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 properties and leases with ease. This app offers a secure real estate wallet for property owners and tenants, providing real-time property values, rental yields, and service fees. Handle lease registration, renewal, and cancellation seamlessly.
- Secure real estate wallet
- Real-time property values
- Lease registration and renewal
- Service fee tracking
- Modern navigation and theme
- Faster performance
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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 70% against Dubai REST's 9%. EMX Express also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (286 vs 66). Dubai REST's advantage is update cadence (every 4 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 — 66 and 286 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Dubai REST's written reviews are positive against 70% of EMX Express's.
Dubai REST ships an update every 4 weeks, EMX Express every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dubai REST | EMX Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (66 ratings) | 4.7 (286 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 286 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 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
User reviews
Dubai REST
From 66 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works for some users
- 👍 Convenient for government services
- 👍 Good for property details
- 👍 Useful management tool
Room to improve
- 😞 Cannot log in
- 😞 Login via UAE Pass fails
- 😞 Invalid or missing credentials
- 😞 Foreign investors locked out
- 😞 Phone number login removed
EMX Express
From 286 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- ✨ Improved and better
- ✅ Reliable now
- 📦 Convenient services
Room to improve
- ❌ No payment option
- ⏳ Waste of time
- 🤦♂️ Fails at expected job
- 💸 Forced to pay cash
- 🚚 Poor delivery experience
Bugs and requests
Dubai REST
Reported bugs
39 issues- Login fails with UAE Pass
- Cancellation request returned on UAE Pass login
- Invalid or missing credentials for title deed authentication
- Cannot log in with email anymore
- Registration already exists when logging in via UAE Pass
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- Ejari renewal service does not work
- App fails to update
- Phone number login removed, locking out foreign investors
- Cannot renew tenancy contract
- Mobile number required error during renewal
- Super buggy
- Terrible user interface
- Slow and painful to access information
- Difficult to navigate
- Doesn't work
- Nothing works
- Submitting requests met with errors
- Outdated design and structure
- Keeps having bugs
- Slow
- Cannot find what you want
- Confusing and useless sections
- No design principles followed
- Shows errors every time
- Does nothing about errors
- Phone customer support doesn't work
- Endless checking for updates
- Freezes on white screen
- Not optimized for iPhone SE (1st gen)
- Search not working
- Cannot get past OTP sign in page
- Formatting wrong
- Functionality doesn't work
- Cannot logout or reset password
- Lag and bug
- Cannot log in
- White screen of death
- Network error or transaction error
- Error during payment of owner fees
Requested features
8 requests- Allow users to select services
- Improve login methods for foreign investors
- Reintroduce phone number/DOB login
- Combine with other government apps
- Improve app design and backend
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- Fix bugs and errors
- Improve customer service
- Allow users to remove themselves from lists
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
