Comparison

Crew Call vs ProductionBase

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

ProductionBase

Connect with top production companies and broadcasters for exclusive job opportunities in TV, film, and theatre. Showcase your profile, credits, and showreel to industry leaders. Access CV advice, networking events, and exclusive discounts.

Highlights
  • Exclusive job opportunities
  • Profile and credit showcase
  • Freelancer database listing
  • CV and profile advice sessions
  • Networking events
  • Industry discounts
Features
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ProductionBase is the UK's leading network for production professionals working in TV, film, theatre, radio and commercial production. Used by top production companies and broadcasters to recruit production talent, members of our exclusive community gain access to hundreds of unique job opportunities posted every week, and can showcase their profile, credits & showreel to leading employers across the industry. As well as access to exclusive job listings, showreel hosting and listing in our Freelancer database, members also have access to dedicated one-to-one CV and profile advice sessions, regular networking events with top industry figures, and a range of discounts on products and services. Our flexible membership is available either monthly or annually, and can be cancelled at any time. Plus, new members can try the service free for 7 days. ProductionBase STANDARD and PRO Subscriptions: *Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase *Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at rate selected depending on the subscription plan. *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, and identify the cost of the renewal *Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase *Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use - https://www.productionbase.co.uk/TermsConditions.aspx Privacy Policy - https://www.productionbase.co.uk/Privacy.aspx

Screenshots

Crew Call4 screens
ProductionBase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Crew Call at 86% against ProductionBase's 0%. Crew Call also leads on ads (none vs shown). ProductionBase's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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 ProductionBase sells 25 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crew Call ships an update monthly, ProductionBase every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crew Call versus ProductionBase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrew CallProductionBase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAuron Studios Pty LtdJobs Base Ltd

Customer experience

Crew Call

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

ProductionBase

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crew Call

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year
25 purchases

ProductionBase

Subscriptions25
  • Graduate (Monthly) (15% Off)7 Days trial$9.491 Month
  • Graduate (Monthly) (20% Off)$9.991 Month
  • Graduate (Monthly) (Sale - 25% Off)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Standard (Monthly) (20% Off)$12.991 Month
  • Standard (Monthly) (15% Off)$13.991 Month
  • Standard (Monthly) (15% Off)7 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly) (20% Off)2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly) (20% Off)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Pro (Monthly) (25% Off)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Freelancer Standard (Monthly)7 Days trial$17.491 Month
  • Graduate (Annual) (25% Off)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Graduate (Annual) (35% Off)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Graduate (Annual) (20% Off)$44.991 Year
  • Graduate (Annual) (15% Off)7 Days trial$46.991 Year
  • Standard (Annual) (35% Off)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Graduate Standard (Annual)7 Days trial$68.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual) (35% Off)7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
  • Standard (Annual) (20% Off)7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Freelancer Standard (Annual)7 Days trial$74.991 Year
  • Standard (Annual) (15% Off)7 Days trial$75.991 Year
  • Standard (Annual) (15% Off)$79.901 Year
  • Standard (Annual) (15% Off)7 Days trial$79.901 Year
  • Pro (Annual) (20% Off)7 Days trial2 variants$79.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual) (25% Off)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Pro (Annual) (20% Off)$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Crew Call free?
Crew Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProductionBase free?
ProductionBase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Crew Call or ProductionBase have ads?
ProductionBase shows ads; Crew Call does not.
Which is updated more often, Crew Call or ProductionBase?
Crew Call ships an update monthly, and ProductionBase every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crew Call was updated on October 17, 2026 and ProductionBase on October 15, 2026.

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