ESS Mobile vs Homeaglow for Cleaners
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.
Homeaglow for Cleaners
This app helps cleaning professionals find new clients and manage their business operations. It offers tools for job management, client communication, and instant payment processing, allowing users to focus on providing cleaning services.
- Client acquisition
- Job scheduling
- Client management
- Instant payments
- Tip retention
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Homeaglow connects you with new clients and provides you with the tools you need to manage your business, so you can focus on what you do best. Run your business entirely in the app. You'll get access to real-time cleaning jobs that fit your schedule. You can message and manage your clients to encourage repeat business. And when the job is done, you can get paid instantly and keep 100% of your tips. No more searching for clients and working too few hours. With Homeaglow, you can focus on delivering happiness to as many clients as you'd like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Homeaglow for Cleaners at 4.7 against ESS Mobile's 1.7. Homeaglow for Cleaners also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 3%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Homeaglow for Cleaners holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Homeaglow for Cleaners has 17K ratings behind it against 356, 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 25% of Homeaglow for Cleaners's.
ESS Mobile ships an update every 3 months, Homeaglow for Cleaners fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESS Mobile | Homeaglow for Cleaners |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (356 ratings) | 4.7 (17K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.9% of reviews | 25.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 356 | 17K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Attendance on Demand, Inc. | homeaglow |
Customer experience
ESS Mobile
Homeaglow for Cleaners
User reviews
ESS Mobile
From 356 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Simple and straightforward time tracking functionality
- 📧 Email records linked to time card
- ⚙️ Works reliably on Android devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connect button functions as text box instead of button
- ❌ App crashes frequently after updates
- ⚪ White screen loading issues
- 📍 Location detection inaccurate (4-5 miles off)
- 🔐 Login failures and credential issues
Homeaglow for Cleaners
From 17K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use app
- 💰 Potential to make good money
- 🌟 Great for independent contractors
- 👍 Flexible work schedule
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of customer support
- 🕰️ Last-minute cancellations by clients
- 💰 Low pay rates for cleaners
- 🔒 Account deactivation issues
- 🤖 Automated/impersonal communication
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
Homeaglow for Cleaners
Reported bugs
3 issues- App glitches and crashes
- Unreliable job notifications
- Incorrect address information
Requested features
4 requests- Improved communication channels
- Calendar integration
- Clearer policies and transparency
- Better client accountability
In-app purchases
ESS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Homeaglow for Cleaners
No in-app purchases
Questions
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