Comparison

CrewLink Manager vs FPL BR

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

Head to head
About

CrewLink Manager

Manage and download your flight rosters from NetLine/CrewLink. Generate reports for earnings and flight time, and easily check and accept notifications. Supports multiple airlines with experimental features for others.

Highlights
  • Download and store flight rosters
  • Offline roster viewing
  • Generate earnings and flight time reports
  • Check and accept notifications
  • Crew checking functionality
  • Email and AirPrint support
Features
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!!!PLEASE VERIFY THAT CREWLINK MANAGER WORKS FOR YOUR AIRLINER, SEE LIST BELOW!!! This app eases the management/ download and storage of your planned and actual rosters published by NetLine/CrewLink, with reports creation for your earnings and flight time data; expedites notifications checking and acceptance (one touch checking); allows to check your crew from within the app. Currently, the app supports the following airliners: -GOL Linhas Aéreas (storage, crew, notifications, earnings and flight time reports) And the following in experimental version - Storage, crew and notifications: -Alitalia -Bulgaria Air -Garuda Indonesia -Portugalia -TACA -Transaero -Tunisair -Lufthansa and its subsidiaries -OTHER (just enter the crew link address of your airliner) General Features (all airliners): -Simple configuration: select your airliner, your function, and your CrewLink login and password. -Download and storage of your planned and actual rosters, separated by month. -View your rosters offline. -CrewLink username and password storage by the app. -View and accept notifications. -Check your crew from within the app. -Open your roster using the app (directly from your email, or even another app). -"Open In…" function, allows you to open your roster in a 3rd party app. -Email support, send your rosters directly from the app. -AirPrint Support, print your roster/report directly from the app. -Notifications Auto Check with Audio feedback - will auto check your notifications every 5 minutes, and sound the appropriate feedback sound for “No new notification”, “New notification” or “Error”. Note: The responsibility of receiving the notifications cannot be delegated to the app, so you should provide the usual means your airliner to contact you and not rely on the app. The app will not keep history of when this feature was enabled. Specific Airlines Features: -GOL Linhas Aéreas -Main screen summary, with planned/actual roster earnings comparison, showing the higher one (2013+), summary of flight time including night time, holidays and sundays, earning and per diems for that month, organized by payment days. -Monthly report for total flight time, night time, holiday and sunday time, total paid time and total unpaid holiday and sunday time. -Monthly report of per diems, organized by day (e.g 3/CAJ, 4/JE) -Monthly report of detailed flight time: day time, night time, CAT1 time (day and night), Reserve time(day and night), StandBy time, Holidays and Sundays Time (day and night), and Holidays and Sundays unpaid time. -Monthly preview of paycheck - with basic salary, organic premium, risk premium, day and night flight time, day and night holidays/sundays time, Social Security taxes, Income Taxes and paycheck discounts - such as union contribution, health insurance and alimony. -Manual configuration of paycheck discounts as fixed values, percentages of gross and net income (with and without income tax discount), or number of kids affecting income tax. IAP's may apply for individual company features updates. If your airliner still don't have and specific earnings/per diems/flight time report (or any other kind of information that is relevant for your airliner), please contact me on patrickgoettert@hotmail.com. With your help, I'll be able to add automatic reports for your airliner and make the app even more useful. If your duty roster is also published by NetLine/CrewLink, please contact me on patrickgoettert@hotmail.com so that I can add support for your airliner. I am always looking for beta testers at unsupported airliners at wich NetLine/CrewLink is being used!

About

FPL BR

Manage aviation messages offline with syntax validation and receive real-time approval notifications. View route suggestions on a map and manage your account details securely.

Highlights
  • Offline message management
  • Syntax validation
  • Approval/rejection notifications
  • Route suggestions on map
  • ATS message sending
  • Password change
  • CGNA registration request
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Com o aplicativo FPL BR os pilotos poderão gerenciar suas mensagens a partir de seu próprio iphone/ipad, com uma interface otimizada. Além disso, é possível validar sintaticamente as mensagens mesmo desconectado da internet e receber notificações sobre a aprovação/reprovação das mensagens diretamente no dispositivo. Principais funcionalidades • Consultas de Mensagens ATS (FPL, CHG, DLA e CNL) marcadas como Favoritas sem necessidade de conexão com a Internet; • Criação e validação sintática das mensagens sem necessidade de conexão com a Internet; • Envio de Mensagens ATS (FPL, CHG, DLA e CNL) • Notificações sobre a aprovação/reprovação das mensagens enviadas; • Sugestões de rotas podem ser exibidas em um mapa; • Alteração de Senha; • Solicitação de Cadastro no CGNA.

Screenshots

CrewLink Manager4 screens
FPL BR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FPL BR at Free against CrewLink Manager's $13.99. FPL BR also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.2). CrewLink Manager's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.6). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

FPL BR is free to download; CrewLink Manager costs $13.99 up front. CrewLink Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FPL BR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CrewLink Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CrewLink Manager versus FPL BR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewLink ManagerFPL BR
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better2.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.212.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick GoettertServicos e Informacoes do Brasil

Customer experience

CrewLink Manager

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive21.7%
Neutral17.4%
Negative60.9%

FPL BR

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewLink Manager

One-time1
  • Gol Paycheck$0.99
None

FPL BR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewLink Manager free?
CrewLink Manager costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is FPL BR free?
FPL BR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CrewLink Manager or FPL BR?
CrewLink Manager is rated higher. CrewLink Manager averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while FPL BR averages 2.6 from 7 ratings.
Do CrewLink Manager or FPL BR have ads?
Neither CrewLink Manager nor FPL BR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewLink Manager or FPL BR?
CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, and FPL BR every 2 months. Most recently, CrewLink Manager was updated on September 21, 2026 and FPL BR on August 17, 2026.

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