Workiva vs BlackLine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workiva
Collaborate on important work documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from anywhere. Review files, manage comments, and even use generative AI for new ideas. Download PDFs for offline access and sync changes later.
- Collaborate on documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
- Review and edit files on the go
- Manage comments and permissions
- Download PDFs for offline access
- Utilize generative AI for idea sparking
- Cross-device and multi-language support
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Workiva Mobile keeps you productive wherever work takes you. No need to pause when you step away from your computer: review documents, presentations, and spreadsheets right from your mobile device. Download PDFs for offline access, manage permissions, view, reply to, or add comments all from your phone. Major benefits: • Collaborate on the go — continue working when away from your desktop • Work on your terms — choose your language and device • Reduce your risk — keep your data secure in the Workiva platform What you can do with the app: Control Access • Edit permissions to files • Share file links Find and Review Your Documents • Search within a workspace for files (documents, presentations, spreadsheets) • View files in app • Check what reviews you’ve been assigned and handle them via mobile or tablet Respond To or Add New Comments • Respond to comments you are tagged in • Review comment threads and navigate to the original file • Add new comments as needed Work on Your Terms • Download PDFs to work offline (flying somewhere?) and then upload your marked up PDF when you have online access • Select from multiple in-app language translations NOTE: This app requires a Workiva platform account.
BlackLine
Streamline financial close processes with a mobile tool for journal certification. Review, approve, or reject financial journals in real-time from any location. This app helps identify and resolve risk items, ensuring a smooth and efficient month-end close.
- Certify or reject journals
- Review journal details
- Manage team certification status
- View journals by team/status/preparer
- Real-time risk item view
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Designed for BlackLine Journals users, BlackLine Mobile turns your mobile device into a powerful journal certification tool. Easily review, certify, or reject journals no matter where you are. This real-time view into risk items related to financial close helps reduce any bottlenecks in month-end close logistics. So, you can be confident that everything is running smoothly—even when you're on the go. • Certify or reject journals • Review relevant journal details, including headers, lines, comments, hyperlinks, and documents • Manage journal certification status for individuals or teams • View journals by team, certification status, preparer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Workiva at 55 against BlackLine's 6. Workiva also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 4.9 for Workiva against 5.0 for BlackLine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workiva has 55 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Workiva ships an update every 2 months, BlackLine every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workiva | BlackLine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (55 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workiva Inc. | BlackLine Systems, Inc |
Customer experience
Workiva
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In-app purchases
Workiva
No in-app purchases
BlackLine
No in-app purchases
