Comparison

SmartTask Engage vs TKC Risk Assessment

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

Head to head
About

SmartTask Engage

This workforce management solution streamlines employee scheduling and attendance tracking. It ensures compliance by comparing planned activities with time captured via NFC scans or phone calls, offering real-time insights and escalating missed events.

Highlights
  • Automated Rostering and Scheduling
  • Time & Proof of Attendance
  • Lone Worker Monitoring
  • Real-Time Employee Monitoring
  • Electronic Timesheets
  • Flexible Electronic Forms
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An employee scheduling and workforce management solution. SmartTask Engage helps ensure workforce compliance by comparing planned activities to time and attendance captured via NFC tag scans or IVR telephone calls, providing real-time management information and even initiating management escalation if a scheduled event is missed. SmartTask customers benefit from a significant reduction in administrative time and costs – with greater operational control, performance and higher quality service delivery. SmartTask Engage is typically used in the following workforces:- • Security Guard Tours/Patrols • Mobile Patrols/ Alarm Response • Event Management • Cleaning Services • Facilities Management With 20+ years experience, SmartTask has a strong track record of creating leading edge, UK developed, supported and focused, mobile workforce solutions. SmartTask, is an industry-leading employee scheduling and workforce management solution designed as a result of feedback from hundreds of UK businesses. SmartTask helps organisations to radically improve the customer experience and win more business. https://www.smarttask.co.uk/ SmartTask is highly scalable and suitable for use by owner-manager companies and organisations with 1000s of employees providing commercial and domestic services. • UK Developed, Maintained, Supported And Focused • Automated Rostering And Scheduling • Time & Proof Of Attendance • Check Calls, Shift Reminders & Alerts • Lone Worker Monitoring • Mobile Patrols, Alarm Response, Key Holding • Static Patrols, Checkpoint Scanning • Events Management • GPS Ringfencing • Holidays & Sickness Management • Electronic Site Logs • Flexible Electronic Forms • Timesheet Signoff Management • Payroll & Invoice Integrations • Onboarding / Vetting • Real-Time Employee Monitoring • Customer Portal • Fully Integrated Modules • Automate scheduling, shifts and rosters – send to staff mobile devices. • Proof of attendance - Capture attendance, clocking in/out details. • Receive alerts for no shows and reschedule accordingly. • Duty of Care/Lone Worker – meet requirements with check calls, and alerts for missed calls. • Holiday management - employees can view and request holiday via the app, which managers can authorise. No paper forms. • Payroll integration - hours worked transferred seamlessly to payroll, for fast accurate calculation. • Pay-as-you-Go - for managing occasional and seasonal workers. • Electronic Timesheets - populate invoices, significantly reducing queries. • Onboarding & Vetting/Screening - ensuring all regulatory and security requirements are met. • SmartTask app - provides details of shifts, runsheets and alarm responses, locks/unlocks and site visits with all the information needed to complete each job. • BS7984-3 2020 - certified keyholding services and SIA audits. • SmartForms – replacing manual, paper-based processes, tailorable for any requirement. • Events Security – specialist capabilities for managing seasonal/temporary workers, zones and locations. • Customer Portal – direct access to details of services provided. • Dashboards & location data - real-time visibility, enabling a fast response in any situation. • Reporting & Insights - deep insights to enable smart business decisions. The company has ISO27001 accreditation and is a Certified Carbon Neutral business and is based in Buckinghamshire UK. SmartTask manages deployments across the UK and beyond and is responsible for millions of transactions each month.

About

TKC Risk Assessment

Features
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Conduct structured physical security risk assessments on site, aligned to UK NPSA guidance - even without an internet connection. The On Site Assessment app from The Keyholding Company helps security professionals capture consistent, auditable risk data during physical site visits. The app guides assessors through 38 structured assessment and inspection questions, each scored from 1 to 5, covering key areas of physical security including controls, vulnerabilities and site-level risk exposure. All questions are aligned to UK National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) best practice guidance, providing a consistent, repeatable and auditable assessment framework across every site. Key features: Works fully offline – complete assessments without relying on site connectivity Purpose-built interface optimised for fast, on-site data capture 38 structured assessment questions covering core areas of physical security risk Assessment scores sync directly with The Keyholding Company's Risk Management Tool (RMT) Enables portfolio-wide risk benchmarking to identify high-risk sites and prioritise action Designed for security managers, facilities managers, risk consultants and property teams responsible for assessing, auditing and improving physical security across sites. Built by The Keyholding Company.

Screenshots

SmartTask Engage3 screens
TKC Risk Assessment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SmartTask Engage at 3 against TKC Risk Assessment's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
SmartTask Engage versus TKC Risk Assessment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartTask EngageTKC Risk Assessment
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews10.5% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB61 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSkillweb co uk ltdThe Keyholding Company Limited

In-app purchases

None

SmartTask Engage

No in-app purchases

None

TKC Risk Assessment

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmartTask Engage free?
SmartTask Engage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TKC Risk Assessment free?
TKC Risk Assessment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmartTask Engage or TKC Risk Assessment have ads?
Neither SmartTask Engage nor TKC Risk Assessment shows ads.

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