SkillSignal vs SWAC Mobile Authentication
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SkillSignal
This app provides a dual solution for construction safety and compliance. It acts as a free communication hub for workers and a web-app for contractors to manage compliance, communication, and certifications.
- Free safety and communications hub for construction workers
- Web-app for contractor compliance management
- Facilitates DOB compliance
- Manages worker certifications
- Improves communication
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SkillSignal is a unique 2-in-1 solution designed to promote safety, savings, and compliance in US Construction: 1. The only free phone app serving as a safety & communications hub for construction workers & subs 2. A web-app for Contractors to facilitate DOB compliance, communication, and certification management
SWAC Mobile Authentication
This tool allows authorized security professionals to quickly verify member identities and compliance with security policies on mobile devices. It provides real-time evaluation of certifications and policy adherence, displaying a green light for compliance or a red light for restrictions.
- Verify member identity
- Validate personal attributes
- Monitor workforce compliance
- Real-time policy evaluation
- Display compliance status (green/red light)
- Compare physical characteristics for identity assurance
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SWAC’s Mobile Authentication Tool (‘MAT’) is available to authorized users of the Secure Worker Access Consortium’s trusted community portal. Security professionals use MAT on mobile devices to quickly access members’ records, verify their identity, and validate personal attributes that demonstrate adherence to relevant security and safety policies. This real-time evaluation of policy requirements and individuals’ current certifications helps monitor workforce compliance at all times, at all locations. In the event of increased threat, additional attributes can be added to the access requirements for a given location, immediately impacting the real-time analysis of access rights for members. If the applicant has successfully completed all the required enrollment steps and background screening, a green light display will indicate active compliance with program criteria defined for a specific location. Each agency location can choose its own unique criteria from SWAC’s broad compliance services (e.g. Secure Worker™, Safe Worker™, Safe Driver™), or specialized customer qualifications. Should any aspect of the individual’s record fail to meet the program requirements at a given location, a prominent red light display will clearly indicate access restrictions. MAT prominently displays each entrant’s photograph along with the individuals’ physical characteristics (e.g. height, weight, hair, and eye color) to help assure the identity of those attempting access to secure areas by comparing against the individual’s physical presentation. To protect individuals’ privacy rights, the authentication process results in a simple yes/no decision. The result is perfectly effective access control at unique locations with unique, point-in-time compliance requirements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SWAC Mobile Authentication at 4.0 against SkillSignal's 3.7. SkillSignal's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 2). 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.
SWAC Mobile Authentication holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SkillSignal has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SkillSignal ships an update every 2 months, SWAC Mobile Authentication every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SkillSignal | SWAC Mobile Authentication |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (45 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SkillSignal, Inc. | Real-Time Technology Group |
Customer experience
SkillSignal
SWAC Mobile Authentication
In-app purchases
SkillSignal
No in-app purchases
SWAC Mobile Authentication
No in-app purchases
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