Dion's Manager vs ESS 41
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dion's Manager
This app helps manage store products, track inventory levels, and facilitate store transfers. It also includes a barcode search function for quick product identification.
- Product management
- Inventory tracking
- Store transfers
- Barcode search
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Manage store products, inventory, store transfers and search by barcodes
ESS 41
Manage your work schedule, request time off, and trade shifts with colleagues. This app allows you to view your timecard, update availability, and even clock in and out using geofencing technology.
- View schedule
- Request day-off & time-off
- Perform Shift Trade
- Bid on open shifts
- View timecard
- Update availability
- Geofence enabled mobile clock
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With ESS app, team members can: · View schedule · Request day-off & time-off · Perform Shift Trade with teammates · Bid on open shifts or request additional shifts · View timecard · Update availability and get shifts accordingly · Request for alternate work locations · Clock your work hours using Geofence enabled mobile clock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dion's Manager at 5.0 against ESS 41's 1.4. ESS 41's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Dion's Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESS 41 has 3.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dion's Manager ships an update every 2 months, ESS 41 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dion's Manager | ESS 41 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.4 (3.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Boris Gastelu | Reflexis Systems Inc |
Customer experience
Dion's Manager
ESS 41
Bugs and requests
Dion's Manager
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ESS 41
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login errors and inability to log in
- Schedules not displaying correctly
- Sync issues with calendar
- Crashing on certain device models
Requested features
4 requests- Push notifications for schedule changes
- Ability to request time off directly in the app
- Improved user interface and navigation
- Support for biometric login (Face ID, Touch ID)
In-app purchases
Dion's Manager
No in-app purchases
ESS 41
No in-app purchases
