GovEmployee vs Etisl Plus
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
Etisl Plus
Make and receive high-quality voice and video calls, plus send SMS messages, all for free. This app works in the background and integrates with your phone's contacts for seamless communication over WiFi or cellular data.
- VoIP calls
- Audio and video sharing
- Background operation
- Contact integration
- Conference calls
- SMS messaging
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With ETISL on your iPhone, you can make and receive phone calls/SMS/audio&video sharing with crystal clear quality for FREE. ETISL is easy to download and use. Main features: * Making and receiving VoIP calls * Etisl to Etisl, Audio and Video * No needs to run dialer all the time it worked in the background as well. * Connectivity through WiFi / 3G / EDGE / LTE / 5G * Integrated contacts from the phone * Conference Call * Loudspeaker * Favorites * Time, call status logs * Audio codecs * SMS feature
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Etisl Plus at 100% against GovEmployee's 58%. GovEmployee's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (977 vs 37). 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GovEmployee has 977 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of GovEmployee's written reviews are positive against 100% of Etisl Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GovEmployee ships an update every 2 months, Etisl Plus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GovEmployee | Etisl Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (977 ratings) — better | 4.3 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 977 — better | 37 |
| 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 |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eGovernment Authority Bahrain | Etisalcom Bahrain W.L.L |
Customer experience
GovEmployee
Etisl Plus
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
Etisl Plus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GovEmployee
No in-app purchases
Etisl Plus
No in-app purchases
