Inflight CrewRest vs Sequence Decoder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inflight CrewRest
This app calculates required rest periods for flight attendants on long-haul international flights. It accounts for multiple rest breaks, service times, and provides detailed countdowns and results.
- Calculates flight attendant rest periods
- Supports multiple rest breaks (2, 3, or 4)
- Considers mid-service and landing service
- Includes over 100 major destinations with timezones
- Allows adding custom timezones/airports
- Detailed results with countdown timers
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CrewRest is a simple airline crew rest/break application/calculator for determining rest periods for flight attendants on long-haul international flights. Features - Pre-installed with over 100 major Destinations to immediately determine timezones to start a crew rest calculation. - Ability to Add additional timezones/airports not already in pre-loaded list. - Optionally calculate rest periods with consideration to for mid-service (for two rest breaks only) and landing service. - Calculate two, three or four rest periods for a single flight. - Detailed results view including gap indicators, end of rest periods, start of landing or mid service, estimated landing time. - Auto countdown display for each rest break.
Sequence Decoder
Access real-time and historical flight data for any airport, including departures, arrivals, and individual flight details. Flight attendants receive specialized tools for managing schedules, alerts, crew communication, and legal compliance.
- Airport departure/arrival info
- Individual flight lookup
- Flight attendant alerts
- Crew scheduling tools
- Legality checker
- Crew communication
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For the public: -Past and future departure information for all airports -Past and future arrival information for all airports -Individual flight info lookup For flight attendants: -Reminders if you forgot to sign in-Flight info -ETB alerts -Open time alerts -Flight alerts -Open time display -Sequence details -Calendar -Reserve call out list -Standby list -Crew chat -Save notes about crew members -Display prior sequences flown together with others -Pilot sequence info -Legality checker -Hotel amenities and pickup locations -Find layover overlaps with other base's sequences -Tracks cosmic radiation exposure -Sequence total pay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sequence Decoder at 76% against Inflight CrewRest's 21%. Sequence Decoder also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sequence Decoder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sequence Decoder has 238 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Inflight CrewRest's written reviews are positive against 76% of Sequence Decoder's.
Inflight CrewRest ships an update every 3 months, Sequence Decoder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inflight CrewRest | Sequence Decoder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (238 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.7% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 238 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CrewFly Solutions, LLC | Jeffrey REISBERG |
Customer experience
Inflight CrewRest
Sequence Decoder
Bugs and requests
Inflight CrewRest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sequence Decoder
Reported bugs
9 issues- Trips no longer listed in open time after update
- Cannot sync calendar
- App not loading trips or showing standbys
- Open time and call out list not working
- Jeffnet not loading data
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- App not working after recent use
- Locked out of app, cannot log in
- No way to stop payments
- Getting error messages on everything
Requested features
2 requests- Enable Face ID login when importing via browser
- Bring back hotel info
In-app purchases
Inflight CrewRest
No in-app purchases
Sequence Decoder
No in-app purchases
Questions
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