Comparison

WinBid Schedule vs mechcounter

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

Head to head
About

WinBid Schedule

This app helps airline crews organize their schedules and trips. It allows for downloading and managing flight pairings, logging flight hours, and generating reports. It supports specific airlines and offers features for personalizing trip details and themes.

Highlights
  • Schedule and trip organization
  • Download entire line and pairing packages
  • Save crew names, notes, and details
  • Filter pairings by parameters
  • Legal logbook with recency totals
  • Import logbook and pairings
  • Print and email formatted pairings
Features
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WinBid Schedule is the all-around schedule and trip organizer for airline crews. It is the iPad equivalent to WinBid Schedule for Windows. ** Supports ONLY the following airlines **: - AA Pilots and flight attendants - all crew bases, aircraft - Contact developer to add your airline • Pairing times are in crew base local time. No need to calculate timezones • Download entire line and pairing packages for your aircraft and crew base in seconds • Select a line as your own awarded line and pairings, where crew names, notes, departure/arrival gates and passenger loads can be permanently saved • Browse lines and pairings • Filter pairings that match your parameters • Logbook feature to maintain a legal logbook with instant totals for recency (including FAR 117 reporting) • Seed logbook legs with your pairings (only make minor changes for actual time etc.) • Import logbook from Little Red Book from WinBid (Windows) • Import personal and split pairings from WinBid (Mac/Windows) • Easy setup – nothing else needed (stand-alone, WinBid desktop not required) • Scheduled pairings shared with WinBid Mac, WinBid 8 for Windows, WinBid Pairings 2 for iPhone, and WinBid Schedule (Mac and Windows) • Logbook shared with WinBid Pairings 2, WinBid Logbook on Mac as well as WinBid Logbook iPhone, and Windows • No charge for monthly downloads. No recurring fees. • Print fully formatted color pairings • Send pairings in email as fully formatted color attachments • Personal color theme selection • Personal calendar event color options • Prepares trip and monthly FFDO activity reports

About

mechcounter

Track flights in real-time with detailed information including remaining time, flight plans, and landing estimates. View your aircraft's position on a map with altitude and speed data.

Highlights
  • Real-time flight tracking
  • Flight plan display
  • Landing time estimates
  • Altitude and ground speed
  • Map view of aircraft position
  • Origin and destination times
Features
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See the time remaining, flight plan (when available), landing time, altitude, ground speed, times at origin and destination, and your plane on a map.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: mechcounter at Free against WinBid Schedule's $29.99. mechcounter also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). WinBid Schedule's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On review sentiment, 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

mechcounter is free to download; WinBid Schedule costs $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WinBid Schedule holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mechcounter has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WinBid Schedule ships an update every 6 weeks, mechcounter every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WinBid Schedule versus mechcounter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWinBid Schedulemechcounter
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSafiSoftJeffrey REISBERG

Customer experience

WinBid Schedule

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

mechcounter

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WinBid Schedule

No in-app purchases

None

mechcounter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WinBid Schedule free?
WinBid Schedule costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is mechcounter free?
mechcounter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WinBid Schedule or mechcounter?
WinBid Schedule is rated higher. WinBid Schedule averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while mechcounter averages 4.5 from 11 ratings.
Do WinBid Schedule or mechcounter have ads?
Neither WinBid Schedule nor mechcounter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WinBid Schedule or mechcounter?
WinBid Schedule ships an update every 6 weeks, and mechcounter every 11 days. Most recently, WinBid Schedule was updated on September 30, 2026 and mechcounter on October 25, 2026.

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