Comparison

WBidMax vs CrewPays

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

Head to head
About

WBidMax

This system helps pilots and flight attendants manage their monthly scheduling bids. It allows users to filter, weight, and sort bid lines with extensive features and customization options. Comprehensive help documents and videos are available for easy mastery.

Highlights
  • Download and submit bids for all bases and rounds
  • Multiple views of bid data (Summary, Bid Line, Modern, Calendar)
  • Extensive constraints, sorts, and weights for bid customization
  • View modification buttons for overlap predictions and vacation features
  • Help section with documents and videos
  • Export lines to calendar
  • Easy recall of bid-related documents
Features
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The WBid Bidding System This system is designed to assist Pilots and Flight Attendants in managing their monthly scheduling bid. Additionally, this system can be used by any entrepreneur who may want to provide a bid service for Pilots and Flight Attendants. WBid has a proud 20+ year history of serving Pilots and Flight Attendants, and several Bid Service companies. This software allows the user to download bid data from the WBid back end, which in turn allows Pilots and Flight Attendants the ability to filter (set constraints), weight (set weights) and sort (set sort method) the bid lines in the downloaded bid data. Once you learn and master the WBid bidding system (very easy, with lots of help documents and videos), you will be able to bid in no time at all. The WBid Bidding System has more features and capabilities than any other Bidding System. Here is what currently exists: Download and submit bids for all bases and all rounds Four different views of bid data (Summary, Bid Line, Modern, and Calendar) Constraints: 30+ and adding each month Sorts: 6 Block Sort: 17 (300+ Trillion Combinations) Weights: 27+ and adding each month View Modification Buttons: 4 (OVR, VAC, DRP, EOM) Help Section with Documents and Videos (Help => Help) Export Line to Calendar (FFDO export next month) Easy recall of: Cover Letter, Seniority List, Bid Awards, Bid Receipt (Bid Stuff) 30 slides in extensive Walkthrough tutorial (Help => Walkthrough) Configuration Panel: Pairing Export, AM/PM, Week, Hotels, User, and Misc Bid Data View Modification Buttons (OVR, VAC, DRP, EOM) You can modify the displayed bid data to accommodate Month to Month Overlap Predictions (OVR button), Vacation Overlap (VAC), dropping the flights that are not paid because of Vacation Overlap (DRP), and a unique End Of Month Vacation feature (EOM). The WBid Bidding System will display over 10 times the data available in other bidding systems.

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/

Screenshots

CrewPays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CrewPays at 5.0 against WBidMax's 4.2. CrewPays also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). WBidMax's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, 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. WBidMax sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and CrewPays sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CrewPays holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WBidMax has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of WBidMax's written reviews are positive against 100% of CrewPays's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WBidMax ships an update monthly, CrewPays weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
WBidMax versus CrewPays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWBidMaxCrewPays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB34 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWBid, LLCMOHAMMED ALHARBI

Customer experience

WBidMax

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

CrewPays

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

WBidMax

One-time2
  • One Month Subscription$5.99
  • One Month Subscription$6.99
1 purchases

CrewPays

Subscriptions1
  • CrewPay Premium$0.991 Month

Questions

Is WBidMax free?
WBidMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CrewPays free?
CrewPays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WBidMax or CrewPays?
CrewPays is rated higher. WBidMax averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while CrewPays averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WBidMax or CrewPays have ads?
Neither WBidMax nor CrewPays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WBidMax or CrewPays?
WBidMax ships an update monthly, and CrewPays weekly. Most recently, WBidMax was updated on October 16, 2026 and CrewPays on October 7, 2026.

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