Comparison

Pocket Call Sheet vs Crew Call

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Call Sheet

This app allows filmmakers to create and distribute industry-standard digital call sheets for their productions. It streamlines scheduling, cast and crew information, and scene details, enabling digital sign-offs and email distribution as PDF or HTML.

Highlights
  • Create industry-standard digital call sheets
  • Distribute to cast and crew via email
  • Digital sign-off for key personnel
  • Detailed production, cast, crew, and scene information
  • Includes weather, property lists, and special instructions
  • Email attachments as HTML or PDF
Features
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POCKET CALL SHEET. The world's first iOS digital call sheet application. - Featured in MovieMaker Magazine's "2011's Must-Have Apps for Movie Makers | The Future of Filmmaking" issue. - Named as one of "2 Apps to help produce your film." -Raindance Canada. - "Overall this app is highly recommended, it's highly functional, easy to customize/maneuver." -HandHeldHollywood.com - "Pocket Call Sheet is very intuitive and easy to use. A smart solution at a great price." -Chris Patmore, MovieScope Magazine. With Pocket Call Sheet you can simply and effectively create industry standard digital call sheets for multiple productions. Instead of relying on a physical production office to schedule your production, with Pocket Call Sheet you can do it on the road, distributing to your cast and crew all the requirements for the following day. Your Line Producer, UPM, 1st and 2nd AD’s can even sign off on the call sheet from their device. Pocket Call Sheet allows you to email call sheets as HTML or PDF attachments, thus eliminating the need to print. Here is a detailed list of elements Pocket Call Sheet contains: Production information: - Film Title - Episode Title - Company - Studio - Date - Shoot Days - Day out of days (e.g. "day 32 of a 60 day shoot") - Exec. Producer(s) - Producer(s) - Director(s) - Production Office and contact information - Production Number - Company Report to - Company Shooting Call - Line Producer - Unit Production Manager - 1st Assistant Director - 2nd Assistant Director - 2nd 2nd Assistant Director - Production Assistant(s) - Other Weather information: - Anticipated Weather - Sunrise - Sunset Cast information: - Assigned Number - Name - Role - Status - Pick-Up - Call Time - Hair & M/U - Set Call - Notes Crew information: - General Crew Call (Sets a global call time) - Name - Position - Status - Call Time - Notes Departments: - Camera Dept. - Grip Dept. - Electric Dept. - Sound Dept. - Video - Property Dept. - Special Effects - Hair & Make Up - Wardrobe Dept. - Art Dept. - Construction - Office Staff - Accounting - Writing Staff - Casting - Post Production - Locations - Transportation - Misc. Equipment - Catering & Craft Services - Additional - Studio Set Op’s Stand-Ins, Atmosphere, Musicians: - Assigned Number - Name - Role - Status - Pick-Up - Call Time - Hair & M/U - Set Call - Notes Scene information (scenes can be reordered for scheduling purposes): - Scene Number - INT/EXT - Scene Heading - DAY/NIGHT - Story Day - Scene Description - Number of Pages - Cast Required - Location Address - Notes/Instructions - Special Instructions for specific departments. - Property list with description, scene and quantity. - Emergency Utilities with contact information and address. - Daily Notes. Signatures: - Line Producer - U.P.M. - 1st A.D. - 2nd A.D. And a great deal more... After entering the details of your shoot day, a formatted 2 page call sheet with advance shooting schedule is emailed to all cast, crew and anyone else. If you find Pocket Call Sheet useful, please add a review. If you have any suggestions for future releases of Pocket Call Sheet please email us via our website. Please "Like" us on Facebook and Twitter: - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pocket-Call-Sheet/370875426271783 - https://twitter.com/pocketcallsheet You can also find detailed video guides on YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFmVdLMnNJGU9bmUKcel9kAlXg2z3848y

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/

Screenshots

Pocket Call Sheet4 screens
Crew Call4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Crew Call at Free against Pocket Call Sheet's $7.99. Crew Call also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (86% vs 68%). Pocket Call Sheet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, 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

Crew Call is free to download; Pocket Call Sheet costs $7.99 up front. Crew Call sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per year. Pocket Call Sheet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crew Call holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Pocket Call Sheet's written reviews are positive against 86% of Crew Call's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Call Sheet ships an update every 6 months, Crew Call monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Call Sheet versus Crew Call: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Call SheetCrew Call
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)4.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews86.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSnake Byte StudioAuron Studios Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Pocket Call Sheet

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral13.2%
Negative18.9%

Crew Call

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

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Call Sheet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Crew Call

Subscriptions1
  • Crew Call Premium$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Pocket Call Sheet free?
Pocket Call Sheet costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crew Call free?
Crew Call is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Call Sheet or Crew Call?
Crew Call is rated higher. Pocket Call Sheet averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Crew Call averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Pocket Call Sheet or Crew Call have ads?
Neither Pocket Call Sheet nor Crew Call shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Call Sheet or Crew Call?
Pocket Call Sheet ships an update every 6 months, and Crew Call monthly. Most recently, Pocket Call Sheet was updated on October 15, 2026 and Crew Call on October 17, 2026.

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