Comparison

CrewPays vs SurfaceOps by uAvionix

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

Head to head
About

CrewPays

This app helps flight crews manage their schedules, communicate with colleagues, and ensure compliance with flight regulations. It offers real-time duty tracking, departure alerts, and in-flight messaging.

Highlights
  • Live duty widget
  • Departure reminders
  • Crew chat
  • Legality checker
  • Roster tracking
Features
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Crewpays is the simple, fast tool built for flight crews to track rosters, chat, and check flight rules. • Live Duty Widget: View your next flight or standby shift instantly from your home screen. • Departure Reminders: Get clear, timely notifications before your flight takes off. • Crew Chat: Message and coordinate with other crew members directly inside your flights. • Legality Checker: Instantly check duty limits and legality rules inside every single flight. Streamline your aviation lifestyle. Download Crewpays and stay organized today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SurfaceOps by uAvionix

Features
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Surface Ops is a free situational-awareness tool for anyone interested in airport surface operations — pilots, students, ramp staff, plane spotters, and the general public — with optional licensed features for professional airport ground-operations teams. Free for everyone, at every US airport: • Airport diagrams (runways, taxiways, aprons, hotspots) • GPS-based ownship position on the airport surface • METAR, TAF, and D-ATIS weather • Live ADS-B traffic from a uAvionix skyAlert receiver (a separately-purchased consumer accessory) • Runway-incursion alerts: CHECK RUNWAY, TRAFFIC RUNWAY, CHECK FINAL, TRAFFIC FINAL and Aircraft Emergency Alerts • Visual highlighting of the runway under alert • Offline operation once an airport diagram is cached (weather requires internet) Optional licensed feature, at participating airports: Airports that contract with uAvionix for the professional toolset can issue a one-time activation code to their authorized vehicle operators, which adds the FlightLine ADS-B network traffic feed from the airport's ground-based receivers, no per-vehicle hardware required. No in-app purchase. The app and all consumer-facing features are free. Licensed airports pay uAvionix directly; the end-user operator never pays anything inside the app. What Surface Ops is NOT: • Not a certified safety system • Not a substitute for ATC instructions or established ground-movement procedures • Not a primary means of collision avoidance — visual scanning and radio communication remain primary Privacy Surface Ops collects only what's needed to operate: your activation code, a per-device licensing identifier, and—with your permission—your GPS location to display your position on the airport map. Location data stays on the device; we do not transmit it to our servers. No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no tracking. Terms Use of this app is subject to the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeveula/ Published by CAVU Consulting LLC on behalf of uAvionix Corporation.

Screenshots

CrewPays4 screens
SurfaceOps by uAvionix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SurfaceOps by uAvionix at none against CrewPays's 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. CrewPays sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. SurfaceOps by uAvionix asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewPays ships an update weekly, SurfaceOps by uAvionix every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CrewPays versus SurfaceOps by uAvionix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewPaysSurfaceOps by uAvionix
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMOHAMMED ALHARBICAVU Consulting LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrewPays

Subscriptions1
  • CrewPay Premium$0.991 Month
None

SurfaceOps by uAvionix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrewPays free?
CrewPays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SurfaceOps by uAvionix free?
SurfaceOps by uAvionix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrewPays or SurfaceOps by uAvionix have ads?
Neither CrewPays nor SurfaceOps by uAvionix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrewPays or SurfaceOps by uAvionix?
CrewPays ships an update weekly, and SurfaceOps by uAvionix every 2 weeks. Most recently, CrewPays was updated on October 7, 2026 and SurfaceOps by uAvionix on October 18, 2026.

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