SMACC vs ESS Attendance App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMACC
A cloud-based point-of-sale system for iOS devices that offers offline functionality. It provides real-time sales, inventory, and profit reports, and integrates with hardware like barcode scanners and printers.
- Cloud-based POS
- Offline functionality
- Real-time sales reports
- Inventory tracking
- Profit reporting
- Hardware integration
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Cloud-based POS for iPad and iPhone with iWatch support that keeps your data safe and secure in the cloud,yet keeps working even when the internet doesn’t. Sell online, stay on top of cashflow, view powerful sales, inventory and profit reports, in real-time, from one or many stores. Track markup and margins, as well as hardware integration with barcode scanner , Printer and CashDrawer to make your iPhone and iPad a complete POS solution.
ESS Attendance App
This business application allows employees to remotely sign in and out of work using only their mobile device. It offers location, photo, and IP network restrictions for secure attendance tracking.
- Remote sign-in/out
- GPS location restriction
- Photo verification
- IP network restriction
- Mobile-only attendance
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Using Daftra ESS an Employee can sign-in and sign-out remotely without being at the company's headquarters, and using the mobile phone only Daftra ESS supports: Sign-in with location restriction by using GPS Sign-in with photo restriction by using mobile camera Sign-in with IP Network restriction by detecting mobile internet connection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ESS Attendance App at 100% against SMACC's 56%. ESS Attendance App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). SMACC's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ESS Attendance App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of SMACC's written reviews are positive against 100% of ESS Attendance App's.
SMACC ships an update monthly, ESS Attendance App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMACC | ESS Attendance App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arab Sea Information System Co | IZAM INC FOR SOFTWARE |
Customer experience
SMACC
ESS Attendance App
In-app purchases
SMACC
No in-app purchases
ESS Attendance App
No in-app purchases
