Comparison

FRANK vs CT Compliance

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

Head to head
About

FRANK

This app helps food businesses maintain food safety by electronically tracking meal temperatures and processes. It provides a clear history of meals from cooking to service, ensuring compliance and improving efficiency.

Highlights
  • Electronic meal temperature tracking
  • Traceability from receipt to service
  • Manual temperature input
  • Secure cloud storage
  • Data export to CSV
  • On-site installation and training
Features
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Welcome to the Food Recording Analysis Network Kitchen system (FRANK), which has been designed to ensure food safety temperatures in your business are taken with the minimum of fuss and non-compliant temperatures are actioned straight away. Frank allows food businesses to electronically tag meals that are cooked, cooled, reheated and served. This way a clear history of that meal is shown, including the temperatures and the different times different processes are performed. The app allows for food temperatures to be inputted manually, using the existing thermometers within the business – this has the added benefit of ensuring staff are using their skills and knowledge of safe food preparation during their time at work. SPECIAL APP FEATURES: Special features within the app help to ensure that the processing of food is done safely and within temperature and time limits.The app covers all food processes from receipt of food to the business to the service of food to the customer and all points in between such as cooking, cooling, reheating and serving. With the ability to trace a specific meal to aid in food safety compliance. EXISTING HARDWARE: Food businesses can use existing hardware such as iPad or tablet, as well as existing thermometers which reduces the cost of setting up and using the FRANK electronic recording system. If your business does need electronic tablets or thermometers, we can also provide these. ON SITE INSTALLATION: On site installation and staff training is available to ensure your business is able to make the most of the FRANK food safety system from day 1. Our training will set up the app for you and show the staff how to use it properly, ensuring a better engagement from staff. SECURITY AND STORAGE: All information inputted into the FRANK app is stored in secure cloud storage so that it is available from anywhere with a wifi connection. Peace of mind that your data is safely stored and available on demand. WHY USE FRANK: 1.AWESOME FEATURES Easy to understand features mean FRANK can be in use by staff in your kitchen with the minimum of fuss. The ability to trace a meal from cooking to serving to show that food is produced safely within the business. Easy to see reports that show the taking of food safety temperatures, including by individual food handlers. Data is stored safely in the cloud, for extra piece of mind a psv file (excel spreadsheet), can be downloaded and stored on your computer. 2.IMPROVE YOUR EFFICIENCY Let the technology help you and your team record vital food safety temperatures. No printing of paper forms (saves time and money), and the information is always available, (no lost paperwork). Be more prepared for regulatory food audits and inspections with food safety data at your fingertips (literally!) 3.REGULAR UPDATES FRANK is updated regularly with more features to help food businesses which saves on time and money! 4.PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT Help and support with all things FRANK is available on james@foodsafetysystems.net.au

About

CT Compliance

Features
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CT empowers businesses to make better decisions with a low-cost, sophisticated monitoring solution which captures and interprets real-time critical control point information. CT is dedicated to providing high quality critical control point monitoring solutions that are affordable for all businesses. Critical control points are the points in a supply chain where a failure of standard operating procedure has potential to cause serious harm to people - and to a business’ reputation and bottom line. CT Smart APP enables the user to configure and test the CT Network setup. Also it provides the user with real time information about their critical control points which will enable them to operate their business efficiently and cost effectively. Data collected via the forms is uploaded to a dashboard for reporting and monitoring that checks have been done on time. Non-compliances trigger corrective action tasks to be completed. Photos can be taken of incidents or non compliant products and used as evidence for credits or for auditing purposes.

Screenshots

FRANK4 screens
CT Compliance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CT Compliance at 13.0 against FRANK's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FRANK ships an update every 2 weeks, CT Compliance every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
FRANK versus CT Compliance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFRANKCT Compliance
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks β€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size26 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFood Safety Systems Pty LtdCCP Technologies

In-app purchases

None

FRANK

No in-app purchases

None

CT Compliance

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FRANK free?
FRANK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CT Compliance free?
CT Compliance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FRANK or CT Compliance have ads?
Neither FRANK nor CT Compliance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FRANK or CT Compliance?
FRANK ships an update every 2 weeks, and CT Compliance every 3 weeks. Most recently, FRANK was updated on November 2, 2026 and CT Compliance on November 7, 2026.

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