Comparison

Deputy vs Ordermentum

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Deputy

This app simplifies employee scheduling, time tracking, and workforce management for businesses. It allows for easy creation of balanced schedules, communication with staff, and integration with payroll systems. Employees can view their schedules, manage availability, and clock in/out.

Highlights
  • Create balanced, cost-effective schedules
  • Publish shift information via push notification
  • Fill open shifts with team pick-up
  • Approve leave and shift changes
  • Manage team communications and tasks
  • Track time and attendance
  • Integrate with payroll and POS systems
Features
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Deputy is the ultimate employee scheduling app, shift planner, staff timesheet app, & complete workforce management solution. Get started for free today! Over 250,000 workplaces in 90+ countries trust Deputy for their employee scheduling software, leave management, time & attendance tracking, team task management, staff communication, demand forecasting and performance management. HOW DEPUTY HELPS BUSINESSES ◆ Easily create balanced, cost-effective schedules in minutes from any device. ◆ Publish personalized shift information to your team via push notification, email, and SMS. ◆ Fill open shifts easily by pushing alerts to your team and letting them pick up available shifts. ◆ Approve leave from your mobile easily so you're never caught off guard. ◆ Quickly approve employee shift swaps and shift changes in seconds straight from a mobile device. ◆ Manage team communications easily in one place: broadcast announcements, assign tasks to specific individuals / shifts, and get confirmation that your team has seen it. ◆ Get greater insight and control of your business, and keep yourself compliant with inbuilt fair workweek compliance. ◆ Connect with your existing apps to give you end-to-end visibility. Deputy syncs with over 300+ of the world's most used solutions such as ADP, Square, QuickBooks, Xero, Gusto, NetSuite, Revel, LightSpeed and many more! HOW DEPUTY HELPS EMPLOYEES ◆ Get your work schedule on your device as soon as it’s published. ◆ View all your upcoming shifts in one place and receive alerts on days when you’re due to work. ◆ Manage your availability and time off easily, see what’s approved, and make it simple for your manager to know when you are and aren’t available. ◆ Clock in and out of work quickly from the app. ◆ See important company updates, manage your tasks and communicate with your team from your mobile device. TRY DEPUTY TODAY Setting up your business? Sign up for a free trial today. No setup fee. Pick the plan to suit your business: monthly, annually or flexi. Always know that you have the right people scheduled with our Shift Planner: Deputy makes it easy to create fully costed schedules in minutes, then notify staff when they’re working. Deputy will even automatically remind employees of their shifts on the morning that they are due to work. Manage employees’ leave requests or unavailability from a central location, then integrate with your online schedules so there’s no risk of scheduling someone who is not available. Need to be smart about staffing levels? Deputy integrates with your POS & payroll information to make sure you’re scheduling efficiently, and pulls in real-time weather information so you know if you need extra shifts or not! Clocking in to work is made simple with our time clock software, including GPS validation, to quickly track time and attendance (or optionally from a tablet Kiosk, using our inbuilt facial detection technology). Finalizing your timesheets and exporting to payroll can be done with one click from your mobile device. Joining an existing team? It's free - just log in. CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS “Straightaway, the time and attendance headache disappeared. There’s no need to manually enter data from one system to another. It’s all uploaded effortlessly. And on our tablets or phones, we can sign off timesheets with a swipe." "Everyone gets alerted to their shifts, which they can check on their smartphones. Everyone knows where they should be, when they should be there and what they should be doing." "Deputy has been a revelation for our business. We’re saving approximately $30,000 a year in admin costs alone. But even more importantly, we’re now able to optimize all shifts and staffing levels." ABOUT DEPUTY APP Our staff scheduling app is updated regularly to make sure we’re always providing the best and most flexible features to the businesses we work with. Any feedback? Need help? Email experience+ios@deputy.com Terms of Use: https://www.deputy.com/subscription-agreement

About

Ordermentum

This app connects hospitality businesses with over 900 Australian suppliers for wholesale ordering. Manage orders, payments, and invoices efficiently, saving time and money. Discover new products and suppliers while earning rewards.

Highlights
  • Order from 900+ suppliers
  • Manage orders and payments
  • Re-order with favourites
  • Live chat with suppliers
  • Invoice and payment syncing
  • Earn rewards points
Features
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Ordermentum is where the best hospitality operators discover, connect, and trade with Australia’s largest network of over 900 suppliers. Find everything you need for your business, from fruit and veg and coffee to packaging and poultry, and everything in between. Trusted by over 40,000 venues across Australia, Ordermentum enables you to manage your orders and payments in one place, saving you precious time and money. • Order in seconds from your phone, laptop, or tablet. • Re-order even faster with standing orders and favourites. • Browse thousands of products and hundreds of suppliers tailored to your business’ location and order directly with them. • Use live chat to communicate with your suppliers quickly. • Never miss an order again with cut-off reminders • Easily manage your invoices and payments by automatically syncing your invoices with Xero, MYOB Business, or QuickBooks Online. • Earn Ordermentum Rewards Points as you discover new suppliers and use the app. Convert your points to Qantas Points via your Qantas Business Rewards account. • Gain real-time insights into your COGS Join the Ordermentum community and benefit from personalised recommendations to find your next favourite suppliers or products. Stay ahead with the latest trends and top products in the industry to keep your customers coming back for more. Install Ordermentum today and see how easy wholesale ordering can be.

Screenshots

Deputy4 screens
Ordermentum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ordermentum at none against Deputy's 2. Ordermentum also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (72% vs 59%). Deputy's advantage is ratings volume (6K vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deputy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month. Ordermentum asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ordermentum holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deputy has 6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Deputy's written reviews are positive against 72% of Ordermentum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deputy ships an update weekly, Ordermentum fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Deputy versus Ordermentum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeputyOrdermentum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews72.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB200 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDeputy.comOrdermentum

Customer experience

Deputy

All ratings5,869 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews427 reviews
Positive58.8%
Neutral9.8%
Negative31.4%

Ordermentum

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Deputy

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes frequently
  • Timesheets not accurately recording hours worked
  • Shift scheduling issues after updates
  • Notification system not reliable

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to cancel shifts
  • Improve communication features between employees
  • Provide more detailed reporting and analytics
  • Allow employees to view their leave balances
  • Integrate with more payroll/HR systems

Ordermentum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Deputy

Subscriptions2
  • 10 users1 Month trial$59.991 Month
  • 25 users1 Month trial$144.991 Month
None

Ordermentum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deputy free?
Deputy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ordermentum free?
Ordermentum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Deputy or Ordermentum?
Ordermentum is rated higher. Deputy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while Ordermentum averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Deputy or Ordermentum have ads?
Neither Deputy nor Ordermentum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deputy or Ordermentum?
Deputy ships an update weekly, and Ordermentum fortnightly. Most recently, Deputy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ordermentum on October 24, 2026.

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