Mapal One vs Sona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapal One
This app provides team members of partner companies with tools for learning, career development, shift management, and company communication. Access your work world, manage shifts, and stay updated on company news from your device.
- Access required learning
- View recommended resources
- Manage career development
- View and clock in for shifts
- Add holiday/absence requests
- Receive company communications
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Mapal One, the award-winning app from Flow Learning and MAPAL is your easy access point to your world of work from your device anytime, anywhere. You’ll find all kinds of fantastic tools and resources to aid your learning, career development, shifts and company communication. Access is only to team members of companies who work with MAPAL Group or Flow Learning. The Mapal One app will enable you to: - access your required learning - view recommended resources - manage your career - view/clock in for shifts, pick up shifts - add in holiday/absence requests - receive communications & updates from your business
Sona
Access your upcoming work shifts and holiday schedule in real-time. Employees can also claim additional shifts directly through the app, putting them in control of their work availability.
- Real-time shift view
- Holiday schedule
- Claim additional shifts
- Employee control
- Shift management platform integration
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Sona gives employees whose employers use the Sona shift management platform, a realtime view of your upcoming shifts and holiday while allowing you to claim additional shifts as and when you want them. Sona puts you in control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mapal One at 5.0 against Sona's 1.0. Mapal One also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 21%). Sona's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). 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.
Mapal One holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sona has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Mapal One's written reviews are positive against 21% of Sona's.
Mapal One ships an update fortnightly, Sona every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapal One | Sona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 21.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mapal Software SL | Sona |
Customer experience
Mapal One
Sona
In-app purchases
Mapal One
No in-app purchases
Sona
No in-app purchases
