Film Beans Timesheets vs Haystack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Film Beans Timesheets
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Film Beans Timesheets is the one app for TV and Film crew members to simply complete, submit and approve weekly timesheets. Record the days and hours you work as well as claiming any overtime, meal allowances and per diems that you've accrued. Features โข Onboarding - complete your production start form. โข Weekly and Daily views of your timesheets โข Approvals Workflow - Quickly approve/reject and comment on your crew's timesheet submissions.
Haystack
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Haystack is an all-in-one production solution for revolutionising and improving efficiency and workflow across the film and TV industry. Currently operating across Costume, Hair and Make-Up, we ensure teams can work together to create seamless notes, photos and detailed tracking of garments and kit across the whole production process. With an automated sync, teams can work online or on remote location without interruption. Also offering detailed seamless solutions to speed up and simplify prep and wrap, Haystack ensures nothing is ever lost across productions as garments and kit can be easily identified and located using our revolutionary new system. Having been used on several productions so far, we ensure time-saving tech to help find that needle in a Haystack quicker and more efficiently. Haystack is a great resource and tool for you departments on your next production.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Haystack at every 5 weeks against Film Beans Timesheets's every 14 months. Film Beans Timesheets's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Film Beans Timesheets ships an update every 14 months, Haystack every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Film Beans Timesheets | Haystack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 weeks โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Feature Set Ltd | Another Haystack Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Film Beans Timesheets
No in-app purchases
Haystack
No in-app purchases
Questions
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