BambooHR vs Eddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BambooHR
Access essential HR functions on the go. View your company directory, manage time off requests, and stay updated with notifications. Securely access employee information and approve or deny leave requests from anywhere.
- Company directory access
- Time off requests and approvals
- View colleague information
- Add contacts to phone
- Check time off balances
- Push notifications for requests
- TouchID and passcode protection
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BambooHR is online HR software for small and medium-sized businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets. We automate many of the most tedious HR functions and free you up to do meaningful work. The BambooHR app lets you take some of those most important functions with you, and makes your most common tasks in BambooHR simple and fast. * In order to do anything with the BambooHR app you will need a current BambooHR account. Find out more on our website. * The app fully supports single sign-on (SAML) to login Your Company Directory, Everywhere You Go Your company’s phone numbers, emails, photos, titles—your whole company directory goes wherever you do. * See colleague’s information and call, email, or message them with a tap * Quickly add someone’s info to your phone’s contacts Plan and Manage Time Off Planning a trip? Request time off when you’re out and about. Leave requests can be submitted in the app, and if you’re an approver, you can approve them there as well. * See who’s out of the office today and on any future date * See current and calculate your future time off balances * Submit, view, edit, and comment on your time off requests * Approve and deny time off requests * Push notifications keep you in the loop on the status of your requests And don’t worry, TouchID and passcode protection will help keep your information secure. Happy Bambooing!
Eddy
This app streamlines HR tasks for local businesses. Employees can manage onboarding, track time, and view company information. Managers can oversee employee hours, requests, and team communication.
- Employee onboarding
- Geo-tagged clock in/out
- Time-off requests
- Company calendar
- Employee directory
- Job sharing
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In the app, workers can: - Complete onboarding tasks - Clock in/out (with geo-tagged location) - Submit time-off requests - View the company calendar - Navigate the company employee directory - View and share open positions within the company For HR administrators and frontline managers, the app makes it simple to: - Manage employee onboarding tasks - Review and accept hours worked - Approve or deny time-off requests - Keep teams informed with shared company calendar - View contact information for all team members in the employee directory - Empower teams to view and share open positions within the company ** Please note: Not all Eddy desktop features are currently available in this mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Eddy at 100% against BambooHR's 27%. Eddy also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). BambooHR's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (13K vs 22). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
BambooHR holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BambooHR has 13K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 27% of BambooHR's written reviews are positive against 100% of Eddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BambooHR ships an update fortnightly, Eddy every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BambooHR | Eddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13K ratings) — better | 4.2 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #144 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BambooHR | Eddy HR, LLC |
Customer experience
BambooHR
Eddy
Bugs and requests
BambooHR
Reported bugs
14 issues- App ask for update to see inbox, people or my info
- Locks you out
- Spends a lot of time down, can't always see signature so you don't know if forms are actually filed out or not
- Freezes
- Notifications don't clear properly
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- Badges slow to update, annoying
- Poor crashes
- Log in is impossible
- Slow app
- Phone directory look up not working
- Contacts don't work
- Document Sigining not working
- Crashes on log in
- Crashes every time you try to save a contact locally
Requested features
14 requests- Dark mode option
- Advanced calendar view on app
- Allow employees to download letter of employment at their own
- Easier way to fix clocking issues
- Easier way to track lieu hours
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- Open app from email links
- More functionality on app compared to website
- Ability to cancel time off requests from app
- Include user on calendar/out today view
- Text-based recruiting services
- Ability to onboard new hires from app
- Allow document signing on mobile
- Announcements in the app
- Ability to view emergency contacts
Eddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BambooHR
No in-app purchases
Eddy
No in-app purchases
