Comparison

CrewCue vs Relay | Admin

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

Head to head
About

CrewCue

Features
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CrewCue digitizes the analog schedule for live productions. Whether it's a concert, festival, theater, or tour - your entire production schedule becomes an interactive live ticker. Use CrewCue solo for your own events or together with a crew. LIVE TICKER FOR YOUR PRODUCTION Follow your production schedule in real time: What's happening now, what's coming next, how much time is left. With timers, weather forecasts per timeslot, and delay indicators. The live ticker doesn't just run in the app – it automatically extends to your lock screen, the Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch. REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION Send urgent messages to your entire crew - directly into the live ticker of all checked-in members. Whether it's a schedule change, announcement, or weather warning: Everyone is instantly informed. DELAYS & SCHEDULE CHANGES Delays happen. CrewCue shifts affected timeslots in real time and notifies all crew members via push. CREATE EVENTS Create events manually or scan existing schedules. The built-in document recognition extracts timeslots, times, and event details automatically. Fill in missing details in the form. TEAM MANAGEMENT Optional: Invite your crew via email, manage roles, and keep track of who's checked in. Teams are created on our website. CHECK-IN SYSTEM Crew members check themselves in - up to one hour before the event starts. Automatic checkout after the last timeslot keeps things organized. SOLO MODE Use without a team. Scan schedules, start the live ticker, and manage your documents - all on your own. Available as a monthly subscription. MORE FEATURES • Weather forecast per timeslot with Apple Weather data • Timeslot alarms • Document management • Stage Night Mode for dark stage environments • Offline mode with automatic syncing • Privacy: Contact visibility individually configurable • Sign in with Apple CrewCue is built by a team that works in live production ourselves. We know what you need - because we need it too. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Relay | Admin

Configure and deploy your Relay system on-site with this field companion app. Map buildings, set up indoor positioning, and manage users and devices efficiently from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Map buildings, floors, and rooms
  • Configure indoor positioning with beacons
  • Scan QR codes for beacon addition
  • Verify room positioning with live data
  • Provision users and manage devices
  • Pair NFC tags to user profiles
  • Offline data synchronization
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Every great Relay deployment starts on-site — and Relay Admin is what gets it there. Relay Admin is the field companion for the technicians and administrators who roll out Relay. Map a building, configure indoor positioning, and provision your whole team — all from your phone, all before you leave the parking lot. BUILD YOUR SITE, FLOOR BY FLOOR Create buildings, floors, and rooms in a few taps. Drop a building on the map with address search and precise geocoding, then nudge the pin until it's exactly right. Your entire site structure lives in one place, ready for the rest of the job. INDOOR POSITIONING THAT HOLDS UP Add beacons by scanning a QR code or entering a MAC address, then confirm placement with live proximity ranging — no guesswork about whether that beacon made it onto the right wall. Auditing an existing room? Range for every beacon you expect, see what's missing at a glance, and clear out the stale ones. Prefer Wi-Fi? Use a Relay device as a scanning proxy to capture access-point fingerprints for any room, then confirm that room resolves correctly before you call it done. VERIFY BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY Room verification closes the loop. Point a proxy device at a configured space and watch it resolve to the right room — real validation, on-site, while you can still fix it. PROVISION USERS IN MINUTES Create users with a guided, step-by-step flow: pick a team, assign channels, set workflow groups, review, submit. Manage the whole roster from the same app — assign and unassign devices, rename users, handle seats, and remove accounts one at a time or in bulk. TAP TO PAIR NFC PROFILES Pair NFC tags to user profiles with a single tap. Built for shared-device environments where the right profile needs to follow the right person. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU WORK Permissions follow your Relay account, so every technician sees exactly the tools they're cleared for and nothing they aren't. Relay Admin hands off to the Relay app when you need it and picks up right where you left off when you come back. Lost signal mid-job? Relay Admin refreshes the moment you reconnect. Relay Admin is designed for Relay customers and partners. A Relay account is required to sign in.

Screenshots

CrewCue3 screens
Relay | Admin2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Relay | Admin at none against CrewCue's 1. Relay | Admin also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.1). On price, 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

Both are free to download. CrewCue sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $8.99 per month. Relay | Admin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewCue ships an update every 2 weeks, Relay | Admin weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CrewCue versus Relay | Admin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewCueRelay | Admin
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.116.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCalvin MullerRelay, Inc

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewCue

Subscriptions1
  • CrewCue Solo7 Days trial$8.991 Month
None

Relay | Admin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewCue free?
CrewCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Relay | Admin free?
Relay | Admin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrewCue or Relay | Admin have ads?
Neither CrewCue nor Relay | Admin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewCue or Relay | Admin?
CrewCue ships an update every 2 weeks, and Relay | Admin weekly. Most recently, CrewCue was updated on September 30, 2026 and Relay | Admin on October 4, 2026.

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