CrewLink Manager vs CrossCheck FTL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
CrossCheck FTL
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EASA FTL Crosscheck is a planning aid for line pilots flying under EU flight and duty time rules. Enter your reporting time, sectors and crew config, and get an immediate answer to the only question that matters before sign-on: what does my day legally allow? — DUTY — Enter your check-in time and sector count and CrossCheck looks up your Table 2 limit instantly. Add acclimatisation status, crew configuration, rest facility, split duty breaks, or standby time and it adjusts automatically. WOCL overlap is detected to the minute. Commander's Discretion limits and post-discretion rest requirements are shown alongside every result. — REST — Working backwards or forwards: enter when you finished duty and see your earliest legal report time, or enter your planned report and see your latest legal off-blocks. Minimum rest rules under ORO.FTL.235 applied automatically for home base and away operations. — DUTY LOG — Log every duty after the flight and track your rolling cumulative limits: 7-day (60h), 28-day (190h), 28-day block hours (100h), and 12-month block hours (1000h). Traffic-light progress bars show how close you are to each limit at a glance. Edit or delete past entries at any time. — LIBRARY — The full regulation text is built in — Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Commander's Discretion, minimum rest, cumulative limits, standby rules, disruptive schedule, and in-flight rest. No internet required. Sourced from EU Reg 965/2012 consolidated February 2026. — T&L CURRENCY — Track your take-off and landing currency under ORO.CCO.MP.015. Log each event and see exactly how many days until your 3-in-90 window expires. — COCKPIT MODE — One tap switches to a fullscreen countdown timer with a large, traffic-light colour display designed to be read across the cockpit. Stays active via a home screen widget and Dynamic Island Live Activity throughout your flight duty period. ADDITIONAL FEATURES · iCloud sync — duty log available on all your devices automatically · Home screen and lock screen widgets — FDP time remaining at a glance · Dynamic Island Live Activity — real-time FDP countdown on your lock screen · Night / cockpit mode — low-brightness red-tinted display for dark environments · World airport database — 1,000+ airports with accurate local time and UTC offset · Delay calculator — see the FDP impact of any delay before it becomes a problem · Fully offline — no account, no subscription, no ads CrossCheck is a planning aid. Always apply your own judgement and refer to your operator's Operations Manual. The app does not replace qualified crew planning or official dispatch systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CrossCheck FTL at $4.99 against CrewLink Manager's $13.99. CrossCheck FTL also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). CrewLink Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On 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
CrewLink Manager costs $13.99 and CrossCheck FTL $4.99 up front. CrewLink Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CrossCheck FTL asks for nothing beyond the download.
CrewLink Manager ships an update every 2 months, CrossCheck FTL every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CrewLink Manager | CrossCheck FTL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $13.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Patrick Goettert | Shashank Arora |
In-app purchases
CrewLink Manager
- Gol Paycheck$0.99
CrossCheck FTL
No in-app purchases
Questions
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