Cycle Check vs Smart 5S
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cycle Check
Measure process performance directly from your smartphone. This tool simplifies cycle analysis, allowing you to document breakdowns and visualize performance over time. It helps assess process stability and adherence to customer takt time without manual recording.
- Cycle recording with stopwatch functionality
- Documentation of process breakdowns
- Graphical representation of cycle data
- Archiving and process assignment
- Calculation of customer, planned, and machine takt
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How stable is your process? How it performs over the time? Do your process running within the customer takt time? Measure the performance of a process with your smartphone, completely without the need for a stopwatch, paper and pen. We designed the app based on the classical 40-cycle analysis. If you are already using the 40-cycle analysis regularly to check your processes, you will save time in post-processing and evaluation, and the data will always be available. Lean Enthusiastic and interested people can test the app in their own company to see how stable the processes are running and how close to the customer tact.. The App has the following functions: • Cycle recording (stopwatch) • documentation of breakdowns during the analysis • Graphical representation of the cycle recordings • Archiving the recordings and assigning them to processes • Calculation of customer takt, planned takt and planned mashine takt
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 in-app purchases: Smart 5S at none against Cycle Check's 3. Smart 5S also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Cycle Check's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Cycle Check sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Smart 5S asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cycle Check against 5.0 for Smart 5S. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Cycle Check ships an update every 6 months, Smart 5S every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cycle Check | Smart 5S |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lean Partners Projekt Gesellschaft mbH&Co.KG | Industrial Augmented Reality S.L. |
Customer experience
Cycle Check
Smart 5S
In-app purchases
Cycle Check
- 10 Measurements$1.99
- 20 Measurements$3.99
- 50 Measurements$7.99
Smart 5S
No in-app purchases
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