Ekos vs Lilypad CRM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ekos
This business management software helps craft beverage producers organize and integrate operations, production, sales, and accounting. It offers a centralized location for all business information accessible via desktop or mobile devices.
- Inventory Management
- Production Tracking
- Sales Management
- Accounting Integration
- Mobile Accessibility
- Centralized Data
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Ekos is the industry leader in providing management software to independent craft manufacturing businesses – currently focusing on craft beverages! Continually growing, Ekos partners with craft beverage producers to manage their day to day operations in operations, production, sales, and accounting. With just a few clicks of a mouse or swipes on a mobile device, we have made it easy for customers to organize, manage, and integrate information from every area of their operation into one easily accessible location.
Lilypad CRM
This CRM is designed for the alcohol industry to help sales representatives increase product placements and sales. It offers features like a social wall, activity tracking, task management, and a map view of accounts, all within a user-friendly interface.
- Alcohol industry specific CRM
- Sales rep focused features
- Social wall
- Activity and task management
- Account mapping
- User-friendly interface
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Your product and approach are unique - and your CRM should be too! Lilypad is a CRM crafted specifically for the alcohol space with one primary goal: Helping you Sell More Liquid! Lilypad 3.0 brings major upgrades to the mobile app. The entire app has been re-written on a brand-spankin' new and modern codebase. New features have been added, and the app is more user-friendly to help sales reps get more placements in less time while in the field. Whether you're a new or a long-time user of Lilypad, you'll be able to pick up the new app and hit the ground running with the major features we're known for, such as the social wall, activities, tasks, placements, and the accounts map. Our software is easily customized to fit the needs of your business, giving you the ability to optimize your operation and increase your sales. Download today and transform the way your team sells the product you've worked so hard to perfect!
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Verdict
Ekos and Lilypad CRM both sit at 1.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of Lilypad CRM's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ekos's. Lilypad CRM also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). Ekos's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.4 for Ekos against 1.5 for Lilypad CRM. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Ekos's written reviews are positive against 33% of Lilypad CRM's.
Ekos ships an update every 10 months, Lilypad CRM every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Ekos | Lilypad CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (25 ratings) | 1.5 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ekos Software, Inc. | Lilypad Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Ekos
Lilypad CRM
In-app purchases
Ekos
No in-app purchases
Lilypad CRM
No in-app purchases








