Comparison

Rostr vs Crew Alert App

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

Head to head
About

Rostr

Easily share work schedules with friends and see when you're both working. Features AI-powered roster scanning, shared calendars, and overlap alerts for spontaneous meetups. Create private groups for small teams and access schedules offline.

Highlights
  • AI Roster Scanning
  • Shared Group Calendars
  • Overlap Alerts
  • Offline Access
  • Private Group Creation
  • Dark/Light Mode
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Rostr is the simplest way for teams to share work rosters. Built for shift workers, retail staff, healthcare professionals, hospitality crews, and anyone whose schedule changes week to week. If your manager messages a screenshot of next month's roster in the group chat, Rostr is for you. SMART ROSTER SCAN Take a screenshot of your printed or texted roster. Rostr reads it with AI and auto-fills your calendar. No typing, no copy-paste. Works with most common roster formats. SHARED CALENDAR Create a group, invite friends and coworkers, and see everyone's schedule on one color-coded calendar. Monthly and weekly views, light and dark mode. WAGES CALCULATOR Calculate your earnings: hourly rate, overtime, weekend and public holiday differentials. Know your take-home before payday. SHIFT SWAPS Need someone to cover a Saturday? Post a swap on the community wall. The first teammate to accept gets it. No more endless message threads. END-TO-END ENCRYPTED CHAT Direct messages and group chats are encrypted on your device. Even Rostr cannot read them. Voice notes, photos, and replies are all secured. COMMUNITY WALL - Text posts with photos - Polls for team decisions - Shift swap board - Lost and found notices - Likes, comments, reactions SMART NOTIFICATIONS Get notified about shift changes, group announcements, mentions, swap acceptances, and new posts. Quiet when you are off the clock. MULTI-LANGUAGE Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Spanish. FREE WITH OPTIONAL PRO SUBSCRIPTION Rostr is free to use and supported by ads. Subscribe to Rostr Pro (monthly or yearly) to remove ads and unlock unlimited roster scans, unlimited groups, and instant wages calculations. Auto-renewing - cancel anytime in App Store. PRIVACY Rostr never sells your data. Roster screenshots used for AI scanning are processed securely and discarded after extraction. Full privacy policy: https://www.arami.tech/rostr-privacy.html Built by ARAMI TECH LLC. Made for the people who actually clock in.

About

Crew Alert App

This app helps airline crew manage complex schedules, track flight duty periods, and calculate potential add pay. It organizes trip details, logs flights, and ensures compliance with aviation regulations, all while keeping data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Reserve management with live countdowns
  • Automatic add pay calculation
  • Manual trip building and import
  • Real-time FDP and FAR 117 compliance
  • Schedule import from airline systems
  • Integrated flight logbook
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Crew Alert is the scheduling companion built for the people who actually fly the airplane — and the ones who keep the aviation industry moving. Aviation is unpredictable. Scheduling calls at 3am. Add pay windows you almost missed. FDP limits you're mentally calculating mid-briefing. Crew Alert puts everything in one place so you spend less time doing math and more time doing the job. RESERVE MANAGEMENT Track Long Call, Short Call, and Airport Standby windows with live countdowns. Know exactly where you stand before scheduling calls — and whether add pay applies before you even pick up the phone. ADD PAY TRACKING Configure your airline's thresholds once. When you get called out, Crew Alert automatically calculates your callout window and tells you what add pay applies. No more mental math at 0300. TRIP BUILDING Build trips manually or import directly from your scheduling system. Legs, layovers, report times, hotel info — organized the way crew actually work. FDP & FAR 117 COMPLIANCE Real-time flight duty period tracking with FAR 117 Table B and C calculations built in. Augmented crew, extensions, and rest requirements — all handled. SCHEDULE IMPORT Import your schedule directly from your airline's system. Supports ICS, plain-text, and HI1 formats. Reserve codes auto-detected on import. More carriers added regularly. LOGBOOK Log your flights and build your logbook without leaving the app. No separate tool needed. BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO FLIES Crew Alert was built by an active airline pilot who got tired of juggling spreadsheets, sticky notes, and a scheduling app that wasn't designed for any of this. Every feature solves a real problem. All data stays on your device. Subscribe to unlock full access.

Screenshots

Rostr4 screens
Crew Alert App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Crew Alert App at none against Rostr's shown. Crew Alert App also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Rostr's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rostr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Crew Alert App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Rostr against 5.0 for Crew Alert App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rostr ships an update weekly, Crew Alert App fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Rostr versus Crew Alert App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRostrCrew Alert App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArami Tech LLCAero Solutions Pro LLC

Customer experience

Rostr

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Crew Alert App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rostr

Subscriptions2
  • Rostr Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Rostr Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Crew Alert App

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • 3 Months7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Rostr free?
Rostr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crew Alert App free?
Crew Alert App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rostr or Crew Alert App?
Rostr and Crew Alert App are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Rostr or Crew Alert App have ads?
Rostr shows ads; Crew Alert App does not.
Which is updated more often, Rostr or Crew Alert App?
Rostr ships an update weekly, and Crew Alert App fortnightly. Most recently, Rostr was updated on October 28, 2026 and Crew Alert App on October 28, 2026.

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