Comparison

Crew Call vs Stratword

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Stratword

This app provides a mobile screenwriting studio to help users write, format, and develop their screenplays from start to finish. It offers tools for outlining, character development, and industry-standard formatting, with cloud syncing to a web editor for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • Step-by-Step Story Engine
  • Deep Character Development
  • Industry-Standard Formatting
  • Seamless Cloud Sync
  • Web Editor Integration
  • Unlimited Screenplays (Premium)
Features
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Write your screenplay from anywhere. Your pocket-sized writer's room and global community. Stratword is the ultimate mobile screenwriting studio, designed to take you from a single idea to a fully formatted final draft. Whether you are outlining a treatment on your commute, building character bios at a coffee shop, or formatting your dialogue on the couch, Stratword gives you the professional tools you need to finally finish your script. Stop wrestling with margins and focus on what matters: your story. KEY FEATURES: Step-by-Step Story Engine: Don't stare at a blank page. Follow our guided workflow to brainstorm loglines, structure your treatment, and build out your world before you ever write "Fade In." Deep Character Development: Create complex, three-dimensional characters with dedicated profiles for bios, traits, and story arcs. Industry-Standard Formatting: Write naturally while the editor automatically formats your scene headings, action, characters, and dialogue to strict Hollywood standards. The All-New Community Hub: Level up your craft and connect with a global network of screenwriters: The Writers' Room: Browse a directory of writers by genre to find your perfect co-writer and collaborate on your next big project. The Script Exchange: Upload your projects, trade scripts with peers, earn review credits, and receive actionable feedback to polish your draft. Study Scripts: Access a curated library of recommended reading from professional screenplays to study structure and formatting. Writer Profiles & Secure Inbox: Build your custom profile showcasing your top influences, and connect privately via direct messaging. Seamless Cloud Sync: Start writing on your iPhone and finish on your computer! Your Stratword account seamlessly syncs with our brand-new Web Editor, unlocking even more pro tools like Dark Mode, Sprint Timers, Read-Aloud Teleprompters, and exports to PDF and Final Draft (.FDX). STRATWORD PREMIUM Upgrade to Stratword Premium to unlock unlimited screenplays, advanced writing features, and full cross-platform syncing. Monthly Access plans: Monthly: $9.99/Month Payments and Renewal: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. 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 the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. PRIVACY All your information on Stratword is secure. You are the only one who has access to your information. Also, you can delete your data at any time if you choose to do so. Privacy Policy: https://stratword.com/privacypolicy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stratword_

Screenshots

Crew Call4 screens
Stratword4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crew Call at 86% against Stratword's 47%. Crew Call also leads on ads (none vs shown). Stratword's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (97 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crew Call sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year and Stratword sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stratword holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stratword has 97 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Crew Call's written reviews are positive against 47% of Stratword's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crew Call ships an update monthly, Stratword every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crew Call versus Stratword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrew CallStratword
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)4.4 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better47.4% of reviews
Number of ratings897 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAuron Studios Pty LtdPatrick Pierre

Customer experience

Crew Call

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%

Stratword

All ratings97 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative47.4%

Bugs and requests

Crew Call

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Stratword

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Previous projects suddenly deleted
  • Conversions result in distorted PDFs
  • PDFs are unusable for edits or sharing
  • Paid app does not install
  • Unable to login
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  • App freezes during login attempts
  • Confirmation email for account creation not sent
  • Work is erased upon next login
  • Indents and new lines cause screenplay to look 'wonk'
  • Locking steps until previous ones are completed without clear requirements

Requested features

3 requests
  • Paste text copied from notes within script section
  • Add feature of pasting and copying texts
  • Option to insert images

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crew Call

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year
8 purchases

Stratword

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
  • Screenplay Editor Monthly Sub$5.991 Month
  • Stratword Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Editor Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Stratword Premium Yearly$99.001 Year
One-time3
  • Upgrade$1.99
  • Coverage$29.99
  • Lifetime Access$149.99

Questions

Is Crew Call free?
Crew Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stratword free?
Stratword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crew Call or Stratword?
Stratword is rated higher. Crew Call averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stratword averages 4.4 from 97 ratings.
Do Crew Call or Stratword have ads?
Stratword shows ads; Crew Call does not.
Which is updated more often, Crew Call or Stratword?
Crew Call ships an update monthly, and Stratword every 5 weeks. Most recently, Crew Call was updated on October 17, 2026 and Stratword on October 17, 2026.

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