Comparison

CrewLink Manager vs Anac

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

Anac

Simplify your aviation career journey with this app. Manage courses, track flight hours, and access essential documentation for aspiring pilots. It guides you through every step of your professional formation in civil aviation.

Highlights
  • Manage aviation courses
  • Track flight hours
  • Consult accredited clinics and doctors
  • Request and issue aviation fees
  • View technical qualification certificates
  • Initiate license acquisition journey
Features
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Chega de complexidade na hora de começar sua carreira na aviação civil! Com o Super App da Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (Anac), sua jornada profissional na aviação civil se torna mais simples, rápida e fácil. Disponível inicialmente para aspirantes a piloto privado de avião, piloto privado de helicóptero e piloto de planejador, o aplicativo reúne tudo o que você precisa em um único lugar, na palma da sua mão. Você pode fazer a gestão dos cursos que realizará, realizar o pagamento para emissão da Carteira de Habilitação Técnica (CHT), contabilizar suas horas de voo, consultar clínicas e médicos credenciados para seus exames médicos, e muito mais. O app da Anac te leva para uma experiência única, fácil e completa, apresentando todas as etapas de sua formação na aviação civil e te guiando de forma simples pela sua evolução profissional. A versão inicial do aplicativo oferece as seguintes funcionalidades: · Iniciar jornada de obtenção de licença (piloto privado de avião, piloto privado de executivo e piloto de planejador) · Consultar clínicas e médicos para obter seu Certificado Médico Aeronáutico (CMA) · Consultar escolas de aviação para realização dos cursos e exames necessários durante sua jornada · Consultar extrato de voos realizados · Confirmar horas de voo pendentes · Consultar o CMA · Enviar o comprovante de escolaridade para cumprimento dos requisitos da jornada · Visualizar os seus endossos recuperados (verificar, navegação de voo solo e voo solo). · Solicitar e emitir a Taxa de Fiscalização da Aviação Civil (TFAC) e consultar o Certificado de Habilitação Técnica (CHT) Digital [:mav: 2.10.0]

Screenshots

CrewLink Manager4 screens
Anac4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Anac at Free against CrewLink Manager's $13.99. Anac also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anac holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anac has 38 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, Anac every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CrewLink Manager versus Anac: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewLink ManagerAnac
Price$13.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings438 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.2 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
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%

Anac

All ratings38 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.9%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewLink Manager

One-time1
  • Gol Paycheck$0.99
None

Anac

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewLink Manager free?
CrewLink Manager costs $13.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Anac free?
Anac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CrewLink Manager or Anac?
Anac is rated higher. CrewLink Manager averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Anac averages 4.7 from 38 ratings.
Do CrewLink Manager or Anac have ads?
Neither CrewLink Manager nor Anac shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewLink Manager or Anac?
CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Anac every 2 weeks. Most recently, CrewLink Manager was updated on September 21, 2026 and Anac on September 10, 2026.

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