Comparison

Sona vs Blue Arrow

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

Head to head
About

Sona

This app provides employees with real-time access to their upcoming work shifts and holiday schedules. It allows users to claim additional shifts as they become available, giving them greater control over their work. The platform is designed for employees whose employers utilize the Sona shift management system.

Highlights
  • Real-time shift view
  • Holiday schedule access
  • Claim additional shifts
  • Employee control
  • Shift management integration
Features
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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.

About

Blue Arrow

Connect with a vast talent community for temporary and permanent job opportunities across the UK. Discover roles in retail, logistics, hospitality, and public services, tailored to your skills and availability.

Highlights
  • Join UK's largest temporary talent community
  • Discover job opportunities
  • Search by skills and experience
  • Find roles across various sectors
  • Jobs available nationwide
  • Temporary, fixed-term, and temp-to-perm roles
Features
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Download the app and register to join Blue Arrow's talent community, one of the UK’s largest temporary workforces. Be the first to hear of latest and greatest job opportunities for the UK’s largest, smallest, oldest, fastest-growing, exciting and extraordinary names in retail, logistics, manufacturing, hospitality, leisure and public services including healthcare, education and local authorities. Access your Blue Arrow find a job service any time you want to. Search live opportunities matched to your skills and experience and be among the first people new job opportunities to suit your availability. A wide range of jobs on offer for temporary, fixed-term and temp-to-perm opportunities including with an immediate start as follows: • Warehouse Operatives • Pickers, packers • Production Assembly Operative • Head Chef • Chef • Commis Chef • Chef de Partie • Sous Chef • Relief Chef • Kitchen Porter • Kitchen Assistant • Barista • Bartenders • Waiters and Waitresses • Receptionists • Administrators • Personal Assistant • Call Centre Advisors • Customer Service Advisor • Delivery Van Driver • Forklift Truck Drivers • LGV Drivers • HGV Drivers including Class 1, Class 2, C+E, C1 and 7.5 tonne • Counterbalance Driver • Reach Truck Driver • Cleaners plus more. Jobs near you and across the UK including all major cities; London, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Liverpool, Birmingham, Southampton, Leicester, Brighton, Edinburgh, Coventry and more. Find your next job with Blue Arrow.

Screenshots

Sona4 screens
Blue Arrow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blue Arrow at 4.0 against Sona's 1.1. Sona's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blue Arrow holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sona has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of Sona's written reviews are positive against 13% of Blue Arrow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sona ships an update weekly, Blue Arrow every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sona versus Blue Arrow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonaBlue Arrow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.1 (27 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews — better13.3% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonaBlue Arrow

Customer experience

Sona

All ratings27 ratings
Positive3.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative96.3%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative71.1%

Blue Arrow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive13.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.7%

In-app purchases

None

Sona

No in-app purchases

None

Blue Arrow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sona free?
Sona is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blue Arrow free?
Blue Arrow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sona or Blue Arrow?
Blue Arrow is rated higher. Sona averages 1.1 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Blue Arrow averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sona or Blue Arrow have ads?
Neither Sona nor Blue Arrow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sona or Blue Arrow?
Sona ships an update weekly, and Blue Arrow every 3 months. Most recently, Sona was updated on November 7, 2026 and Blue Arrow on November 7, 2026.

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