Comparison

FaceFirst vs Date Check Pro 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Enterprise companion functionality
  • Subset of desktop/web features
  • Exclusive to authenticated customers
  • For licensed FaceFirst users only
Features
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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.

About

Date Check Pro 2

This app helps food retailers manage product expiration dates to reduce waste and ensure freshness. It provides daily notifications for expiring items and offers detailed reporting on shrink savings and product performance.

Highlights
  • Expiration date tracking per product
  • Daily expiring item notifications
  • Shrink reduction through movement data
  • Product images
  • Offline mode with real-time syncing
  • Reporting dashboard with ROI and loss data
  • Automated food donation tax deduction tracking
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Upshop Expiration Date Management (formerly Date Check Pro™), the #1 expiration date management solution for food retailers brings you our all new, fully re-designed solution. The core of the app has stayed the same. Expiration dates are tracked on a per product basis, with daily notifications on items expiring soon throughout the store. Cut down expired shrink, provide only the freshest products for shoppers, and protect your brand. The software can be applied to a large number of items throughout the store including grocery, natural foods, frozen goods, processed meat, and a majority of dairy products. New features within Date Check Pro™ 2.0 include: - Step-by-step guided date checking process - Utilize movement data to maximize shrink savings - Product images - Offline mode with real-time syncing The all-new reporting platform includes: - Dashboard with ROI, user, and top loss data - Automated food donation tax deduction tracking - Time and pace tracking per user - Customized time estimates based on store pace - Top Expired and All Expired reports - Repeat out of stock alerts - And more.

Screenshots

FaceFirst3 screens
Date Check Pro 21 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FaceFirst at 3.7 against Date Check Pro 2's 3.0. Date Check Pro 2's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FaceFirst holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FaceFirst ships an update every 2 months, Date Check Pro 2 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
FaceFirst versus Date Check Pro 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFaceFirstDate Check Pro 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings) — better3.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFaceFirst, LLCApplication Development Consultants, Inc.

Customer experience

FaceFirst

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Date Check Pro 2

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FaceFirst

No in-app purchases

None

Date Check Pro 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FaceFirst free?
FaceFirst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Date Check Pro 2 free?
Date Check Pro 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FaceFirst or Date Check Pro 2?
FaceFirst is rated higher. FaceFirst averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Date Check Pro 2 averages 3.0 from 5 ratings.
Do FaceFirst or Date Check Pro 2 have ads?
Neither FaceFirst nor Date Check Pro 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FaceFirst or Date Check Pro 2?
FaceFirst ships an update every 2 months, and Date Check Pro 2 every 5 weeks. Most recently, FaceFirst was updated on June 1, 2026 and Date Check Pro 2 on July 4, 2026.

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