GovEmployee vs COMMAX Hey Call
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
COMMAX Hey Call
This application enables mobile video calls with visitors and saves images detected by motion sensors. It allows you to stay connected and monitor your home remotely through your smartphone.
- Mobile video calls with visitors
- Save visitor images
- Motion detection alerts
- Smartphone integration
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APP for COMMAX video calls. Try it on your smartphone. 1. Saving visitor images based on motion detection 2. Mobile video call with visitors
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GovEmployee at every 2 months against COMMAX Hey Call's every 16 months. GovEmployee also leads on ratings volume (976 vs 119) and review sentiment (61% vs 50%). COMMAX Hey Call's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for GovEmployee against 4.5 for COMMAX Hey Call. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GovEmployee has 976 ratings behind it against 119, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of GovEmployee's written reviews are positive against 50% of COMMAX Hey Call's.
GovEmployee ships an update every 2 months, COMMAX Hey Call every 16 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | GovEmployee | COMMAX Hey Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (976 ratings) — better | 4.5 (119 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 976 — better | 119 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 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 | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eGovernment Authority Bahrain | COMMAX |
Customer experience
GovEmployee
COMMAX Hey Call
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
COMMAX Hey Call
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GovEmployee
No in-app purchases
COMMAX Hey Call
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is GovEmployee free?
Is COMMAX Hey Call free?
Which has better reviews, GovEmployee or COMMAX Hey Call?
Do GovEmployee or COMMAX Hey Call have ads?
Which is updated more often, GovEmployee or COMMAX Hey Call?
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