Acumatica vs Criterion HCM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Acumatica
Access real-time business data, including financials, inventory, and sales, from any device. Manage expenses, view reports, track time, and handle approvals on the go. Tailored features for sales, purchasing, support, and field services are available.
- Expense receipt and claim submission
- Real-time reports and dashboards
- Time card entry and task follow-up
- Approval management
- Sales pipeline and order management
- Purchase order and receipt management
- Field service appointment management
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An Acumatica license is required to use this app. Acumatica Cloud ERP Software enables small and mid-sized businesses to access financials, inventory, sales, purchases, and more from any web browser on any device. This allows your entire workforce to get real-time data and manage business processes using iPhone or iPad. Key Features: • Expense receipts and claims: submit new expenses using the camera on your device to photograph receipts. View submitted expense claims to see if they have been approved. • Reports and dashboards: view real-time reports and dashboards. • Time cards: enter time sheets and follow up on tasks. • Approvals: review and complete approvals in just a few clicks. Role Specific Features: • Support: create and work on cases including adding pictures with your camera and taking notes using voice to text. • Sales: manage contacts, your opportunity pipeline, create sales orders, and check order status. • Purchasing: manage purchase orders and receipts • Field services: perform daily appointment work including driving directions, taking notes using voice to text, entering inventory, lookup past appointments, recording time, taking pictures from the job site, and more. Extensible: • Developers, partners, and ISVs can create new applets without programming skills so users can access any data or Acumatica screen function. Cost: The Acumatica mobile app is available at no extra cost for Acumatica customers. Download the app, login, and begin accessing features.
Criterion HCM
A comprehensive human capital management suite for mid-market businesses. It offers modules for HR, payroll, benefits, time tracking, recruiting, performance reviews, expense management, and scheduling.
- HR Management
- Benefits Administration
- Time & Attendance Tracking
- Payroll Processing
- Recruiting Tools
- Performance Reviews
- Expense Management
- Scheduling
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Criterion is the leading provider of modern HCM software for mid market. Our software suite includes HR, Benefits, Time & Attendance, Payroll, Recruiting, Performance Reviews, Expense Management and Scheduling
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Acumatica at 1.8K against Criterion HCM's 18. Acumatica also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.6). Criterion HCM's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 23%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Acumatica holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Acumatica has 1.8K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Acumatica's written reviews are positive against 44% of Criterion HCM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Acumatica ships an update every 5 weeks, Criterion HCM every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Acumatica | Criterion HCM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.8K ratings) — better | 3.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.4% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acumatica Inc. | Criterion Inc. |
Customer experience
Acumatica
Criterion HCM
Bugs and requests
Acumatica
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scanning issues causing incorrect item counts
- Time entries not saving properly
- Camera orientation issues and upside-down displays
- Dashboards and reports not loading correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Improve time entry and tracking for multiple jobs/tasks
- Streamline calendar view and usage
- Enhance search functionality and results
- Optimize for mobile use, not just desktop
- Improve stability and reduce glitches/bugs
Criterion HCM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Acumatica
No in-app purchases
Criterion HCM
No in-app purchases
