Crew Call vs KitPrep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
KitPrep
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KitPrep is the dedicated digital workspace built specifically for film and television camera departments. Say goodbye to scattered Google Drive folders, messy WhatsApp groups, and lost inventory logs. KitPrep centralises your entire kit prep process into one fast, offline-capable, and real-time collaborative platform. Whether you are a 1st AC managing a multi-camera feature or a Trainee logging damage reports, KitPrep keeps the entire camera crew on the exact same page. CORE FEATURES: • Real-Time Multiplayer Sync: Invite up to 6 crew members to a project via a simple Join Code. Everyone’s updates, photos, and logs sync instantly to the cloud. • Frictionless Access: No user accounts, no passwords, and no email sign-ups required. Just enter your display name and role (e.g., "Rob - 1st AC") and start prepping. • Smart OCR Scanning: Instantly capture and log equipment serial numbers directly from your camera's live feed. • Professional PDF Exports: Generate clean, standardized, and easily shareable PDF inventory lists directly from your phone to send to production or rental houses. • Damage Flagging: Instantly flag broken or missing equipment, complete with photo evidence, so nothing slips through the cracks before the shoot begins. • Offline-Capable: Prepping in a basement rental house with zero cell service? KitPrep works completely offline and automatically syncs everything the moment you reconnect. • Accountability Tags: Every uploaded photo and log is automatically tagged with the crew member's name, keeping a clear record of who prepped what. FIRST JOB FREE: We believe in letting the app prove its worth on the floor. • Joining is always free: Any crew member can join a project using an invite code and use the app’s full feature set at no cost. • First project is on us: You can create your first project and generate your first share code entirely for free. • Upgrade when you're ready: After your first free project, a single monthly or annual subscription unlocks the ability to host unlimited cloud projects and generate invite codes for future jobs. Built for speed, reliability, and the realities of the prep floor, KitPrep is the modern tool every camera department needs to get the job done right. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://alwaysshaw1.github.io/kitprep-privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KitPrep at fortnightly against Crew Call's monthly. Crew Call's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Crew Call sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year and KitPrep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crew Call ships an update monthly, KitPrep fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crew Call | KitPrep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Auron Studios Pty Ltd | Robert Shaw |
In-app purchases
Crew Call
- Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year
KitPrep
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual$49.991 Year








