GovEmployee vs Batelco Red Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GovEmployee
Access essential government employee services, including viewing personal details, salary slips, and attendance. Submit requests for late arrivals, early departures, and certificates, and explore job vacancies and training programs.
- View/update personal details
- Access monthly salary slips
- Track time attendance
- Submit permission requests
- View job vacancies
- Request certificates
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This application is provided by Civil Service Bureau (CSB) in cooperation with Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) in the Kingdom of Bahrain, to allow government employees to benefit from the following services: - View and update personal details such as contact details and bank account details - View monthly salary slip - View employee time attendance - Submit permissions for late arrival/ early departure - View employee performance - View jobs vacancies - Request salary & service certificates - Submit an administrative complaint - Training Programs
Batelco Red Box
Manage your home Wi-Fi network with ease. Monitor connection status, adjust Wi-Fi settings, and control parental access. View and manage all devices connected to your network.
- Monitor Wi-Fi connection status
- Configure Wi-Fi settings
- Set up parental controls
- View connected devices
- Manage connected devices
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Enjoy complete smart control over your Batelco Home Wi-Fi. View the status of your connection, configure your Wi-Fi and parental control settings and view the status and manage connected devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GovEmployee at 58% against Batelco Red Box's 0%. GovEmployee also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (977 vs 8). Batelco Red Box's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
GovEmployee holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GovEmployee has 977 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of GovEmployee's written reviews are positive against 0% of Batelco Red Box's.
GovEmployee ships an update every 2 months, Batelco Red Box every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GovEmployee | Batelco Red Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (977 ratings) — better | 1.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 977 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eGovernment Authority Bahrain | BEYON B.S.C |
Customer experience
GovEmployee
Batelco Red Box
Bugs and requests
GovEmployee
Reported bugs
3 issues- Compatibility issues with iPhone X
- Frequent app crashes
- Login and navigation problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add leave request feature
- Improve attendance tracking
- Update user profile details
- Integrate training course management
Batelco Red Box
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GovEmployee
No in-app purchases
Batelco Red Box
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is GovEmployee free?
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