Comparison

TelMe vs Novus Control

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

Head to head
About

TelMe

This app serves as a mobile companion for a scheduling service, allowing employees to view their work schedules, pay rates, holiday entitlement, and messages from managers. It also facilitates booking on/off duty, making welfare calls, and submitting incident reports with photo attachments.

Highlights
  • View schedules and events
  • Check pay rates and holiday entitlement
  • Read manager messages
  • Submit incident reports with photos
  • Record patrols
  • Display digital employee ID
Features
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TelMe is a companion app for PeopleHours that provides the following features* o View past, current and future scheduled duties and events o View pay rates for duties o View holiday entitlement remaining, taken. o View messages sent by managers and responses o View assignment instructions o View list of qualifications held o View list of equipment and uniform issued o Display digital employee ID card o Company web links and online forms o Submit incident reports with attached photos o Record patrols using RFID tags You can also book On, Off duty and make welfare / check calls as well as submit incident reports with photo attachments. (*Not all functions may be available as they are set by your employer) NOTE : This app will ONLY work if your employer uses the PeopleHours schedule application and service from Gallinet Limited and further provides access to the TelMe functions. All support for this app is provided by your employer only. We do of course welcome feedback and future development suggestions from all users and you can write to Telme.support@Gallinet.com User Manual : http://www.gallinet.com/files/Manuals/People%20Hours/TelMe/TelMe%20Employee%20Access%20Manual%20-%20IOS/Source/HTML/index.html Planned future releases will include: - Request holiday Request uniform Record patrol rounds ...and more

About

Novus Control

Features
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Novus Guard Control is a Workforce management solution keeping track, and to manage patrol of employee. Patrol Management - Directly add and manage patrol for lone workers. - Manage routes waypoints and instructions for employees to perform instructed task. - Generate QR for the waypoint checkpoints. NFC Management - Read and write NFC tags for the organisation's sites - Work Force management - Track jobs and activities of the Lone Worker. - Have a record of employee activates perform during the job (like book on, book off and check call missed) - Record and tracking of the SOS triggered of the Lone Worker.

Screenshots

TelMe1 screens
Novus Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Novus Control at fortnightly against TelMe's monthly. TelMe's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TelMe ships an update monthly, Novus Control fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
TelMe versus Novus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelMeNovus Control
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews19.4% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size15 MB142 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGallinet LimitedNovus Altair Ltd

In-app purchases

None

TelMe

No in-app purchases

None

Novus Control

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TelMe free?
TelMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Novus Control free?
Novus Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TelMe or Novus Control have ads?
Neither TelMe nor Novus Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TelMe or Novus Control?
TelMe ships an update monthly, and Novus Control fortnightly. Most recently, TelMe was updated on June 11, 2026 and Novus Control on September 11, 2026.

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