Workforce Mobile vs PubWorks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workforce Mobile
Empower staff to manage and resolve reported issues directly from their mobile devices. Update statuses, assign tasks, add notes, and request further information in real-time.
- Real-time issue response
- Update issue status
- Assign issues to staff
- Add notes to issues
- Request more information
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Workforce Mobile gives staff members the power to respond to and resolve issues reported in real-time. Update issues status, assign issues to staff members, add notes or request more information from the individual who submitted the issue right from your phone.
PubWorks
Empower your public works department with a mobile workforce solution. Record work in real-time, respond to service requests instantly, and manage inspections and assets efficiently. Seamlessly integrates with your main database for instant updates.
- Real-time work recording
- Mobile work orders
- Service request management
- Inspections
- Asset inventory
- Seamless database integration
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This app is for PubWorks customers only. Equipping your crew with tablets will create your new mobile workforce – allowing them to record work as they go, and quickly respond to new work orders and service requests. This divide-and-conquer field-recording capability will increase your department’s efficiency and productivity. With mobile mapping, work orders, service requests, inspections and asset inventory, you’ll be better equipped to deal with sudden change of crew needs. This mobile public works tool designed to seamlessly interact, securely and in real-time, with the main PubWorks database which can be hosted on-site or in the cloud. This allows in-office updates to reach field crews automatically and instantly. Field crews will be able to act on the latest information and record their work allowing office staff to see their accomplishments, notes and photos in seconds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workforce Mobile at 3.1 against PubWorks's 2.0. Workforce Mobile also leads on review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (30 vs 10). PubWorks's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Workforce Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Workforce Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of PubWorks's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workforce Mobile | PubWorks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (30 ratings) — better | 2.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tyler Technologies, Inc | gWorks |
Customer experience
Workforce Mobile
PubWorks
In-app purchases
Workforce Mobile
No in-app purchases
PubWorks
No in-app purchases
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