Comparison

FAAwait vs Inflight CrewRest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FAAwait

Get real-time updates on air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. Monitor departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays to anticipate potential travel disruptions.

Highlights
  • Real-time U.S. airport delay data
  • Tracks departure and arrival delays
  • Monitors ground stops
  • Monitors ground delays
  • Utilizes FAA data feed
Features
Currently charting
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FAAwait provides real-time access to current air traffic delays at all U.S. airports. It utilizes a data feed maintained by the FAA that tracks departure and arrival delays, ground stops, and ground delays. To access this information, an active internet connection (WiFi or cellular) is required. FAAwait does NOT provide status information for specific flights. But by monitoring airport traffic conditions, you can often anticipate delays that may impact your travel, sometimes before the airlines themselves officially update their schedules. For more information on FAAwait, refer to the links below. Note: This application is not provided or endorsed by the FAA.

About

Inflight CrewRest

This app calculates required rest periods for flight attendants on long-haul international flights. It accounts for multiple rest breaks, service times, and provides detailed countdowns and results.

Highlights
  • Calculates flight attendant rest periods
  • Supports multiple rest breaks (2, 3, or 4)
  • Considers mid-service and landing service
  • Includes over 100 major destinations with timezones
  • Allows adding custom timezones/airports
  • Detailed results with countdown timers
Features
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CrewRest is a simple airline crew rest/break application/calculator for determining rest periods for flight attendants on long-haul international flights. Features - Pre-installed with over 100 major Destinations to immediately determine timezones to start a crew rest calculation. - Ability to Add additional timezones/airports not already in pre-loaded list. - Optionally calculate rest periods with consideration to for mid-service (for two rest breaks only) and landing service. - Calculate two, three or four rest periods for a single flight. - Detailed results view including gap indicators, end of rest periods, start of landing or mid service, estimated landing time. - Auto countdown display for each rest break.

Screenshots

FAAwait4 screens
Inflight CrewRest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inflight CrewRest at Free against FAAwait's $0.99. Inflight CrewRest also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). FAAwait's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.2) and review sentiment (56% vs 21%). On ratings volume, ads, 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

Inflight CrewRest is free to download; FAAwait costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FAAwait holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of FAAwait's written reviews are positive against 21% of Inflight CrewRest's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FAAwait ships an update every 10 months, Inflight CrewRest every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
FAAwait versus Inflight CrewRest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFAAwaitInflight CrewRest
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (37 ratings) — better2.2 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews — better20.7% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.6 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB17 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBryan FiglerCrewFly Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

FAAwait

All ratings37 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative32.7%

Inflight CrewRest

All ratings25 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative72.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive20.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative72.4%

Bugs and requests

FAAwait

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Some functions aren’t working
  • FAA OIS Board not working
  • No map displayed after updating to iPadOS17
  • Map has disappeared after iPadOS 17
  • APP was great until iPadOS 17 then the map basically has disappeared
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  • App cannot communicate with FAA servers
  • Crashes immediately after last update
  • New update makes app unusable
  • App crashes every time I open
  • Latest update crashes
  • Will not open
  • Shows daylight time instead of standard time
  • Does not switch to UTC when selected
  • No connect issues
  • Broken App
  • Constantly gives a Connection error message
  • Connection error
  • App is broken
  • Worthless
  • App no longer works
  • App closed unexpectedly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Needs to be updated
  • Proper updates to bring app into 2026
  • iPad version needed
  • iPad App needed
  • Search airport function
Show 3 more
  • Scope of delay programs indicated
  • Legend colors match map colors
  • Access to airline delays

Inflight CrewRest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

FAAwait

No in-app purchases

None

Inflight CrewRest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FAAwait free?
FAAwait costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inflight CrewRest free?
Inflight CrewRest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FAAwait or Inflight CrewRest?
FAAwait is rated higher. FAAwait averages 4.1 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Inflight CrewRest averages 2.2 from 26 ratings.
Do FAAwait or Inflight CrewRest have ads?
Neither FAAwait nor Inflight CrewRest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FAAwait or Inflight CrewRest?
FAAwait ships an update every 10 months, and Inflight CrewRest every 3 months. Most recently, FAAwait was updated on October 29, 2026 and Inflight CrewRest on October 26, 2026.

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