Microsoft Copilot vs CrewAssign
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Microsoft Copilot
This AI-powered tool streamlines your work by assisting with content creation, project management, and information retrieval. It integrates with various Microsoft applications to help you generate documents, summarize data, and organize your tasks efficiently.
- AI-powered content creation
- Integration with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
- Summarize articles and files
- Draft emails and brainstorm ideas
- Manage projects and organize your day
- Connects to your work files and information
- Supports multiple AI models
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The Microsoft Copilot app is the AI built for work. Copilot helps you keep your work moving, from early ideas to finished documents, presentations, and more. Whether you're creating content, managing projects, organizing your day, or finding information, Copilot helps you get more done from one place. Copilot connects to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more, bringing the files and information you use into one place. Create polished documents, presentations, and spreadsheets, summarize articles and files, draft emails, brainstorm ideas, analyze information, and get answers grounded in the work you're doing. Need help tackling a bigger task? With Cowork, Copilot can take on multi-step work and help deliver finished files and completed to-dos, so you spend less time piecing work together and more time making progress. Choose between leading AI models, selecting the one that's best suited to the task at hand. Whether you're writing, researching, planning, or analyzing, Copilot gives you the flexibility to work your way. Copilot also remembers what matters, connects to the files and information you use most, and helps you pick up where you left off. Upload Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images or PDF files directly from your phone to ask questions, generate summaries, and find the information you need. For organizations with a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, Work IQ gives Copilot a deep understanding of your organization's work, people, and relationships, delivering more intelligent, relevant, personalized and trusted assistance. Copilot is built on the same enterprise-grade security foundation as Microsoft 365 — your permissions, encryption, and compliance commitments already in place. Data processing and protection commitments differ by subscription; see the full security documentation for details. Availability of Microsoft Copilot features may vary. Some capabilities require specific licenses or may be disabled by your organization's administrator. See this webpage for more information on feature availability by license: https://support.microsoft.com/topic/understanding-the-different-microsoft-copilot-experiences-cfff4791-694a-4d90-9c9c-1eb3fb28e842 Please refer to Microsoft’s EULA for Terms of Service for Microsoft 365. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: https://learn.microsoft.com/legal/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-copilot-mobile-license-terms
CrewAssign
Streamline construction workforce management with this app. It allows crews to view schedules, clock in/out on-site, and manage tasks with photo attachments. Administrators can oversee job sites, assign workers, and generate reports.
- Crew scheduling and calendar view
- On-site clock in/out
- Task management with photo attachments
- Material and time-off requests
- Offline functionality
- Job site information management
- Reporting and analytics
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CrewAssign is workforce scheduling built for construction companies — the office schedules the work, the crew sees it on their phone, and the record of what happened stays attached to the job site. FOR THE CREW • See your own schedule for the day, the week or the month. • Clock in and out on site. Your hours land against the right job automatically. • Mark tasks complete and attach photos as you go. • Request materials from the job site instead of chasing someone by text. • Request time off and see where the request stands. • Add your scheduled visits to your phone's calendar. • Works offline. Clock-ins, task updates and photos taken with no signal are queued on the device and sent when you are back in range. FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND FOREMEN • A calendar of every scheduled visit, with conflict detection so two jobs can't claim the same worker. • Job sites that hold everything about the work: tasks, materials, equipment, permits, inspections, photos and documents. • Assign workers to visits and reschedule from your phone. • Approve or decline time-off requests and materials requests as they come in. • Recurring visit rules for work that repeats. • Estimates and PDF invoices built from the work that was actually recorded. • Reports and analytics on hours, costs and job progress. BUILT FOR THE FIELD • English and Spanish throughout the app. • Face ID / Touch ID unlock. • Push notifications when a schedule changes or a request needs your attention. • Photo metadata, including any GPS coordinates your camera recorded, is stripped on the device before anything is uploaded. ABOUT ACCOUNTS CrewAssign is used by a company, and accounts are created by that company's administrator — you cannot sign up as an individual. If your employer uses CrewAssign, sign in with the account they gave you. If you would like CrewAssign for your own company, get in touch at support@crewassign.app. Location is used only at the moment you clock in or out, so your employer has an accurate record of time on site. It is never collected in the background, and clocking in still works if you decline the permission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CrewAssign at none against Microsoft Copilot's 10. CrewAssign also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Microsoft Copilot's advantage is ratings volume (1.4M vs 1) and chart position (#8 vs unranked). On price, update cadence 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. Microsoft Copilot sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CrewAssign asks for nothing beyond the download.
CrewAssign holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Copilot has 1.4M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Microsoft Copilot ships an update every 6 days, CrewAssign every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Microsoft Copilot | CrewAssign |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #8 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 504 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | JOSEPH CHAPMAN |
Customer experience
Microsoft Copilot
CrewAssign
Bugs and requests
Microsoft Copilot
Reported bugs
4 issues- Documents not saving properly
- Inability to change file names or locations
- Compatibility issues with older devices and OSes
- Unreliable syncing between devices and cloud
Requested features
4 requests- Allow opening multiple documents side-by-side
- Improve iPad optimization and user experience
- Provide better integration with third-party cloud storage
- Add more advanced formatting and editing capabilities
CrewAssign
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Microsoft Copilot
- Microsoft 365 Basic$1.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Personal2 variants$9.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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- Microsoft 365 Family1 Month trial2 variants$12.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Premium Monthly1 Month trial2 variants$19.991 Month
- Microsoft 365 Personal1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- Microsoft 365 Premium Annual1 Month trial$199.991 Year
CrewAssign
No in-app purchases
Questions
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