Dubai REST vs EMX Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dubai REST
Manage your Dubai properties with ease. This app offers a secure real estate wallet for owners and landlords to handle leases, track property values, rental yields, and service fees. Tenants can also benefit from streamlined property management.
- Property management
- Real estate wallet
- Lease registration and renewal
- Property value tracking
- Rental yield monitoring
- Service fee management
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Own it. Rent it. Manage it—effortlessly. Experience Dubai REST like never before! Our newly redesigned app comes with a modern theme, seamless navigation, and faster performance, making property management easier and smarter for property owners, landlords, and tenants. The app lets you manage properties effortlessly through a secure real estate wallet. Stay informed with real-time property values, rental yields, and service fees, while handling leases—from registration and renewal to cancellation—with ease.
EMX Express
Manage domestic and international shipments conveniently from your mobile device. Track packages in real-time, calculate shipping rates instantly, and schedule pick-ups and drop-offs at your preferred times and locations. This app simplifies sending documents and parcels on the go.
- Manage shipments on-the-go
- Live shipment tracking
- Instant rate calculator
- Schedule pick-up and drop-off
- View, manage, and pay for packages
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Handle your domestic and international shipping needs while on-the-go with the new app version. From finding where to collect your Emirates ID to sending personal documents and parcels, the latest update helps you manage shipments easily. Enjoy the convenience of using the EMX app wherever you are, whenever you need it. Here are more reasons why EMX is your everyday, go-to courier service provider: Stay in control of your shipments View, manage and pay for packages via your mobile app. Live tracking See a timeline of your incoming and outgoing shipments. Instant rate calculator Get prices based on your parcel’s size and delivery speed. Designed for your convenience Schedule pick-up and drop-off at your preferred date, time and place. The EMX app constantly seeks to provide postal services and delivery solutions that match the latest trends in the UAE, the Middle East and across the world, with a focus on
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EMX Express at 69% against Dubai REST's 7%. EMX Express also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (251 vs 64). Dubai REST's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
EMX Express holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 251 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Dubai REST's written reviews are positive against 69% of EMX Express's.
Dubai REST ships an update every 3 weeks, EMX Express every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dubai REST | EMX Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (64 ratings) | 4.7 (251 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.0% of reviews | 69.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 251 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dubai Land Department | Emirates Post Group |
Customer experience
Dubai REST
EMX Express
Bugs and requests
Dubai REST
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EMX Express
Reported bugs
17 issues- No payment option on the app
- Delivery attempts failed
- Tracking history updated with false attempts
- App doesn't allow to pay charges
- Notifications don't exist
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- Application doesn't work
- Impossible to set an address
- Cannot gain access despite registration
- App still says not verified
- Cannot see existing POBox on the App
- App keeps asking to rent a POBox
- No possible way to link existing POBox
- Does not show any incoming shipments
- Login/password function does not work
- Unknown error on every click
- Says there is a newer version when launched
- Current version not very compatible with iPhone 13 mini
Requested features
7 requests- Implement online payment system
- Improve notification system
- Fix POBox details access
- Allow setting delivery address
- Enable login/password function
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- Show incoming shipments
- Improve compatibility with smaller iPhones
In-app purchases
Dubai REST
No in-app purchases
EMX Express
No in-app purchases
