EMS.Waste vs Smart 5S
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EMS.Waste
This hazardous waste tracking tool transforms your iPad into a mobile solution for managing consolidation, lab packs, and bulk waste. Easily track items in and out of accumulation areas, tanks, and shipping containers, with options for barcode scanning. Data syncs wirelessly with a web module for seamless management.
- Hazardous waste tracking
- Consolidation and lab pack management
- Bulk waste tracking
- Barcode scanning
- Wireless data synchronization
- Mobile manifest preparation
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With the EMS.Waste app, your iPad becomes a mobile hazardous waste tracking tool. Use EMS.Waste to track your consolidation and lab pack items into shipping containers, in and out of accumulation areas and on to manifests. Bulk waste material can be tracked in and out of tanks and accumulation areas and into shipping containers for manifesting. Tracking waste is easily performed with a few touches of the screen. Waste can also be tracked with barcode scanning technology. Scan your waste container barcodes with the iPad camera or with a barcode scanning device. EMS.Waste works with various wireless barcode scanning peripherals. Waste tracking data will be synced wirelessly between the EMS.waste mobile app and the EMS Waste web module.
Smart 5S
This app helps organizations implement and maintain the 5S Lean Manufacturing methodology. It allows for creating checklists, auditing compliance with standards, and managing team improvement activities efficiently. Centralize real-time information, reduce paper documentation, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Create checklists by area
- Audit compliance with standards
- Manage team improvement activities
- Centralized real-time information
- Reduce document management
- Facilitate action plan management
- Share indicators and action plans
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If you want to download a trial version of Smart 5S, visit our website https://smartleansolutions.com/request-demo or send us an email to info@smartleansolutions.com and we will contact you as soon as possible. Create checklists by areas, check compliance with standards and manage team improvement activities with agility and efficiency. Available in Spanish version. Why does my company need the 5S? 5S is a Lean Manufacturing methodology that helps organizations establish a permanent discipline of order and cleanliness in the workplace with the active participation of all staff. The standardization of the processes, which uses visual control elements, guarantees that the improvements are maintained over time. The periodic 5S audit is an instrument used to check that standards are being met, quickly identify anomalies and collectively propose corrective actions. A tool to advance in continuous improvement. Advantages of using the SMART 5S app The most agile, effective and efficient audit process. - All in one: centralized and real-time information on the status of the 5S in the areas of the company. - Reduce the document management of audits to focus efforts on what is important: reinforcing your 5S and innovation activities. - Sustainability and commitment: opt for a tool that contributes to the transition to a paperless work environment - You can more easily access, extract and share information about indicators and action plans - Get up-to-date and accurate data that allow you to react more quickly to anomalous situations - Evaluate the impact of your company's 5S program from the analysis of the evolution of the indicators - Facilitates the work of the team members and favors their involvement in sustaining the 5S dynamics - Facilitates and centralizes the management of 5S improvement actions with the option to share indicators and action plan
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart 5S at every 3 weeks against EMS.Waste's every 2 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EMS.Waste against 5.0 for Smart 5S. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
EMS.Waste ships an update every 2 months, Smart 5S every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EMS.Waste | Smart 5S |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SFS Chemical Safety Inc. | Industrial Augmented Reality S.L. |
Customer experience
EMS.Waste
Smart 5S
In-app purchases
EMS.Waste
No in-app purchases
Smart 5S
No in-app purchases
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