UAE PASS vs OLIVE ESS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UAE PASS
This app transforms your mobile device into a secure digital identity. It enables seamless authentication to smart services, digital document signing and verification, and easy access to official documents.
- Mobile digital identity
- Secure authentication
- Digital document signing
- Digital document verification
- Request official documents
- Share digital documents
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UAE PASS service allows using a mobile device as a secure form of identification. UAE PASS automates and simplifies managing digital identity in mobile devices for users and can be used to: - Seamless authentication to various smart services. - Prove Who You are from your phone - Authenticate. - Digitally Sign documents. - Digitally Verify signed documents. - Request for your official documents. - Avail services through sharing the digital documents. For more information on UAE PASS, visit www.uaepass.ae
OLIVE ESS
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Employee Self Service (ESS) is an online platform where the employee has the flexibility to access the system and avail the services provided by the company as part of the Self Service. Employee Self Service helps employees to perform numerous job related functions independently and as part of an approval workflow. ESS, which is an essential tool available in modern HRIS, allows employees to take care of many human resources related and job related tasks that would otherwise need to be completed by the Human Resources personnel or management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UAE PASS at every 2 weeks against OLIVE ESS's every 6 weeks. OLIVE ESS's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
UAE PASS ships an update every 2 weeks, OLIVE ESS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UAE PASS | OLIVE ESS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (416 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 416 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 289 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dubai eGovernment Department | olive technologies |
Bugs and requests
UAE PASS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to scan Emirates ID
- OTP not working
- Verification issues
- App freezes or crashes
- Unable to create account
Requested features
5 requests- Improve registration process
- Add support for international phone numbers
- Fix OTP and verification issues
- Enhance facial recognition
- Provide better customer support
OLIVE ESS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UAE PASS
No in-app purchases
OLIVE ESS
No in-app purchases
