Spacewell Workplace vs SmartPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spacewell Workplace
Navigate your workplace and manage resources efficiently. Book rooms, desks, and find your way with interactive floor plans. Submit help desk tickets with ease and stay informed about workplace events.
- Book free rooms or desks
- View reservations and occupancy on floor plan
- Save favorite locations
- Personalized timeline
- Navigation guidance on floor plan
- Book help desk tickets
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Spacewell Workplace is an end-user touchpoint of the COBUNDU smart building platform by Spacewell (https://www.spacewell.com). The app will soon become your trusted support system, making it easy to navigate your workplace space and resources. Key capabilities With Workplace app you can: • Quickly find (and book) free rooms or desks • View reservations and occupancy on a floor plan • Save your favourite locations so you can easily book them later • Gather all relevant information on your personal timeline • Find your way to your booked space with guidance on a floor plan • Book a help desk ticket – and add a picture if relevant Coming soon in the app: • Get personalized suggestions based on your activity • Find your colleagues (based on desk or meeting room bookings) • Trust the availability you see (unoccupied spaces are released automatically) • Get informed about upcoming events, lunch deals and other useful information
SmartPal
This AI-powered chatbot assists university students by answering course-related questions, providing personalized reminders, feedback, and encouragement to support their learning journey. It integrates with Canvas to offer timely academic assistance.
- AI-powered chatbot
- Canvas integration
- Course-related Q&A
- Personalized reminders
- Academic feedback
- Learning lifecycle support
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This app helps UMN students to self-regulate themselves. The SmartPal app has a built in chatbot that is connected to Canvas. Using AI technology, it can answer questions related to your course, such as syllabus, course topics, assignment timing, and grades. It also sends you personalized reminders, feedback, updates, and encouragements to support you throughout the learning lifecycle.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartPal at 50% against Spacewell Workplace's 5%. SmartPal also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.6) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Spacewell Workplace's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 7). 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.
SmartPal holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 5% of Spacewell Workplace's written reviews are positive against 50% of SmartPal's.
Spacewell Workplace ships an update every 2 months, SmartPal every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spacewell Workplace | SmartPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (21 ratings) | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spacewell | De Liu |
Customer experience
Spacewell Workplace
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In-app purchases
Spacewell Workplace
No in-app purchases
SmartPal
No in-app purchases
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