MxCount vs IBM Inspection Workbench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MxCount
This app enables warehouse personnel to conduct physical inventory counts directly within IBM Maximo. It allows users to download inventory lists for counting and update quantities, with barcode and QR code scanning for efficient part location.
- Physical inventory counts for IBM Maximo
- Downloadable inventory lists
- Update item counts
- Barcode scanning
- QR code scanning
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MxCount allows warehouse staff to perform physical counts of operational inventory in IBM Maximo. Users can download a list of the inventory they wish to count, and update the counts accordingly. They can also scan to find the parts they are looking for via barcode or QR code.
IBM Inspection Workbench
This app facilitates the labeling of images for training computer vision models on iOS devices. It allows for the creation and management of inspection procedures, deploying trained models to other applications, and initiating inspections via various methods.
- End-to-end iOS/iPadOS native experience
- Image labeling for AI training
- Create, edit, and publish inspections
- Sequential inspection procedures
- Deploy trained models to remote devices
- Initiate inspections via barcode or OCR
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IBM Services Software Inspection Workbench is a native iOS or iPadOS mobile app that works with IBM Maximo Visual Inspection to enable the labeling of images used to train Core ML computer vision models using an iPhone or iPad with Apple Pencil on compatible devices. Once models are trained on the server, IBM Inspection Workbench can deploy those models in real time to the IBM Services Software Inspector Portable app and the IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app and create or update relevant inspections, all from one native iOS or iPadOS experience. IBM Inspection Workbench introduces the concept of inspection procedures that enable multiple inspections to be conducted as a progression of steps. Procedures can be created, edited, and published from IBM Inspection Workbench. Published procedures can run on the IBM Inspector Portable app. IBM Inspection Workbench provides the following features: · Provides an end-to-end iOS or iPadOS native experience for labeling images and commencing of AI training jobs · Creates, edits and publishes inspections to remote devices running the IBM Inspector Portable app and the IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app · Creates, edits and publishes multiple inspections in a sequential order as part of a procedure that can run on the IBM Inspector Portable app · Discovers which models have been deployed on remote devices running the IBM Inspector Portable app and IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app · Commences a procedure manually by entering a unique reference, scanning a barcode, or using optical character recognition (OCR); or have external systems automatically initiate a procedure by using the MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) edition of Inspector Portable · Leverages advanced features of iOS or iPadOS including Core ML, iBeacon and Apple Pencil on compatible devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MxCount at 11.0 against IBM Inspection Workbench's 16.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MxCount against 5.0 for IBM Inspection Workbench. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
MxCount ships an update every 2 months, IBM Inspection Workbench every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MxCount | IBM Inspection Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A3J Group, LLC | IBM |
Customer experience
MxCount
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In-app purchases
MxCount
No in-app purchases
IBM Inspection Workbench
No in-app purchases
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