Comparison

Spaces vs BidZA

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

Head to head
About

Spaces

Find and book flexible workspaces like meeting rooms, private offices, or co-working desks. Choose by the hour or day without contracts. Access thousands of locations globally for your professional needs.

Highlights
  • Book meeting rooms
  • Private offices
  • Co-working desks
  • Business lounges
  • Hourly and daily booking
  • Global locations
Features
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Sick of working in noisy coffee shops? Need to hold a meeting in a professional environment? Spaces is the world's largest provider of short-term workspaces, with over 4000 locations, in over 120 countries. Our centers offer meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks and business lounges. Just choose the space that you need, book via our app and show up. Book by the hour or by the day. No contracts, no sign-up fees. Create your free Spaces account today and use our app to book a great space to work, wherever you need. Any type of workspace: Meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks or business lounges. Pick the space that suits your needs. Any duration: Book by the hour, by the day, or upgrade to our unlimited Businessworld monthly subscription. Easy to use: No contracts to sign. Just book via the app and show up at the IWG center. Spaces everywhere: With over 4,000 locations around the world, you will find a space anywhere you need.

About

BidZA

Features
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BidZA finds South African government tenders, works out what each one demands, and helps you get a compliant bid in before it closes. FIND THE WORK Tenders are gathered from national, provincial, municipal and state-owned entity sources and put on one radar. Filter by province, buyer, closing date or value. New tenders arrive as they are published, not when somebody remembers to look. KNOW WHAT IT ACTUALLY ASKS FOR Every tender is read end to end. BidZA pulls out the closing date, the compulsory briefing, the evaluation split, and the full list of required documents — so you know within a minute whether the tender is worth your week. KEEP YOUR COMPLIANCE READY Your tax clearance, B-BBEE certificate, CSD registration and company documents live in one vault. BidZA watches their expiry dates and tells you before one lapses — not after a bid has already been disqualified for it. THE FORMS, FILLED IN The MBD forms are listed by name. Open one and it fills in what BidZA already knows about your company, so you complete the parts only you can answer. WORK THE BID Assign tasks, set internal deadlines ahead of the real one, and keep every version of every document in one place. Approvers and viewers do not use up a seat. BUILT FOR THE PHONE, NOT SHRUNK ONTO IT - Share a tender straight in. A PDF on WhatsApp or in an email goes into BidZA, which reads it and puts it on your radar. - Photograph a certificate. Point the camera at a tax clearance and it is filed. No scanner. - Closing dates in your calendar, with the compulsory briefing and reminders early enough to act on. - Readable without signal. Your radar, bids and tasks stay readable when the connection drops, stamped with when they were last read. - Face ID lock. A phone left on a table is not a way into your company documents. - Full iPad support, with the wider layouts a tablet deserves. PRICING Free on iPhone and iPad. There is nothing to buy in the app. WHO IT IS FOR Small and medium South African businesses bidding for public work: contractors, ICT suppliers, professional services, security, cleaning, logistics, and the bid managers who prepare their submissions. Questions: support@bidza.co.za

Screenshots

Spaces4 screens
BidZA4 screens

Verdict

The call

Spaces and BidZA are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Spaces versus BidZA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpacesBidZA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (118 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews7.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings118 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPathway IP II GmbHGilbert Makinana

Bugs and requests

Spaces

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • Door unlock is a buggy mess
  • App crashes constantly
  • App won't load after update
  • App forgets login details after updates
  • App keeps erroring and restarting login process
Show 31 more
  • App does not work on phone
  • Confirmation email not arriving after update
  • Login stopped working after update
  • Slow to load Bluetooth options
  • Secure link for login sent too slowly
  • Email authentication issues
  • App signs out automatically
  • App not working
  • Cannot register, stalls
  • Progress indicator animation badly drawn
  • App asks to add payment account daily
  • Cannot book coworking space
  • Virtual key never works
  • Login screen shows blank screen
  • App requires download for internet access
  • App automatically chooses Greek language
  • App doesn't work
  • Cannot login or register
  • Unacceptable content-type text/html error
  • App doesn't remember details
  • Code sending issues (text and email)
  • App prevents using Apple Wallet
  • App doesn't generate password automatically
  • App doesn't support iPhone XS Max full screen
  • App crashes all the time
  • Cannot change credit card details for months
  • App doesn't accept Citibank Mastercard
  • Duplicate reservations with no warnings
  • App doesn't let you book office space since December update
  • Registration process too short for email delivery
  • App doesn't work with Office 365 email addresses

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add Apple Pay
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Make app available on Apple Watch
  • Make app usable in landscape mode on iPad
  • Improve UI for finding Wi-Fi code
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  • Add dark mode
  • Improve font size and contrast for readability
  • Allow adding pass to iPhone Wallet
  • Improve login process with password managers
  • Add option to save payment methods
  • Make check-in a one-click system

BidZA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spaces

No in-app purchases

None

BidZA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spaces free?
Spaces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BidZA free?
BidZA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spaces or BidZA have ads?
Neither Spaces nor BidZA shows ads.

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