WinBid Pairings 2 vs Sequence Decoder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WinBid Pairings 2
Organize airline crew schedules and manage flight logs. Features include local time display, offline pairing downloads, and logbook integration with recency tracking.
- Local time pairing display
- Offline pairing package downloads
- Save custom pairing details
- Apple Watch display
- Logbook with recency tracking
- Import logbook data
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WinBid Pairings 2 is the all-around trip organizer for airline crews. ** Supports ONLY the following airlines **: - AA Pilots and flight attendants - all crew bases, aircraft Contact developer to add support for your airline • All pairing times are in crew base local time. No need to calculate timezones. • Download entire pairing packages for your aircraft and crew base in seconds • Select pairings as your pairings, where crew names, notes, etc. can be permanently saved • Display your pairings on your Apple Watch • Filter pairings that match your parameters • Logbook feature to maintain a legal logbook with instant totals for recency (includes FAR 117 reporting) • Seed logbook legs with your pairings (only make minor changes for actual time etc.) • Import logbook from Little Red Book from WinBid (Windows) • Import personal and split pairings from WinBid (Mac/Windows) • Easy setup – nothing else needed (stand-alone, WinBid desktop not required) • Using iTunes file sharing, import pairings, crew names, notes from the desktop version of WinBid (Windows, Mac) • Redesigned interface for quick and easy access to all features • New table format for viewing all pairings, with optional theme colors (or select traditional text format) • Scheduled pairings shared with WinBid Mac, and WinBid Schedule (iPad and Windows) • Logbook shared with WinBid Logbook on Mac as well as WinBid Logbook iPhone, and Windows • No charge for monthly downloads. No recurring fees.
Sequence Decoder
Access real-time and historical flight data for any airport, including departures, arrivals, and individual flight details. Flight attendants receive specialized tools for managing schedules, alerts, crew communication, and legal compliance.
- Airport departure/arrival info
- Individual flight lookup
- Flight attendant alerts
- Crew scheduling tools
- Legality checker
- Crew communication
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For the public: -Past and future departure information for all airports -Past and future arrival information for all airports -Individual flight info lookup For flight attendants: -Reminders if you forgot to sign in-Flight info -ETB alerts -Open time alerts -Flight alerts -Open time display -Sequence details -Calendar -Reserve call out list -Standby list -Crew chat -Save notes about crew members -Display prior sequences flown together with others -Pilot sequence info -Legality checker -Hotel amenities and pickup locations -Find layover overlaps with other base's sequences -Tracks cosmic radiation exposure -Sequence total pay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sequence Decoder at Free against WinBid Pairings 2's $29.99. Sequence Decoder also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (238 vs 19). WinBid Pairings 2's advantage is chart position (#102 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Sequence Decoder is free to download; WinBid Pairings 2 costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sequence Decoder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sequence Decoder has 238 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of WinBid Pairings 2's written reviews are positive against 76% of Sequence Decoder's.
WinBid Pairings 2 ships an update every 6 weeks, Sequence Decoder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WinBid Pairings 2 | Sequence Decoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (19 ratings) | 4.6 (238 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 238 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #102 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SafiSoft | Jeffrey REISBERG |
Customer experience
WinBid Pairings 2
Sequence Decoder
Bugs and requests
WinBid Pairings 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sequence Decoder
Reported bugs
9 issues- Trips no longer listed in open time after update
- Cannot sync calendar
- App not loading trips or showing standbys
- Open time and call out list not working
- Jeffnet not loading data
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- App not working after recent use
- Locked out of app, cannot log in
- No way to stop payments
- Getting error messages on everything
Requested features
2 requests- Enable Face ID login when importing via browser
- Bring back hotel info
In-app purchases
WinBid Pairings 2
No in-app purchases
Sequence Decoder
No in-app purchases
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