SmartHR vs Malachite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartHR
This business platform streamlines complex HR processes with international standards and best practices. It's designed for the Middle East region, complying with local labor laws and regulations to effectively manage your staff.
- Complex business process creation
- International HR standards
- Middle East region compliance
- Staff management tools
- Labor law adherence
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Smart HR management solution is not Just Human Resources Management Solution but it is a complete Platform where you can create a complete and complex business processes in a simple way and quick time “It is not just HR but complete Platform” Smart HR management solution is international standards and best practices based Human capital management software solution designed for the Middle East Region requirements in its basic foundation. It is compliant with the ME countries labor laws, immigration offices, common businesses rules and regulations. Smart HR enables the tools you need to effectively maintain and manage your most valuable asset “Your Staff”. [:mav: 1.9.8]
Malachite
A cloud-based human capital management system designed to streamline HR operations. It offers comprehensive tools for managing employees, payroll, attendance, recruitment, and more, supporting both Hijri and Gregorian dates with Arabic and English language options.
- Employee Management
- Self-Services
- Payroll Processing
- Attendance Tracking
- Recruitment Tools
- Leave Management
- Appraisals
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Malachite is HR cloud-based system to manage human capital resources. The system covers all needs to manage human capital resource starting from, employees, self-services, payrolls, reports, attendances, appraisals, recruitments, leaves, end of services, fingerprints and multiple companies. Malachite HR system support Hijri and Gregorian dates with Arabic and English Language.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Malachite at 3.7 against SmartHR's 2.5. SmartHR's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Malachite holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of SmartHR's written reviews are positive against 0% of Malachite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SmartHR ships an update fortnightly, Malachite every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartHR | Malachite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (6 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khaled Ali | Nudhum Information Technology Company |
Customer experience
SmartHR
Malachite
In-app purchases
SmartHR
No in-app purchases
Malachite
No in-app purchases
