CATALINA vs CrewCapsule
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CATALINA
Your pocket guide to Catalina Island, offering discovery, maps, and real-time event information. Plan your perfect island getaway by browsing experiences and saving favorites to your profile.
- Island discovery guide
- Interactive maps of Avalon and Two Harbors
- Real-time event listings
- Adventure booking
- Personalized itinerary planning
- Save favorite experiences
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It's Catalina in your pocket—everything you need for the perfect island getaway, right at your fingertips. GUIDE: Discover the magic of Catalina Island, one unforgettable experience at a time. MAP: Explore the charming streets of Avalon and the rustic village of Two Harbors. TODAY: See what’s happening now, book adventures, and craft your ideal itinerary. PROFILE: Browse and save your favorite experiences on your personal profile.
CrewCapsule
Easily plan group trips, split expenses with friends, and create a personal map of all the places you've visited. Scan receipts to automatically log costs and settle up with accurate per-item splits. Relive your adventures through shared photo galleries.
- Plan group trips with shared activities and expenses
- Split expenses per item with automatic tax and tip distribution
- Scan receipts with AI for automatic logging of costs
- Create a personal map of visited places
- Share photos and memories from trips
- Log one-off events and meetups quickly
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CrewCapsule is the easiest way to plan trips, split expenses, and remember every outing you went on. Track multi-day trips with friends or quickly log a one-off dinner — CrewCapsule scans receipts, settles up the math, and pins every place you've visited on a personal map. TRIPS WITH FRIENDS • Plan trips. Add activities, stays, and expenses as you go. • Invite friends to join — everyone sees the same trip, everyone's photos land in the shared gallery. • Settle up at the end with per-item splits. Tax and tip distribute proportionally. No more spreadsheets. QUICK LOGS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE • Log a dinner, coffee, or one-off meetup in seconds. • Quick Log auto-fills from a single receipt scan — title, items, cost, date, and venue. AI RECEIPT SCANNING • Snap a photo of a receipt. CrewCapsule reads every line item, tax, tip, and the date. • Works on restaurant tabs, grocery runs, rideshares, hotels, event tickets, and more. • Auto-classifies the activity — a warehouse haul lands as Groceries, a sushi dinner as Dining. SPLIT EXPENSES CLEANLY • Per-item claims: each person picks what they ate or bought. • Pick who paid and whether they treated the group. • See the running per-person total update as you tap. PLACES YOU'VE BEEN • Every venue you log drops a pin on your personal map. • Heat clusters surface your most-visited spots over time. PHOTO MEMORIES • Photos in a trip auto-tag the activity type using AI. • Browse group galleries from every trip you've taken. Your data stays in your account and is shared only with friends you explicitly invite.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CrewCapsule at every 2 days against CATALINA's every 4 months. CATALINA's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CATALINA against 5.0 for CrewCapsule. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.
CATALINA ships an update every 4 months, CrewCapsule every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CATALINA | CrewCapsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catalina Island Company | Conan Wen |
Customer experience
CATALINA
CrewCapsule
In-app purchases
CATALINA
No in-app purchases
CrewCapsule
No in-app purchases
Questions
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