Comparison

Workforce by Avetta vs PDS

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

Head to head
About

Workforce by Avetta

This app streamlines site access and compliance for workers. It allows users to present digital badges, view site access permissions, upload required documents, and complete training modules. The goal is to reduce administrative delays and ensure workers are productive upon arrival.

Highlights
  • Digital badge for site access
  • View site compliance status
  • Upload required documentation
  • Complete training and inductions
  • Manage supplier companies
  • Single Sign-On support
Features
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Enabling safer, smarter, and more productive workers. Workers are invited to use the Workforce by Avetta mobile app via email. If you haven’t received an invitation, please contact your company administrator. Workforce by Avetta mobile app makes it easy for workers to understand, achieve and maintain their compliance requirements. This means workers get on site faster and become productive without unnecessary administrative delays. Workforce by Avetta is a mobile app created for workers. Allowing you to: Access Site with your mobile phone: Workers can present their digital badge from the app, reducing dependency on plastic cards and eliminating unnecessary site access delays. View Site Compliance & Site Access Keys: Workers can see their current subscription status for all their companies and view which sites or locations they can access. SSO Support Allow Single Sign-on access to the mobile app for those users using CAS to sign in without having to use passwords. Manager Supplier Companies on the go: Empowering workers to manage their associated supplier companies directly from the app, reducing the need for our support center and streamlining the onboarding process. Upload Required Documentation: Workers can upload documents within the app by uploading existing documents or by using the phone camera or stored images. This feature is extended to Expired and Expiring soon competencies. Complete Training & Site Inductions: Workers can access and complete training before arriving on site, ensuring they have met the site requirements and are ready for work. Avetta is the leading cloud-based workforce management solution to manage risk, increase productivity and ensure workforce compliance. Avetta helps to control and protect your workforce, ensuring only competent workers with valid ID cards can access your sites and projects. Which App Should You Download? • For Clients, Suppliers, Contractors, and Workers using Avetta Worker Management: Download Avetta Worker Management Mobile. • For Workers using Pegasus Workforce Management: Download Workforce by Avetta • For Clients using Pegasus Workforce Management: Download Onsite Mobile by Avetta

About

PDS

Features
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Productivity Development Solutions' innovative software helps maintenance and asset managers reduce unplanned downtime, maximise productivity and increase profitability. PDS-X is part of the PDS (Mining Asset Management) Software, a multi-platform, subscription-based solution, consisting of PDS Idler, PDS Wear, PDS Complex, PDS Inspect (all available on the iPDS app) and PDS Audit. Ensuring QA is defensible, traceable and executed consistently across mining operations is difficult without a complete, auditable record from inspection through to close-out. PDS Audit is specifically designed to fulfil QA/QC and compliance auditing requirements, featuring revision control for enhanced corporate governance. PDS Audit delivers a governed, end to end QA workflow that: - Standardises execution across sites and contractors - Enforces authorisation-based signoffs - Captures photo and field data at the point of work - Aligns actions to asset criticality - Works offline in low-connectivity environments Purpose built to bring consistency to splice QA, PDS Audit now connects quality directly to maintenance, reliability and lifecycle decision-making across the PDS platform. The software is licensed on a per product, per site basis. The modular structure of PDS provides clients with the freedom to select the products that relate to their particular requirements. To get access to PDS-X, you must have an active licence subscription and user account, contact Customer Support for access.

Screenshots

Workforce by Avetta4 screens
PDS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PDS at fortnightly against Workforce by Avetta's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Workforce by Avetta ships an update every 3 months, PDS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Workforce by Avetta versus PDS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorkforce by AvettaPDS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPegasus Management Pty LtdProductivity Development Solutions Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Workforce by Avetta

No in-app purchases

None

PDS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Workforce by Avetta free?
Workforce by Avetta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDS free?
PDS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Workforce by Avetta or PDS have ads?
Neither Workforce by Avetta nor PDS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Workforce by Avetta or PDS?
Workforce by Avetta ships an update every 3 months, and PDS fortnightly. Most recently, Workforce by Avetta was updated on September 23, 2026 and PDS on September 15, 2026.

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