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CineFlo vs SetHero: Call Sheet Specialist or Full Production App?
Short answer: SetHero is one of the best call sheet tools ever built, and if the call sheet is the job, it is very hard to beat. CineFlo treats the call sheet as one tool inside a full production workspace that also covers shot lists, script breakdown, scheduling, scouting, and budgeting, on native apps and in the browser. The real question is not which is better. It is whether you need a specialist or a workspace.
Plans and pricing
CineFlo vs SetHero
SetHero is a call sheet specialist, and one of the best there is. CineFlo is a full production workspace where the call sheet is one tool among many, with no caps on crew size or shoot days.
CineFlo Pro
Everything for prep, shoot, and wrap, on mobile, desktop, and web.
$7.99 / mo $59.99 billed yearly · no crew or day limits · free plan available
SetHero Starter
Entry tier. Pro is $49 and Studio is $129 per month.
$19 / mo Save 25% yearly · 30 people and 4 days per project · no free plan
| Plans and cost What you pay, and what the plan lets you shoot. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | One project with every feature unlocked, including sending call sheets to your crew | None. A guest builder works without signup, but sending and tracking need a paid tier |
| Paid tiers | $7.99/mo · $59.99/yrOne tier, everything included | Starter $19, Pro $49, Studio $129 per monthPrice also scales with projects per year; Enterprise on request |
| Crew size limit | No limit on any plan | 30 people on Starter, 65 on Pro, 125 on Studio, per project |
| Shooting days per project | No limit on any plan | 4 days on Starter, 8 on Pro, 12 on Studio |
| Custom branding | Not available | From the Pro tier up, with white label on Enterprise |
| Where it runs Prep happens at a desk. Shooting does not. | ||
| Platforms | Native apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Mac, plus a browser client | Web based, with mobile-optimized call sheet viewing for recipients |
| Offline use | Offline-first with a write queue, syncs when you reconnect | Requires a connection |
| Call sheets SetHero's home ground, and it shows. | ||
| Builder | Cast, crew in seniority order, schedule, weather, production breaks, hospital and location details | Drag-and-drop editor with reorderable and hideable sections, custom banners, and page break control |
| Delivery | Email with PDF attached | Email, SMS text message, and PDF |
| Tracking | Tracks who has confirmed receipt | Delivery, opens, view counts, confirmations, bounce alerts, one-click resend, automatic follow-ups |
| Production reports | Not available | Daily production reports generated from the call sheet |
| Contact management | Global contacts reusable across projects, with per-project cast numbers and roles | Central database shared across projects, with editable departments and positions |
| Everything before the call sheet A call sheet is downstream of a schedule, a breakdown, and a script. | ||
| Shot lists | Scene and shot hierarchy with four-status tracking | Not available |
| Storyboards and references | Reference images per shot, plus sharing a frame in from ShotDeck, a browser, or Photos | Not available |
| Script breakdown | Import Final Draft, Fountain, or PDF and tag 15 element categories, with Day Out of Days and Sides | No native breakdown; imports one from Scriptation |
| Shooting schedule | Stripboard and calendar views built into the app | No native scheduler; exports Movie Magic Scheduling data to Excel |
| Location scouting | Photo and video capture, map context, weather, sketch overlays, named locations linked to scenes | Not available |
| Production budget | 19 EP-standard accounts, PO log, actuals, fringes, live top sheet, cost report | Not available |
| Overhead diagrams | 550+ production asset icons | Not available |
| Cinematography tools | Depth of field, exposure, lighting ratio, diopter, focal length, aspect ratio | Not available |
| On-set timecode | Reads live SMPTE timecode from Tentacle Sync generators over Bluetooth and stamps it onto a completed take | Not available |
CineFlo verified August 2026 against version 1.17.0. SetHero pricing and features from its published pricing page, August 2026. SetHero is not affiliated with CineFlo or Neon Media LLC.
SetHero has no free plan. There is a guest call sheet builder that works without signing up, but sending a call sheet or tracking who confirmed requires a paid tier. Starter is $19 a month, and it caps each project at 30 people and 4 shooting days. Pro at $49 raises that to 65 people and 8 days. Studio at $129 allows 125 people and 12 days. The price also scales with how many projects you run per year, and custom branding does not appear until Pro.
CineFlo’s free plan is one project with every feature unlocked. Unlimited scenes and shots, plus location scouts, to-do lists, shared files, shooting schedules, overhead diagrams, production budget, script breakdown, and script and spreadsheet import. Call sheets work on every project you own, including sending them to your crew. You can plan and shoot an entire short film without paying anything.
CineFlo Pro, at $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year, is what you upgrade to when your slate grows past one project, when you need to bring collaborators onto a production, or when you need PDF exports to hand documents to a crew. No tier caps crew size or shooting days.
The practical difference: SetHero prices the size of your production, so a bigger crew or a longer schedule pushes you up a tier mid-shoot. CineFlo prices the size of your slate, and the shoot itself is never the thing that costs you more.
Work it through on a real job. A six-day short with a 35-person crew does not fit on SetHero Starter, so it is Pro at $49 a month, which is $441 a year. The same production runs on CineFlo’s free plan.
Set Hero
Where Set Hero Wins
SMS delivery. SetHero sends call sheets by text message as well as email. CineFlo sends by email only. On a crew where half the department heads never open email after 6pm, text is not a nice extra, it is the difference between a confirmed call time and a phone call at midnight.
Tracking that goes several layers deeper. CineFlo tells you who confirmed. SetHero tells you who received it, who opened it, how many times they viewed it, whose message bounced, and will automatically chase the people who have not confirmed by a cutoff time. For a UPM running a large crew, that visibility is the product.
A genuinely better call sheet editor. Drag-and-drop sections you can reorder or hide, custom full-width banners, precise page break control, your own branding, and watermarks for draft versions. CineFlo generates a clean industry-standard call sheet. SetHero lets you shape it.
Production reports. SetHero turns the call sheet into a daily production report. CineFlo does not have production reports at all. On a union shoot or any production delivering DPRs to a producer, that is a real gap.
Custom branding. From the Pro tier up you can put your production company’s identity on the call sheet, with full white labelling on Enterprise. If you deliver to agency clients, that matters. CineFlo does not offer branding.
Pricing and features verified August 2026 against CineFlo 1.17.0. Shot Lister is a product of Reel Apps Inc. and is not affiliated with CineFlo or Neon Media LLC.
CineFlo
Where CineFlo Wins
Everything before the call sheet exists. A call sheet is downstream of a schedule, which is downstream of a breakdown, which is downstream of a script. SetHero starts at the call sheet and expects the rest to arrive from somewhere else, whether that is Scriptation, Movie Magic, or a spreadsheet. CineFlo covers the whole chain: import the script, tag the elements, build the stripboard, scout the locations, then generate the call sheet from data that is already in the system.
Shot lists and storyboards. SetHero has neither. For a director or DP, that is the part of prep that actually shapes the film.
Native apps that work offline. CineFlo runs as a real app on iPhone, iPad, Android, and Mac, and is built offline-first with a write queue that syncs when you reconnect. CineFlo also has a web app for desktop users. SetHero is a web platform and needs a connection. Scouting locations and shooting on location both happen where signal does not.
A production budget. Nineteen EP-numbered accounts, a PO log, actuals, stacking fringe presets, a live top sheet, weekly cash flow, and a PDF cost report. SetHero does not do budgeting.
Cinematography tools and on-set timecode. Depth of field, exposure, lighting ratio, diopter, focal length, and aspect ratio reference, plus live SMPTE timecode read from a Tentacle Sync generator over Bluetooth and stamped onto a completed take. This is the part of the job SetHero was never built for.
Free for a whole production. CineFlo’s free plan is one project with every feature unlocked, and call sheets send to your crew on it. You can shoot a short film start to finish without paying. SetHero has no free plan. Its guest builder lets you assemble a call sheet without signing up, but sending it or tracking it requires a paid tier.
Price, and what the price is capped at. SetHero’s entry tier is $19 a month, which is $171 a year with annual billing, against CineFlo’s $59.99. That is nearly three times the cost, and the Starter tier limits you to 30 people and four shooting days per project. A six-day short with a 35-person crew pushes you to Pro at $49 a month, or $441 a year. CineFlo caps neither crew size nor shoot days at any tier.
Which one is right for you?
Which One Should You Choose?
Choose SetHero if the call sheet is the deliverable. You are a producer, UPM, or 1st AD on a crew large enough that delivery tracking and SMS matter, you need daily production reports, you want your company’s branding on every call sheet, and your breakdown and schedule already live in Movie Magic or Scriptation.
Choose CineFlo if you are building the production, not just distributing the day. You want the script, shots, schedule, locations, budget, and call sheet in one place, you work on a phone as much as a laptop, you need it to work without signal, and you want to run a full production before spending anything.
Use both if you are producing at a level where call sheet distribution is its own discipline. Plan in CineFlo, distribute through SetHero. They do not overlap much, which is exactly why pairing them works.
FAQs
Common questions
Whether you’re planning films, commercials, music videos, or branded content, here are the most common questions filmmakers ask about using CineFlo to streamline their production process.
Not currently. CineFlo sends call sheets by email with a PDF attached and tracks who has confirmed receipt. SetHero sends by both email and SMS.
No. SetHero focuses on call sheets, contact management, and production reports. Shot lists, storyboards, scheduling, and budgeting need other tools. CineFlo includes all of them.
CineFlo, by a wide margin. CineFlo is free for one project and $59.99 a year for unlimited projects, with no cap on crew size or shooting days. SetHero starts at $19 a month, roughly $171 a year with annual billing, and the Starter tier limits each project to 30 people and four shooting days. Moving up to Pro for a longer shoot or bigger crew is $49 a month.
Yes, per project and by tier. Starter allows 30 people and 4 days, Pro allows 65 people and 8 days, and Studio allows 125 people and 12 days. Enterprise is unlimited. SetHero's price also scales with how many projects you run per year. CineFlo does not cap crew or days on any plan.
No. SetHero is browser based and needs a connection. CineFlo is offline-first and syncs when you reconnect.
Not natively. SetHero imports a completed breakdown from Scriptation. CineFlo imports Final Draft, Fountain, or PDF screenplays and tags elements across 15 categories inside the app, then produces Day Out of Days and script sides.
Some. CineFlo currently has DOODs, Script Sides, and Breakdown reports, along with Camera Reports and budgeting reporting. If daily production reports are a required deliverable on your shoots, SetHero handles that better today.
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