Target Zero vs Construct ESS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Target Zero
This app helps construction projects track safety activities, including incidents, observations, recognitions, and violations. It categorizes activities by job location and affected personnel, utilizing OSHA codes for comprehensive safety management.
- Incident tracking (injuries, observations, recognitions, violations)
- Job and personnel categorization
- OSHA safety code integration
- Automated alerts for injuries/lost work time
- Activity status tracking (Open, Closed, Overdue)
- Commenting and communication features
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Target Zero is an application for tracking safety activities on construction projects. Activities include incident tracking including recordable injuries, observations of potential safety issues, recognitions of positive efforts to have a safe working environment and violations of safety policies and procedures. Activities are tracked by job including the building, floor and area of the job. They are also tracked by the affected user including the contractor, subcontractor and owner team. The application tracks activities using OSHA safety codes. Alerts are automatically created and sent in the event an incident includes any bodily injury or lost work time. Activities also use a status of Open, Closed and Overdue. Activities can also be commented on and communicated to appropriate and necessary parties to improve and maintain a safe working environment on construction projects.
Construct ESS
This app allows employees to manage HR and payroll tasks independently. Employees can update personal information, log time off, modify timesheets, and view benefits. It aims to reduce administrative burden for HR teams and boost employee productivity.
- Update personal information
- Log vacation and personal days
- Modify timesheets
- View benefits plans
- Leave management
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Construct Employee Self-Service for Mobile makes it easy for employees to efficiently and independently handle many HR & Payroll tasks on their own. Available on smartphones or tablets, CMiC ESS for Mobile facilitates many common tasks. This includes updating personal information & profiles, logging vacation and personal days, modifying and updating timesheets, and viewing benefits plans. Construct Employee self-service helps alleviate the administrative burden of HR & Payroll teams, automates routine tasks and requests, and truly allows them to focus on strategic initiatives. KEY BENEFITS 1. Instant access to information for employees and managers 2. Improved data accuracy and accountability 3. Fosters employee engagement and productivity 4. Increased efficiency due to broad operating flexibility for employees 5. Leave Management
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Construct ESS at every 6 weeks against Target Zero's every 5 months. Construct ESS also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Target Zero's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 5) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for Target Zero against 3.6 for Construct ESS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Target Zero's written reviews are positive against 67% of Construct ESS's.
Target Zero ships an update every 5 months, Construct ESS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Target Zero | Construct ESS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 382 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Whiting-Turner | CMiC |
Customer experience
Target Zero
Construct ESS
In-app purchases
Target Zero
No in-app purchases
Construct ESS
No in-app purchases









