Matrix CR vs VANGUARDIAN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matrix CR
This app allows temporary staff to submit timesheets and expenses on the go, and managers to approve them. It syncs with a larger system, offering push notifications for real-time updates on submission status.
- Submit timesheets and expenses
- Approve timesheets and expenses
- Track submission status
- Push notifications for updates
- Syncs with CR.NET system
- Audit trail for past submissions
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Matrix SCM have developed this free to use mobile app that works alongside our market leading system CR.NET. You spoke and we listened, so we developed the mobile app to offer another way for temporary staff to submit, and managers to approve timesheets and expenses on the go. The mobile app functions the same way as our CR.NET system but offers the benefited addition of push notifications, so your phone can keep you up to date with what stage timesheets and expenses are at. Our new mobile app allows you to easily submit, manage, track and approve CR.NET timesheets and expenses: Submit: Workers can simply click to add a new timesheet, logging their hours, break time and attach expenses to submit for approval all within the app. Manage: Hiring managers can manage all incoming timesheets and expenses in one place, with full visibility within the mobile app. Track: Both workers and hiring managers can look back at previous timesheets, allowing them to see an audit trail in app that coincides with full details that can be found on CR.NET. Approve: This app offers another way that Hiring Managers can approve timesheets and expenses. For workers this is a great way of being kept up to date with the process of their timesheets as the app offers phone notifications about the process of your timesheets.
VANGUARDIAN
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When it comes to VAN CRIME and vehicle security, adding more LOCKS has for a long time been seen as the go to solution, However the evidence now shows that LOCKS - DO NOT STOP - VAN CRIME … LOCKS BUY YOU TIME This means it takes Thieves a LONGER TIME to break-in. However, A Thief has ALL THE TIME HE NEEDS to operate around a van Because he is UNDETECTED ! and that’s why we made VANGUARDIAN. Firstly A VISIBLE deterrent so a thief can see the vehicle is protected and a POWERFUL, UNIMPEADED, PRE-EMPTIVE ALARM awaits that activates immediately upon sensing CONTACT to draw instant attention to criminal activity … BEFORE DAMAGE IS DONE To eliminate the TIME, the FREE TIME a thief could otherwise operate around a van UNDETECTED, A simple and yet Highley effective solution, removing a thief’s main asset of ANONYIMITY immediately puts a thief on the back foot, changing the dynamic in to a fight or flight situation, Knowing they are now exposed & compromised a thief would rather flee the scene and avoid confrontation. The VANGUARDIAN sensor ALERTS & APP provide an important SECOND LINE of defense & notification by ALERTING the vehicle owner by TEXT ALERT when they are out of range of the audible capacity of the VANGUARDIAN ALARM. The GPS text message ALERT reacts immediately if the vehicle is compromised in a timely manner so that the vehicle owner / driver can respond BEFORE damage or theft.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VANGUARDIAN at every 3 weeks against Matrix CR's every 9 months. VANGUARDIAN also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Matrix CR ships an update every 9 months, VANGUARDIAN every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matrix CR | VANGUARDIAN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matrix SCM | 247 COMMERCE LIMITED |
In-app purchases
Matrix CR
No in-app purchases
VANGUARDIAN
No in-app purchases









