Comparison

DocuNet Viewer vs CrewPad PRO

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

Head to head
About

DocuNet Viewer

Access flight operations manuals offline on your iPad. This app provides fast, intelligent searching, bookmarking, and filtering for your entire manual library, ensuring you always have the latest information from all manufacturers.

Highlights
  • Offline manual access
  • Tabbed multi-document viewing
  • Fast intelligent searching
  • Bookmarking
  • MSN/audience filtering
  • Layered manuals
  • Automatic updates
Features
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For airlines using Vistair's acclaimed industry leading Flight Operations Technical Publications service, this is the iPad application that you can deploy to your crew to enable them to access their flight operations manuals offline. *This app requires your airline to have a DocuNet contract with Vistair to function in an operational environment* Functionality includes tabbed, multi-document viewing, fast intelligent searching across your manual library with highlighted results, bookmarking, MSN/audience filtering and Layers for applicable manuals and access to your latest manuals of all manufacturers including Boeing and Airbus from the Vistair technical publications service. Updates are delivered directly to your iPad. Simple to use and navigate, its quick access and elegant design gives you access to your manual library wherever you are. The Vistair DocuNet service includes the full back-end management of content to all devices in your fleet and visibility of update and revision status down to each device with full access control.

About

CrewPad PRO

This app provides a mobile training solution for the aviation industry, offering offline access to learning content and documentation for flight and cabin crews. It synchronizes completed courses and records with a central LMS, ensuring up-to-date operational information.

Highlights
  • Offline learning management system (LMS)
  • Media-based learning content
  • Courseware and documentation access
  • Automatic synchronization agent
  • Training record management
  • Seamless deployment of information
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Pelesys CrewPad PRO is our next-generation suite of mobile training solutions developed specifically for the needs of the aviation industry. CrewPad PRO is the offline deployment and management platform designed for mobile utilizing a rich variety of media based learning content, courseware and documentation materials for flight crew, cabin crew and other airline personnel who require up-to-date, “operation critical” information. CrewPad PRO includes an offline Learning Management System (LMS) which makes remote training a reality. There is no reliance on steady internet connections for course completion. CrewPad uses a state-of-the-art synchronization agent which automatically updates all applications and information hosted on each iPad allowing for seamless deployment of essential information. Training courses and training records can be downloaded to CrewPad, and once completed, synchronized with the Pelesys LMS and Qualification Management System (QMS) providing a secure, seamless training solution. CrewPad PRO is compatible with Pelesys Training Management and Deployment System (TMDS) version 3.9.0 or later.

Screenshots

DocuNet Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CrewPad PRO at 2.6 against DocuNet Viewer's 1.0. DocuNet Viewer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CrewPad PRO holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 7% of DocuNet Viewer's written reviews are positive against 0% of CrewPad PRO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocuNet Viewer ships an update every 6 weeks, CrewPad PRO every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DocuNet Viewer versus CrewPad PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocuNet ViewerCrewPad PRO
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)2.6 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings47 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperVistair Systems LtdPelesys Learning System Inc.

Customer experience

DocuNet Viewer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive7.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative87.3%

CrewPad PRO

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

DocuNet Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

CrewPad PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DocuNet Viewer free?
DocuNet Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrewPad PRO free?
CrewPad PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DocuNet Viewer or CrewPad PRO?
CrewPad PRO is rated higher. DocuNet Viewer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while CrewPad PRO averages 2.6 from 7 ratings.
Do DocuNet Viewer or CrewPad PRO have ads?
Neither DocuNet Viewer nor CrewPad PRO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocuNet Viewer or CrewPad PRO?
DocuNet Viewer ships an update every 6 weeks, and CrewPad PRO every 2 months. Most recently, DocuNet Viewer was updated on September 8, 2026 and CrewPad PRO on July 7, 2026.

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