iBidline vs CrewRest+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iBidline
This app synchronizes your airline roster, allowing you to view, search, and export flight details to your calendar. It facilitates finding roster swaps and viewing friends' schedules. An upgrade enables completing the entire bidding process on your device.
- Synchronize airline roster with eMaestro
- View and search flightcrew rosters
- Search pilots by destination and date
- Find roster swaps quickly
- Nominate friends and view their rosters
- Complete bidding process on iPad
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iBid integrates your airline roster into your iPad seamlessly. View your roster, export it to your iPad calendar and access it from your phone or computer. • Keep your roster up to date with ease by synchronising with eMaestro at the touch of a button. • View and search all flightcrew rosters for your airline in a clear and readable format. • Search for pilots by destination and date. • Find roster swaps in seconds. Select the trip you want to swap, specify what you want in return and iBid will show you who you could potentially swap with. • Nominate your friends and view their rosters with complete trip details on any fleet. Upgrade to the full version and you will be able to complete the whole bidding process on your iPad. View, sort and filter the available lines and then submit your electronic bid effortlessly. This app is designed to work for pilots employed by any airline using a 'bidline' rostering system or the eMaestro rostering interface. It is also useful to friends and family of those pilots and to retired staff for viewing rosters.
CrewRest+
This app helps flight crew calculate rest and duty schedules for long-haul flights. It offers customizable scenarios, including airline-specific options, and allows users to adjust durations and share timelines. A free trial is available before a yearly subscription.
- Rest and duty scheduling calculator
- Customizable rest period splits
- Airline-specific scenario catalog
- Adjustable duration settings
- Timeline sharing as PNG
- Breaks before rest/duty periods
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CrewRest+ is an application designed for flight crew members, both cockpit and cabin crew, operating long-haul flights. It is a rest scheduling calculator (and duty-service scheduling for cabin crew) that provides a simple and efficient flight timeline, displaying the duration, start time, and end time of each rest and/or duty-service period based on the entered data. Several scenarios can be selected, such as splitting the total duration into 3 equal rest periods, or 4, or even 6. Some airline-specific scenarios have been requested by pilots and are also available in the scenario catalog: Cathay, Virgin, Swiss, and Air New Zealand options. Breaks between rest periods are defined by the user. For cabin crew, breaks before rest periods and before duty periods can be set differently. Once the timeline is displayed, durations can be adjusted according to the actual flight context (except for the airline-specific scenarios mentioned above). The timeline can also be shared as a PNG image with other crew members. The application is available on both iPhone and iPad. --- Note : The app includes a free trial allowing up to 5 timeline calculations, with full access to all features. After these 5 calculations have been used, continued access to the app and its features requires an auto-renewable annual subscription priced at $6.99 per year. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings under “Subscriptions“. This application uses Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CrewRest+ at 5.0 against iBidline's 4.8. iBidline's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. iBidline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CrewRest+ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CrewRest+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iBidline has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
iBidline ships an update every 5 days, CrewRest+ every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iBidline | CrewRest+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alasdair Waugh | Serge Ostrowsky |
Customer experience
iBidline
CrewRest+
In-app purchases
iBidline
- iBid Full Product 1 Year Subscription$149.99
CrewRest+
- Yearly subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Year








