ESS Mobile vs Frontier Voice
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.
Frontier Voice
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Frontier turns AI into something you talk with, not type at.` Perfect for brainstorming, smart discussion, ressearch and planning when you can't type. Choose a voice you like and the AI model, tap call, and have a real, flowing conversation. No keyboard, no waiting. Frontier is built for hands-free moments: on a walk, in the car or just thinking out loud. WHY FRONTIER • Natural, expressive voices — twenty options across American, British, and Australian accents. • Your choice of leading AI models, including Claude — pick the brain behind the voice. • Low-latency conversation you can interrupt, just like a real phone call. • Lock-screen and CarPlay controls — it works the way calls already do. • On-device history wimmaries of pastconversations. • Ambient touches — a "thinking" sounds. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your conversations are stored on your device, not on our servers. Audio is streamed only while't recorded or savedby us. Just pick a voice and start talking. Privacy Policy: https://mindcom-media.github.io/frontier-legal/privacy Terms of Service: https://mindcom-media.github.io/frontier-legal/terms Terms of Use EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
ESS Mobile and Frontier Voice are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | ESS Mobile | Frontier Voice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (343 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 2.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 343 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Attendance on Demand, Inc. | Mindcom Media |
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
Frontier Voice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ESS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Frontier Voice
No in-app purchases









