Employee Central vs TeleMapper 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Employee Central
Manage your work schedule, update your availability, and request changes to your shifts. This app facilitates seamless communication and coordination for restaurant employees.
- View work schedule
- Manage availability
- Request schedule changes
- Swap shifts
- Employee coordination
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Allows restaurant employees to view their work schedule, manage their availability, request changes, swap shifts and much more!
TeleMapper 3
This app helps retail sales representatives manage their work schedules and track their time and location. It allows for easy check-ins at assigned retail locations and provides reporting features for managers. Optional tools for time card generation are also available.
- GPS check-in at retail locations
- Weekly staffing schedule display
- Time card generation tools
- Location scheduling
- Reporting features
- Field sales representative tracking
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Telemapper is an all in one retail staffing and tracking solution that works with all major retailers. It easily allows sales representatives to use their phone's GPS to "check in" at the locations they intend to or have been assigned to staff and then notify relevant parties. Telemapper has optional time card generating tools and robust locations scheduling and reporting features. The app will show their weekly staffing schedule if a schedule has been created for them and manages all necessary time and location tracking of sales representatives in the field.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TeleMapper 3 at 2.7 against Employee Central's 2.3. TeleMapper 3 also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 13%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
TeleMapper 3 holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 119 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Employee Central's written reviews are positive against 33% of TeleMapper 3's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Employee Central | TeleMapper 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (119 ratings) | 2.7 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.8% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Decision Logic | KLE |
Customer experience
Employee Central
TeleMapper 3
Bugs and requests
Employee Central
Reported bugs
9 issues- Signs user out frequently
- Unable to log back in after sign out
- Forgot password/reset link not received
- App not loading or showing errors on login
- App not loading at all
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- App uses excessive CPU and drains battery
- Laggy performance when scrolling
- Pop-up messages can't be closed, blocking schedule view
- Inconsistent notification delivery for messages and schedule posts
Requested features
8 requests- Add a way to see previously scheduled shifts
- Implement a 'remember me' option
- Add notifications for incoming messages
- Add notifications for schedule posts
- Allow viewing everyone's schedule
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- Add iCal link for calendar sync
- Improve handling of messages/schedules on smaller screens
- Add a sign-up option
TeleMapper 3
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Employee Central
No in-app purchases
TeleMapper 3
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Employee Central free?
Is TeleMapper 3 free?
Which has better reviews, Employee Central or TeleMapper 3?
Do Employee Central or TeleMapper 3 have ads?
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