FaceFirst vs WERCSmart® ItemScan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FaceFirst
This enterprise companion app extends core desktop/web functionalities for licensed customers. It offers a subset of features exclusively to authenticated users within existing deployments.
- Enterprise companion functionality
- Subset of desktop/web features
- Exclusive to authenticated customers
- For licensed FaceFirst users only
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The FaceFirst iOS App is an enterprise companion application solely used by licensed FaceFirst customers. This is not a consumer application and provides no functionality to general users outside of our enterprise deployments. The FaceFirst iOS companion app provides a subset of functionality provided by our desktop/web application only to authenticated FaceFirst enterprise customers.
WERCSmart® ItemScan
Instantly access product compliance information for safe transport, handling, and disposal. Scan items to receive immediate instructions, especially for hazardous waste, reducing errors and costs associated with manual processes.
- Product compliance information access
- Safe transport instructions
- Handling guidelines
- Disposal procedures
- Hazardous waste identification
- Container placement instructions
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Get product compliance information anywhere, anytime. Our app enables employees to immediately get instructions for how to safely transport, handle, and dispose your sourced products with a single product scan. Identify, segregate, and account for the disposal of products that are hazardous waste using UL’s Hazardous Waste Accumulation Program. Accurate container placement instructions are received instantly within the application, substantially reducing the time of human judgement and the associated costs due to error-prone traditional manual processes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FaceFirst at 50% against WERCSmart® ItemScan's 0%. FaceFirst also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
FaceFirst holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of FaceFirst's written reviews are positive against 0% of WERCSmart® ItemScan's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FaceFirst | WERCSmart® ItemScan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FaceFirst, LLC | The WERCS, Ltd. |
Customer experience
FaceFirst
WERCSmart® ItemScan
In-app purchases
FaceFirst
No in-app purchases
WERCSmart® ItemScan
No in-app purchases
Questions
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