Comparison

CrewMate vs DutyCal

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

Head to head
About

CrewMate

Features
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Schedule management for cabin crew CrewMate is built to help you manage an irregular flying roster quickly and accurately. ■ One photo is all it takes Upload the roster your airline sent you — a photo, a PDF or an Excel file — and AI reads a whole month of flights for you. Major airline formats across Japan, Korea, the Middle East and Southeast Asia are supported. ■ Add a duty just by speaking Say "Hong Kong layover next Tuesday" and it becomes a schedule entry. Your speech is turned into text on your device, and audio files are never stored. ■ Compare days off with friends Add colleagues as friends and compare rosters one-to-one or as a group. CrewMate finds the days everyone is off. Groups include a board, so planning together is easy. ■ Every flight detail in one place Departure and arrival times, airport info, aircraft type and layover details together in one view. Monthly flight statistics and cumulative hours are calculated for you. ■ Keep the flight as a card Put the day's flight details over your own photo and save it as one image. Three shapes — boarding pass, minimal and stamp — with five designs each, all free. ■ Make the calendar yours Change the theme colour and font, add stickers to any date, and decorate with colours and patterns. ■ Stop working out show-up times Set a show-up time per duty type once, and it is applied to your schedule automatically. ■ Works in the air Rosters you've already loaded and friend comparisons stay available with no internet connection. ■ Shared only with friends Your schedule is visible only to people you've added as friends, and sharing can be switched off at any time. ■ Supported airlines Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA), Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, Air Busan, Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and more. Airlines are added continuously. ■ Available in Korean, Japanese, English, and Chinese (Traditional/Simplified) ■ CrewMate Premium (optional subscription) An auto-renewing subscription that removes ads and unlocks every feature. · Monthly $3.29 / Yearly $32.90 (yearly includes 2 months free) · Starts with a 7-day free trial · Cancel before the trial ends and you will not be charged · Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends · Cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings · Prices vary by country and are shown in the app before purchase Free to use. Contains some advertising. Contact: support@getcrewmate.com Terms of Service: https://getcrewmate.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getcrewmate.com/privacy

About

DutyCal

This app syncs your flight schedule from your crew portal to your iPhone Calendar and provides a printable monthly overview for your family. It offers weather updates, pre-departure alarms, and a pay estimate, all while prioritizing user privacy.

Highlights
  • Roster sync to iPhone Calendar
  • Printable monthly overview sheet
  • Weather updates for flights
  • Pre-departure alarms
  • Monthly pay estimate
  • Logbook data import
  • FAR 117 compliance tracking
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DutyCal pulls your roster from your crew portal and syncs it to iPhone Calendar. It also prints a clean monthly sheet so your family can see what's happening at a glance. For pilots and cabin crew who fly out at 4 a.m. and want their household to know the month ahead. No chat group. No screenshots. No explaining it again over breakfast. DutyCal Plus subscription required to sync your roster after a 3-day free trial. Cancel anytime. DutyCal currently supports crew at Peach (MM), StarFlyer (7G), and Avelo (XP). Additional airlines on the roadmap. Other portals will not sync. ROSTER, ON YOUR PHONE Log in once with your crew portal credentials. DutyCal fetches your duty schedule, reconciles changes across publishes, and writes every flight, standby, training day, and day off to a dedicated calendar on your iPhone. Flight rows read departure and arrival in each airport's own clock, with the Zulu window right on the row for a quick TAF and NOTAM crossref. Works offline once a roster is loaded. WEATHER ON YOUR FLYING DAYS A METAR line on every leg you fly, with the raw METAR and TAF one tap away, and up to two alternates per leg. THE FRIDGE SHEET A printable A4 landscape view, one row per day, color-coded for flight duty, airport standby, home standby, training, sick, and off. Stick it on the fridge. Your partner stops asking. Designed to be readable at arm's length. ALARMS THAT WAKE YOU Pre-departure alarms set themselves on every flight day and airport standby. They ring through Silent mode and Focus, the way the iOS Clock app does, and stop only when you dismiss them. You choose your at-base lead time. No accidental snooze. A MONTHLY PAY ESTIMATE A running pre-tax estimate of the month so far, built from your duty hours, sectors, and credit. Past months compared against your original published roster. Avelo crews see their paychecks the way they land, on the 7th and the 22nd. No payslip data leaves the phone. THE LOGBOOK, READY TO COPY Peach and StarFlyer flight crew can import their company records and print JCAB pages, fifteen rows each, ready to copy into the paper logbook. The paper book stays the official record. FOR AVELO CREWS FAR 117 at a glance, worked out from the roster on your phone, with a quiet watch that warns you the evening before a tight duty. Station Operations: type any station and read its whole day, departures and arrivals with aircraft, crew, pax, fuel and movement notes, straight from the portal. And a heads-up when your next leg is a different aircraft. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your login is stored in iOS Keychain, locked to your device. No account creation. No DutyCal servers. No analytics. No third-party trackers. Face ID protects the app on launch. BUILT BILINGUAL Full English and Japanese throughout, including the fridge sheet. Switch languages without restarting. WHAT IT COSTS 3-day free trial on both plans, then DutyCal Plus subscription required to continue. - Monthly: ¥550/month - Yearly: ¥5,000/year Prices are shown in your local currency at checkout. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No ads. No data sold. DutyCal is built for crew. Try it free for 3 days and see your next month in one view. Privacy Policy: https://dutycal.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://dutycal.app/terms

Screenshots

CrewMate4 screens
DutyCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DutyCal at none against CrewMate's shown. DutyCal also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). CrewMate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. CrewMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DutyCal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrewMate ships an update every 4 weeks, DutyCal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
CrewMate versus DutyCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrewMateDutyCal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size187 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOSO, LLCRushabh Soni

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CrewMate

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

DutyCal

Subscriptions2
  • DutyCal Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • DutyCal Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is CrewMate free?
CrewMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DutyCal free?
DutyCal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CrewMate or DutyCal have ads?
CrewMate shows ads; DutyCal does not.
Which is updated more often, CrewMate or DutyCal?
CrewMate ships an update every 4 weeks, and DutyCal every 4 days. Most recently, CrewMate was updated on November 5, 2026 and DutyCal on October 31, 2026.

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