Workai vs Databag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workai
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Workai helps organizations of any size and industry to effectively communicate and engage remote and frontline workers. It's an Employee App to get company information, news, and events. Connect with co-workers through the internal social network, provide feedback, search for people and knowledge, develop skills, plan work, and get things done. Workai Platform aims to streamline the entire employee journey and help companies reach employees everywhere, with less effort and more confidence. A Workai account is required to use the app.
Databag
This self-hosted messaging service offers decentralized and federated communication with end-to-end encryption. Organize conversations by topic and enjoy low latency with mobile alerts for new messages and calls.
- Decentralized communication
- Federated accounts
- End-to-end encryption
- Topic-based threads
- Audio and video calls
- Mobile alerts
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Databag is a selfhosted messaging service. Notable features include: - Decentralized (direct communication between app and server node) - Federated (accounts on different nodes can communicate) - Public-Private key based identity (not bound to any blockchain or hosting domain) - End-to-End encryption (the hosting admin cannot view sealed topics, default unsealed) - Audio and Video Calls (nat traversal requires separate relay server) - Topic based threads (messages organized by topic not contacts) - Lightweight (server can run on a raspberry pi zero v1.3) - Low latency (use of websockets for push events to avoid polling) - Unlimited accounts per node (host for your whole family) - Mobile alerts for new contacts, messages, and calls (supports APN)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Databag at fortnightly against Workai's every 6 weeks. Databag also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Workai ships an update every 6 weeks, Databag fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workai | Databag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elastic Cloud Solutions Sp. z o.o. | Roland Osborne |
In-app purchases
Workai
No in-app purchases
Databag
No in-app purchases









