishery to collect lost fishing gear. Recovery Captains in participating ports can use this mobile application to report where and when gear are recovered.
Roost 360
Monitor and manage the status of your smart devices with this application. Stay informed about device performance and receive important updates.
- Device status monitoring
- Stay informed on device status
- Manage smart devices
- Receive device updates
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The Roost Commercial app lets you setup and stay informed about the status of your Roost Smart Devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CrabGear at 5.0 against Roost 360's 2.7. Roost 360's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CrabGear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roost 360 has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CrabGear ships an update every 16 months, Roost 360 every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CrabGear | Roost 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Nature Conservancy | Roost |
Customer experience
CrabGear
Roost 360
In-app purchases
CrabGear
No in-app purchases
Roost 360
No in-app purchases
