ESS Mobile vs WISH ESS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESS Mobile
This app offers flexible time tracking for employees, allowing them to punch in/out, review hours worked, check schedules, and manage benefit balances. It facilitates communication with supervisors for attendance-related matters and supports various time entry methods.
- Flexible time tracking
- Review hours worked
- Check schedules and benefit balances
- Request time off
- Enter tips and mileage
- Communicate with supervisor
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ESS Mobile is a smart, adaptive app that, when used with your employer's Attendance on Demand system, provides employees with flexible time tracking options. You have access to the information needed to track your hours worked and review schedules or benefit balances. Notifications can be sent when your time card needs action, such as the addition of a missing punch. Messages can be exchanged with your supervisor to record attendance-related activities like an absence or if you will be late for your shift. Using ESS Mobile hourly employees may be able to punch in and out, request time off, or enter tips. For employees that simply report total hours worked multiple time sheet views are available. Additional operations such as entering mileage, expenses, or tips are also available. Contact your payroll administrator or Attendance on Demand service provider for additional details. Note: ESS Mobile uses location services to obtain your location during app usage. Continued use of the app or background GPS tracking can dramatically decrease battery life.
WISH ESS
This application allows users to sign up, log in, and manage their work schedules. It provides access to upcoming shifts, alerts from managers, and pending schedules for managers. Designed for employees and managers to streamline workforce information.
- User sign-up
- Employee and manager login
- Self-scheduling
- View upcoming schedules
- Receive schedule alerts
- Manage pending schedules
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ProtaTECH is pleased to offer WISH (Workforce Information Systems – Hosted) ESS app. Users can download and apply for work and get scheduled job. WISH ESS app provides following facilities to its users. Sign-up for new users Login for employés and managers Self schedules Upcoming schedules Alert and notification from scheduling managers Pending schedule for managers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WISH ESS at 2.1 against ESS Mobile's 1.7. WISH ESS also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). ESS Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (356 vs 43). On price, review sentiment, 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.
WISH ESS holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESS Mobile has 356 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of ESS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 8% of WISH ESS's.
ESS Mobile ships an update every 3 months, WISH ESS every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESS Mobile | WISH ESS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (356 ratings) | 2.1 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.9% of reviews | 7.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 356 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attendance on Demand, Inc. | PROTATECH, INC. |
Customer experience
ESS Mobile
WISH ESS
Bugs and requests
ESS Mobile
Reported bugs
17 issues- Connect button treats input as editable text field
- App fails to load or shows blank white screen
- Location services report incorrect location
- Login credentials rejected despite correct information
- Clock-in button disappears or becomes non-functional
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- App freezes when entering information
- Cannot proceed past login screen
- App crashes on latest iOS versions
- Automatic logout without user action
- Cannot clock in to new job within one minute of clock out
- Punch functionality only works on second attempt
- Controls render off-screen on certain devices
- App incompatible with iOS 15
- Timesheet data fails to load
- Notifications sent to wrong phone numbers
- Pay stubs missing tip percentage and hourly information
- Redundant navigation buttons on same page
Requested features
12 requests- Face ID or biometric authentication
- Remember me/stay logged in functionality
- Current time display on home screen
- Manager approval system for early out/late in requests
- Ability to view all punch times and historical data
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- Support for multiple employers without app reinstallation
- Landscape mode support
- Easy password reset functionality
- Loading indicators for better UX
- Visible phone number management (primary/secondary)
- Better accessibility and menu navigation
- Improved pay stub formatting and clarity
WISH ESS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ESS Mobile
No in-app purchases
WISH ESS
No in-app purchases
