Comparison

HOCR vs PRC Crewbird

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

Head to head
About

HOCR

This official regatta app provides comprehensive race information. Users can search for athletes, view real-time results, and access the complete race schedule and entry listings. Stay updated on all aspects of the event.

Highlights
  • Athlete search
  • Real-time results
  • Race schedule
  • Entry listings
  • Club and event listings
Features
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The Official Head Of The Charles® App, powered by RegattaCentral. Search for athletes, get results, race schedule and complete entry listings by club and by event.

About

PRC Crewbird

Features
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PRC Crewbird is the Pacific Rowing Club masters program's app for practice sign-ups, lineups, regattas and erg scores. Sign up for practices See the practice schedule and sign up with one tap, or tap Not going so your coach knows. Turn on a reminder an hour before they close, with a Sign up button right on the notification. Know your seat before you get there When your coach posts the lineup, you get a notification naming your seat and boat. Open it to see the whole boat drawn stern to bow, with every name beside their blade and the oars you're using. Share it as a picture, and lineups you've loaded open even without signal at the dock. Regattas Answer your coach's questions when you sign up: whether you're racing, which races you'd like and who you'd like to row with. Then see your crew, boat and oars for each race. Erg scores Log any distance or time you like, and follow your personal bests. If your team has a leaderboard, you choose whether to appear on it. It shows who's improved most as well as who's fastest. On your home screen Add the widget to sign up for your next practice without opening the app. Once the lineup is posted, it shows your seat, boat and oars, and the larger size shows your whole crew. For coaches Build lineups from who's signed up: place rowers and coxes, choose oars, add practice notes, and publish. The app suggests boats that fit the number of people coming, shows each crew's average age and masters category, and lists the people who coxed longest ago first when you pick a cox. You'll get a notification when sign-ups close, and late sign-ups are marked. For a regatta, build the race list, ask your sign-up questions and put crews together race by race. Time boat and erg pieces from the Coach tab. Add people who don't have an account yet and merge them into their account when they join, or set a team so everyone's expected unless they say they can't come. Keep track of your equipment with boats and oar sets living in one place and managing damage reports. Your profile Set your side, whether you like to cox, and optionally your weight, birthday and an emergency contact. Only coaches see your weight and emergency contact. You'll need the club code from your coach to join.

Screenshots

HOCR4 screens
PRC Crewbird4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PRC Crewbird at 5.0 against HOCR's 4.3. HOCR's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PRC Crewbird holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HOCR has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HOCR ships an update every 2 days, PRC Crewbird every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HOCR versus PRC Crewbird: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHOCRPRC Crewbird
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStack SportsFIN IAN TAYLOR

Customer experience

HOCR

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

PRC Crewbird

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

In-app purchases

None

HOCR

No in-app purchases

None

PRC Crewbird

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HOCR free?
HOCR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRC Crewbird free?
PRC Crewbird is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HOCR or PRC Crewbird?
PRC Crewbird is rated higher. HOCR averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while PRC Crewbird averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HOCR or PRC Crewbird have ads?
Neither HOCR nor PRC Crewbird shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HOCR or PRC Crewbird?
HOCR ships an update every 2 days, and PRC Crewbird every 4 days. Most recently, HOCR was updated on November 6, 2026 and PRC Crewbird on November 10, 2026.

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