Comparison

CrewLink Manager vs Wader Pilot Logbook

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

Wader Pilot Logbook

This app simplifies flight logging for pilots by automatically filling in flight details from ADS-B data. It also provides pre-flight briefings, crew coordination features, and career overview statistics. Advanced features are available through an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Automated flight logging from ADS-B data
  • Pre-flight briefing with weather and NOTAMs
  • Crew coordination and roster sharing
  • Career overview with totals and maps
  • Digital wallet for licenses and certificates
  • Offline functionality and data syncing
  • Exportable flight logs in various formats
Features
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Your logbook, your next flight and your crew. In one app. 18,000 pilots have logged over 7.5 million flights with Wader. It fills in each sector from real ADS-B data, briefs you before you go and keeps you close to the pilots you fly with, on iPhone and iPad. ▶ A LOGBOOK THAT FILLS ITSELF IN • Real tail numbers and block times from ADS-B • Block and flight time worked out as you type • Crew, aircraft and airports suggested from your own history • Works offline at any airfield and syncs when you are back online • Find any flight in seconds: search by airport, tail, crew or flight number, then filter ▶ YOUR CAREER AT A GLANCE • Totals by function, aircraft and engine type, and every airport you have flown to on one map • Wallet: licences, medicals and certificates stacked like passes, the next to expire on top • Fleet: every type and tail you have flown, with your type ratings • Export a PDF in EASA, UK CAA, FAA, SACAA, GCAA or CASA layout, or a CSV, at any time ▶ BRIEFED BEFORE YOU GO • Your next flight on a map, on the ground and in the air, with your position • Alternates from the nearest airports, filtered by runway length • METAR and TAF decoded, with wind and gust warnings • NOTAMs in plain language, the original text always one tap away • A checklist for every flight, with reminders ▶ FLY WITH YOUR CREW • See where your friends are on a map, and the days you will be at the same airport • Compare rosters and chat • Log a flight once for the whole crew: it lands in every logbook and stays up to date • A feed for flights, alerts and aviation news ▶ BUILT FOR iPAD • A side bar and two panes: your logbook on the left, the open flight on the right • Briefing, Dashboard and chat with room to breathe ▶ GO FURTHER WITH WADER PRO • Live tracking of the aircraft you are about to fly: where it is, its inbound flight, delays and your gate • The TAF at your ETD and ETA, and live D-ATIS at US and Australian airports • Airport busy hours and briefs from real flight data • Unlimited ADS-B flights and every sector of your day in one tap • Imports from airline rosters, spreadsheets and other logbook apps • Recency: know when your take-offs and landings expire • Checklists synced across your devices, batch edit, a pilot CV, a stats report and priority support Wader PRO is an auto-renewing annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use: waderaviation.com/terms-of-use Wader is a logbook and planning aid, not an official source. Weather, NOTAM, ATIS and tracking data come from third parties without any guarantee of accuracy: always check official sources before flight. Wader Aviation Corp is not liable for any damage resulting from the use of this app.

Screenshots

CrewLink Manager4 screens
Wader Pilot Logbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

CrewLink Manager and Wader Pilot Logbook both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 98% of Wader Pilot Logbook's written reviews are positive against 22% of CrewLink Manager's. Wader Pilot Logbook also leads on price (Free vs $13.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Wader Pilot Logbook is free to download; CrewLink Manager costs $13.99 up front. CrewLink Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Wader Pilot Logbook sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $79.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for CrewLink Manager against 4.6 for Wader Pilot Logbook. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wader Pilot Logbook has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 22% of CrewLink Manager's written reviews are positive against 98% of Wader Pilot Logbook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, Wader Pilot Logbook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CrewLink Manager versus Wader Pilot Logbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewLink ManagerWader Pilot Logbook
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews98.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick GoettertWader Aviation Corp

Customer experience

CrewLink Manager

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

Wader Pilot Logbook

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive98.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewLink Manager

One-time1
  • Gol Paycheck$0.99
1 purchases

Wader Pilot Logbook

Subscriptions1
  • Wader Pro Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is CrewLink Manager free?
CrewLink Manager costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Wader Pilot Logbook free?
Wader Pilot Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CrewLink Manager or Wader Pilot Logbook?
Wader Pilot Logbook is rated higher. CrewLink Manager averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Wader Pilot Logbook averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do CrewLink Manager or Wader Pilot Logbook have ads?
Neither CrewLink Manager nor Wader Pilot Logbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewLink Manager or Wader Pilot Logbook?
CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Wader Pilot Logbook every 2 weeks. Most recently, CrewLink Manager was updated on November 6, 2026 and Wader Pilot Logbook on November 7, 2026.

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