UFCW Local 328 vs Firstup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UFCW Local 328
Access your union contract, news, and upcoming events. Discover member discounts and stay updated with push notifications on negotiations and local happenings.
- View union contract
- Read news updates
- See upcoming events
- Access member discounts
- Receive push notifications
- Connect to website and social media
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This app is for members of UFCW Local 328. With this app you'll be able to view your union contract, news, upcoming events, member discounts, our website, photos and social media. We will also send out push notifications to keep you updated on the happenings of the Local, negotiation updates, nearby events and more.
Firstup
This app connects employees with essential company information, fostering engagement and improving communication. It provides a centralized hub for news, updates, and resources, ensuring everyone stays informed and connected.
- Official source for workforce communications
- Push notifications for news and tasks
- Upload and share videos, photos, documents
- Personalized user experience
- Save and find important information
- Comment and share content
- Connect company employees
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Firstup is a workforce communications app that helps companies reach employees with relevant, personalized information they need to do their best work. Firstup solves the problem of poor employee engagement by keeping all workers informed and connected. Employees have one place to find out what’s happening at work—no more searching through emails and intranets to get information. Companies have an easier, faster way to publish content and news and can measure how many employees engaged with their content. Why you’ll love Firstup: * An official source for all workforce communications—reach every worker with the information they need to know to do their best work. * Push notifications and reminders for breaking news or time-sensitive tasks * Ability to upload and share videos, photos, documents, or articles * Personalized user experience with profiles and the ability to choose channels to follow * A simple way to save and find important information with bookmarking and powerful search * The ability for users to comment and share * A powerful way to connect everyone at your company and create a better digital employee experience for all
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: UFCW Local 328 at free against Firstup's freemium. UFCW Local 328 also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 27%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Firstup's advantage is ratings volume (135 vs 6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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.
Firstup holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firstup has 135 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of UFCW Local 328's written reviews are positive against 27% of Firstup's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UFCW Local 328 ships an update every 2 months, Firstup monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UFCW Local 328 | Firstup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 3.7 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 26.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 272 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United Food & Commercial Workers Local 328 | Firstup, Inc. |
Customer experience
UFCW Local 328
Firstup
In-app purchases
UFCW Local 328
No in-app purchases
Firstup
No in-app purchases
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