Comparison

Crew Call vs Sixth Degree

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

Sixth Degree

Features
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The film and TV industry, all in one place. Sixth Degree connects crew, productions, suppliers, and locations through a single platform built specifically for the realities of film and television production. Whether you're looking for your next job, building your network, finding trusted suppliers, sourcing locations, or managing your availability, Sixth Degree helps you stay connected to the industry that moves fast and never stands still.

Screenshots

Crew Call4 screens
Sixth Degree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sixth Degree at none against Crew Call's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Crew Call sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year. Sixth Degree asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crew Call ships an update monthly, Sixth Degree every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Crew Call versus Sixth Degree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrew CallSixth Degree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAuron Studios Pty LtdSixth Degree Tech LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crew Call

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year
None

Sixth Degree

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crew Call free?
Crew Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sixth Degree free?
Sixth Degree is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crew Call or Sixth Degree have ads?
Neither Crew Call nor Sixth Degree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crew Call or Sixth Degree?
Crew Call ships an update monthly, and Sixth Degree every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crew Call was updated on October 17, 2026 and Sixth Degree on October 25, 2026.

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