Comparison

Help Desk+ vs Spiceworks Help Desk

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

Head to head
About

Help Desk+

Streamline customer and project support with this customizable app. Easily create service tickets, manage incidents, and collaborate with multiple users. Ideal for small businesses and organizations needing efficient teamwork and self-work management.

Highlights
  • Create service tickets and change requests
  • Multi-user collaboration
  • Customizable attributes and reports
  • User management and role assignment
  • Branch management for different locations
  • Face ID for secure access
Features
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This amazing app is the fastest and easiest way to create service tickets, change requests and incidents on the go that allow multiple users to work together in the most simple way. Whether you provide services, support, build or repair products, it is ideal for managing project incidents and customer support services, teamwork, and self-work. Specially designed for small businesses and organizations of any kind, it is highly customizable and easy to use. CUSTOMIZABLE • Create your own set of custom attributes for views and reports. • Customize reports for your brand needs (fonts, header, footer, colors and logo). • Show the user photo or company logo on sign in. • Theme color. SECURITY • Manage users, assign roles and monitor access. • Authorize each device before use. • Allow Face ID, for fast and secure access. ROLES, ACCESS LISTS and BRANCHES • Predefined roles are the easiest way to limit users to performing a specific task, such as viewing, adding, or updating data. • Access lists allow you to group users, roles, and branches to grant security efficiently. • Branches allow mid-size businesses to separate operations by store, location, or department. BEST CHOICE This app belongs to the business series of ©Starkode apps, which are the best choice of apps at work. SUPPORT We are here to help your business make its work easy and effortless. If you have any questions or suggestions related to our apps, then contact us at support@starkode.com. Starkode membership is a month-to-month subscription that begins at sign up. You can easily cancel anytime, within your device, 24 hours a day. There are no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. We just want you to love what you do with our apps. Privacy Policy: https://starkode.com/privacy/ Terms of Use : https://starkode.com/terms/

About

Spiceworks Help Desk

Manage your IT help desk tickets and users on the go. This app provides IT professionals with the tools to respond to, create, and manage trouble tickets from their mobile devices. Stay informed with real-time notifications for ticket updates.

Highlights
  • Manage help desk tickets
  • Respond to tickets
  • Create new tickets
  • Assign tickets
  • Ticket notifications
  • Manage users
Features
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Manage your Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk - Anywhere. Take your help desk tickets and users with you wherever you go! With Spiceworks Help Desk (mobile), Spiceworks users have the tools and info they need to do their IT jobs – at their fingertips. Used by over 1 million IT pros worldwide, Spiceworks free IT management tools & apps (and online community) simplifies “everything IT” about the IT workday. From network inventory and monitoring to help desk, vendor ratings & reviews and more, Spiceworks delivers everything an IT pro needs to get their daily grind done. All for free. Spiceworks Help Desk for IT Pros. RUN YOUR HELP DESK & TEND TO YOUR TICKETS - See and respond to all of your trouble tickets - Create new tickets, close and re-open existing ones - Add and edit ticket description and details - Assign tickets and set priorities, due date & more - Receive notifications on your mobile device for new/assigned/reopened tickets, and ticket comments ..and you’ll be off-and-running and able to take your tickets and users with you!

Screenshots

Help Desk+4 screens
Spiceworks Help Desk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Help Desk+ at 5.0 against Spiceworks Help Desk's 1.8. Help Desk+ also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Spiceworks Help Desk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (60 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Help Desk+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Spiceworks Help Desk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Help Desk+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spiceworks Help Desk has 60 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Help Desk+ ships an update every 3 weeks, Spiceworks Help Desk monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Help Desk+ versus Spiceworks Help Desk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelp Desk+Spiceworks Help Desk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better1.8 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews—6.6% of reviews
Number of ratings360 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB6 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStarkode Limited CompanySpiceworks, Inc.

Customer experience

Help Desk+

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spiceworks Help Desk

All ratings59 ratings
Positive8.5%
Neutral20.3%
Negative71.2%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive6.6%
Neutral19.7%
Negative73.8%

Bugs and requests

Help Desk+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Spiceworks Help Desk

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • Unable to sign into mobile app
  • Notifications fail to deliver
  • Notifications result in 404 error
  • App logs out repeatedly
  • App crashes on reply
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  • 404 error when clicking notifications
  • Errors when closing tickets
  • Unable to send messages to update tickets
  • App freezes on login
  • Tickets are missing on the mobile app
  • App doesn't work on iPad
  • Tapping notification leads to an error
  • Cannot send a response to tickets
  • Push notifications are useless hyperlinks
  • App doesn't work on iPad
  • Cannot login using Google credentials
  • Basic functionality is bugged/missing
  • App is phone format only, no iPad version
  • Ads are too close to send button
  • Reply function doesn't work
  • Creating a ticket for another user doesn't always work
  • Responding to tickets is broken
  • Back button opens advertisement
  • App doesn't load, spins endlessly
  • Due date not saved
  • Cannot accept tickets
  • App is not syncing

Requested features

12 requests
  • Make the app open source
  • Add dark mode
  • Add iPad support
  • Add Google SSO
  • Improve multi-account support
Show 7 more
  • Add API for automation
  • Custom mail server settings
  • Improve UI/UX
  • Fix notification repetition
  • Allow ticket deletion/merging
  • Improve search functionality
  • Add loading/splash screen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Help Desk+

Subscriptions3
  • Single User7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • 3 Users7 Days trial$19.491 Month
  • 6 Users7 Days trial$34.991 Month
None

Spiceworks Help Desk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Help Desk+ free?
Help Desk+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spiceworks Help Desk free?
Spiceworks Help Desk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Help Desk+ or Spiceworks Help Desk?
Help Desk+ is rated higher. Help Desk+ averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Spiceworks Help Desk averages 1.8 from 60 ratings.
Do Help Desk+ or Spiceworks Help Desk have ads?
Neither Help Desk+ nor Spiceworks Help Desk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Help Desk+ or Spiceworks Help Desk?
Help Desk+ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Spiceworks Help Desk monthly. Most recently, Help Desk+ was updated on September 14, 2026 and Spiceworks Help Desk on August 19, 2026.

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