FirstStarHR Essentials vs INNERGY Site Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FirstStarHR Essentials
This app gives employees easy access to their payroll and HR information. Employees can clock in/out, submit timesheets, request time off, and view pay stubs and important employment documents.
- Clock in/out
- Submit timesheets
- Submit PTO requests
- View pay stubs
- View PTO balances
- Access employment documents
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FirstStarHR Essentials provides employees with important payroll information at their fingertips. Key features include: • Ability to clock in / out • Submit time sheets • Submit PTO hours taken • Submit Messages • View pay stubs • View PTO balances • Track PTO taken • View vital employment documents
INNERGY Site Manager
This app helps millworker manufacturers manage job sites by allowing real-time communication with the office. Users can document site conditions with photos, track tasks room by room, and view/annotate shop drawings directly from the field.
- Photo documentation of site conditions
- Real-time communication with office
- Room-by-room task tracking
- View and annotate shop drawings
- Field-based job site control
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The INNERGY Site Manager is designed to help millworker manufacturers control the job site. Take photos of site conditions and communicate in real time with the office. Track notes and tasks, room by room, to track completion of installation. View Shop Drawings and make annotations in the field - and so much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FirstStarHR Essentials at 3.3 against INNERGY Site Manager's 1.8. INNERGY Site Manager's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). 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.
FirstStarHR Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of FirstStarHR Essentials's written reviews are positive against 40% of INNERGY Site Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FirstStarHR Essentials ships an update every 10 months, INNERGY Site Manager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FirstStarHR Essentials | INNERGY Site Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | 1.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| 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 | 57 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FirstStarHR | Innergy, LLC |
Customer experience
FirstStarHR Essentials
INNERGY Site Manager
In-app purchases
FirstStarHR Essentials
No in-app purchases
INNERGY Site Manager
No in-app purchases
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