Comparison

Crew Call vs Crewmate

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

Crewmate

This app helps film, TV, and advertising crews plan and organize shoots. It features a gear database, PDF generation, real-time collaboration, and task assignment to streamline production from scouting to post-production.

Highlights
  • Audiovisual equipment database
  • Gear list generation
  • Professional PDF creation
  • Real-time team collaboration
  • Task assignment and progress tracking
  • Dropbox integration
Features
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Plan and organize your shoots like never before. Crewmate is the essential app for all technical crews in film, television, and advertising, designed to support you through every stage of production — from scouting to post. Access an extensive and constantly updated database of audiovisual equipment (cameras, lenses, accessories…), build your gear lists in just a few taps, and generate professional PDFs to send to your rental houses, in the language of your choice. Our custom algorithms help you avoid oversights and alert you to potential incompatibilities. Stay up to date with the latest gear releases, explore our rental house directory with over 300 listings worldwide, and find the perfect partner for your next project. Collaborate in real time with your team, assign tasks, share documents, and track your prep progress with ease. With Dropbox integration, digital framing charts generation, location management, and many other smart tools, Crewmate becomes your trusted on-set assistant. Currently focused on the camera department, Crewmate will soon expand to include other technical departments such as sound, grip, lighting, and video. One tool for all teams, right in your pocket ! --- Available on iPhone and iPad, in French, English, Spanish and Russian. Requires iOS 16 at least. User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Crew Call4 screens
Crewmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crewmate at 5.0 against Crew Call's 4.0. Crewmate also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 Crewmate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crewmate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Crew Call's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crewmate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crew Call ships an update monthly, Crewmate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crew Call versus Crewmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrew CallCrewmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB159 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAuron Studios Pty LtdCrewmate SAS

Customer experience

Crew Call

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

Crewmate

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Crew Call

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Crewmate

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$9.991 Month
  • Pro$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Crew Call free?
Crew Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crewmate free?
Crewmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crew Call or Crewmate?
Crewmate is rated higher. Crew Call averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Crewmate averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Crew Call or Crewmate have ads?
Neither Crew Call nor Crewmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crew Call or Crewmate?
Crew Call ships an update monthly, and Crewmate every 4 days. Most recently, Crew Call was updated on September 20, 2026 and Crewmate on September 14, 2026.

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