ePNMobile vs FirstStarHR Essentials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ePNMobile
This mobile application functions as a point-of-sale terminal, enabling merchants to accept and process consumer payments via a secure gateway. A pre-existing account with the service provider is necessary for its operation.
- Accepts consumer payments
- Processes payments via gateway
- Mobile point-of-sale terminal
- Requires payment gateway account
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ePNMobile is a Point-of-Sale terminal application for mobile phones that allows a merchant to accept payment from a consumer and process the payment through eProcessingNetwork's gateway. An eProcessingNetwork Payment Gateway account is required for use.
FirstStarHR Essentials
This app gives employees easy access to their payroll and HR information. Employees can clock in/out, submit timesheets, request time off, and view pay stubs and important employment documents.
- Clock in/out
- Submit timesheets
- Submit PTO requests
- View pay stubs
- View PTO balances
- Access employment documents
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FirstStarHR Essentials provides employees with important payroll information at their fingertips. Key features include: • Ability to clock in / out • Submit time sheets • Submit PTO hours taken • Submit Messages • View pay stubs • View PTO balances • Track PTO taken • View vital employment documents
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ePNMobile at 39% against FirstStarHR Essentials's 0%. ePNMobile also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). FirstStarHR Essentials's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 3.1). 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.
FirstStarHR Essentials holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of ePNMobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of FirstStarHR Essentials's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ePNMobile ships an update every 4 months, FirstStarHR Essentials every 10 months. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | ePNMobile | FirstStarHR Essentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (30 ratings) | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eProcessing Network, LLC | FirstStarHR |
Customer experience
ePNMobile
FirstStarHR Essentials
In-app purchases
ePNMobile
No in-app purchases
FirstStarHR Essentials
No in-app purchases
