Union Worx vs ARCOS Mobile Workbench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Union Worx
Manage your union membership conveniently from your smartphone. Bid on jobs, pay dues, receive important messages, and re-sign directly through the app. Requires your local union to be a partner.
- Bid on jobs
- Re-sign membership
- Pay dues
- Receive messages
- Connect with local union
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Union Worx empowers you to bid on jobs, re-sign, pay dues, receive messages, and more with your local* at home or from the convenience of your smartphone. *Your local union must be a Union Worx partner in order to connect with them and interact with available features.
ARCOS Mobile Workbench
This app assigns emergency and planned field work to first responders in utilities and municipalities. It securely delivers job details, maps, and infrastructure records to field users. Users can respond to work requests, resolve infrastructure issues, and report back to their head office.
- Assign emergency and planned field work
- Deliver job details, maps, and infrastructure records
- Respond to work requests
- Resolve infrastructure issues
- Report back to head office
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ARCOS Workbench is used to assign emergency and planned field work to first responders in utilities and municipalities. The system provides job details, all associated maps and records as well as utility infrastructure securely to the field user’s iPhone or iPad. It allows the users to respond to work requests, restore issues with infrastructure, and report back to their head office.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Union Worx at 4.7 against ARCOS Mobile Workbench's 2.8. Union Worx also leads on ratings volume (861 vs 11) and update cadence (every 8 days vs monthly). ARCOS Mobile Workbench's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 29%) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Union Worx holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Union Worx has 861 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Union Worx's written reviews are positive against 67% of ARCOS Mobile Workbench's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Union Worx ships an update every 8 days, ARCOS Mobile Workbench monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Union Worx | ARCOS Mobile Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (861 ratings) — better | 2.8 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 861 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Union Worx, LLC | ARCOS LLC |
Customer experience
Union Worx
ARCOS Mobile Workbench
Bugs and requests
Union Worx
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes frequently
- "Too many attempts" lockout error on first attempt
- Blank page where job calls should display
- Refresh function not working properly
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
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- Job call notifications sent despite preference settings
- Users silently removed from out-of-work list
- Unable to view unions on login selection page
- Inconsistent job winner updates not posted daily
Requested features
9 requests- Allow seamless switching between multiple union halls without logging off
- Improved app design and professional development
- Better job call filtering (indoor vs outdoor work)
- More detailed job descriptions and requirements
- Single registration for access to all locals
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- Transparent bidding system with clear selection criteria
- Integration of dings/notifications on out-of-work list
- Profile editing capabilities
- Faster account activation process
ARCOS Mobile Workbench
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Union Worx
No in-app purchases
ARCOS Mobile Workbench
No in-app purchases
Questions
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