Comparison

EmberCRM vs CDRv5 Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

EmberCRM

Manage client information, appointments, and communication efficiently. Track client history, send targeted messages, and generate insightful reports. Streamline your business operations with a comprehensive client relationship management tool.

Highlights
  • Client contact management
  • Appointment scheduling and history tracking
  • Customizable client notes and tags
  • Detailed business reports
  • Targeted mass communication (email/SMS)
  • Customizable services and pricing
  • Multi-device synchronization
Features
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Ember helps users keep track of their clients, appointments, and histories. Ember is helping users to communicate with their clients more easily by enabling users to search and query their client’s history and send mass communications to those clients have not visited in a selected duration. FEATURES: --Client Features-- -Separate Address Book from device’s Contacts -View and Save Appointments, History, Photo, Notes, Birthdays, Anniversary, Gender, Custom Notes. -Search-able comments on each Client -Use Notes for tagging -Quick View of next & last Appointments -Easily Keep track of referrals -Quickly scroll through contacts using alphabet on right --Reports-- - The Reports show the following numbers based on the selected duration ---Percent Booked ---Income made (services & tips) ---Percent of clients that use chemical services ---Percent of clients that purchase retail products ---Export Report Screen to email. -Reports are available for Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, Last 3 Months, This Year, Last Year, Or Custom Range --Scheduling Features-- -The most customizable double booking available -Schedule more than one service in one appointment -Completed appointments create history -View Daily Schedule in 15 min increments -Add Appointments from Schedule area -The most flexible recurring/standing appointments -15 mins Calendar Views for Day and Week --Histories Features-- -Record Services, Formula, Tip Amount, Retail Amount, Date Time & Note -History formula automatically updates contact formula field --Query/Search Features-- -Search for clients that have not serviced in X number of weeks -Search for clients that use chemical services -Search for clients based on gender -Search for clients that visited x number of weeks ago --Broadcast Features-- -Send thank you email messages to the clients who visited this week. -Send a Message to everyone who has a birthday or anniversary this month. -Send a Message to clients that use chemical services, to promo specials. -Send Mass Emails or SMS(Text Msg) to a search result. -Ember breaks down large broadcast into smaller groups to help make sure they are delivered. Number of messages to send can be set in options. --Customizable services-- You can add custom services and set the Name, Price, Duration and Double Booking options -Ability to customized service calendar with color codes --Options-- -Customize your work hours per day - required for reporting % booked -Calendar day view, set start time -Import Contacts from devices Address Book -Default for Area Code, State when adding new clients -Sales Tax %, Booth Commission %, Retail Commission % -Export All data to files so it can be used in Excel or numbers --Device Sync-- -Ember Auto Syncs to the Ember CRM cloud system. -Sync Multiple Devices together via Ember CRM cloud. -Copy Appointments to devices Calendar (Semi-Sync) -Auto Sync upon open

About

CDRv5 Dashboard

Features
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CDRv5Dashboard receives CDRs/CPMs from your CDRv5Collector to show you real-time metrics of your telecom system.

Screenshots

EmberCRM4 screens
CDRv5 Dashboard1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CDRv5 Dashboard at none against EmberCRM's 3. CDRv5 Dashboard also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). EmberCRM's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price and device support 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. EmberCRM sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CDRv5 Dashboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EmberCRM ships an update every 2 weeks, CDRv5 Dashboard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
EmberCRM versus CDRv5 Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmberCRMCDRv5 Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJ3 Software, LLCRichard Laurence

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EmberCRM

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Data | Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Data | Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly 7 Day Trial7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

CDRv5 Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EmberCRM free?
EmberCRM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CDRv5 Dashboard free?
CDRv5 Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EmberCRM or CDRv5 Dashboard have ads?
EmberCRM shows ads; CDRv5 Dashboard does not.
Which is updated more often, EmberCRM or CDRv5 Dashboard?
EmberCRM ships an update every 2 weeks, and CDRv5 Dashboard every 2 months. Most recently, EmberCRM was updated on October 14, 2026 and CDRv5 Dashboard on October 2, 2026.

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