FilmTouch™ vs MPI Mobile App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FilmTouch™
This app extracts contact information from PDF callsheets and crew lists, organizing it into a searchable database of your film industry contacts. It keeps your data private, allowing you to easily find specific crew members for any job.
- Reads PDF callsheets and crew lists
- Extracts names and contact information
- Searchable contact database
- Private and secure data storage
- Import from cloud storage
- Multi-day job support
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This remarkable app can read and understand most of your PDF callsheets and crew lists. It then pulls the names, and contact information of your coworkers and stores them in a searchable list of all your jobs. ● FilmTouch is a callsheet tracker and contact manager for the film industry. ● And it's PRIVATE. When you import files into FilmTouch™ you're the only one who can view them. You can't use this app to share callsheets & crew lists with anyone else, therefore you're not violating your NDA or production rules by using it. ● You can search within a list to help you filter out the results; like when you're trying to find the medic in a list of 75 crew members. ● You can import PDF callsheets and crew lists from Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Adobe Creative Cloud and any other app that integrates with the iOS file system. ● Multi-Day Support - Jobs are now split into separate days so you can see which crew & vendors appeared on a certain day. ● Please note: Callsheets and crew lists need to be text-based PDF's. (Unfortunately FilmTouch can't read scans or photos, and OCR is not reliable enough). And the app can understand roughly 80 to 90% of callsheets & crew lists, but there are some with unusual formatting that it can't yet import.
MPI Mobile App
This app offers a quick guide to benefits for participants of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans. It provides essential information for members to understand their coverage and entitlements.
- Benefit guide access
- Participant information
- Health plan details
- Pension plan details
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The MPI App is designed to provide a quick guide to benefits for participants of the Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FilmTouch™ at 76% against MPI Mobile App's 0%. FilmTouch™ also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and chart position (#185 vs unranked). MPI Mobile App's advantage is price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). 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
MPI Mobile App is free to download; FilmTouch™ costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FilmTouch™ holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 58 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of FilmTouch™'s written reviews are positive against 0% of MPI Mobile App's.
FilmTouch™ ships an update every 7 months, MPI Mobile App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FilmTouch™ | MPI Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (58 ratings) — better | 2.3 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 58 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MonkSeal Media, LLC | MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY HEALTH PLAN |
Customer experience
FilmTouch™
MPI Mobile App
Bugs and requests
FilmTouch™
Reported bugs
15 issues- Erased all previous call sheets
- Stopped importing call sheets
- Call sheets not showing up in jobs
- Email button doesn't work
- App doesn't work on iPhone 15
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- App is clunky and not smooth
- App is buggy and glitchy
- App stuck in 'uploading' state
- App slowing down the machine (iOS 10)
- App needs update for new iOS
- Random info gets copied that cannot be deleted
- App fails to do anything with call sheets sometimes
- Does not handle variation in call sheet formats
- PDFs saved with no job name and no way to change it
- Call sheets refused for data entry due to non-standard format
Requested features
12 requests- Ability to edit job names
- Manual data entry capability
- Offline access to data
- Merge multiple days' call sheets from the same job
- Highlight people worked with in the past
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- Search by phone number
- FAQ section
- Dark mode
- Calendar view
- Alphabetical listing of contacts
- Filter contacts by department/position
- Support for iOS updates
MPI Mobile App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FilmTouch™
No in-app purchases
MPI Mobile App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is FilmTouch™ free?
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