ShopWorks vs Orbit4
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShopWorks
Manage your work schedule, request time off, and track your hours. Access training materials and receive shift offers. This app helps you easily plan your work-life balance.
- View planned rotas and shifts
- Track worked hours
- Check holiday entitlement
- Book time off
- Receive extra shift offers
- Mark availability
- Access training materials
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With the ShopWorks Self Service Portal App you can keep on top of your working schedule, manage your holiday requests and ensure your worked shifts have been approved by your manager and lots more: * View your planned rotas and shifts. * View the hours you have worked. * Check your holiday entitlement * Book time off * Receive offers for extra shifts from your manager * Mark when you are available to work during the week * Access training materials Plus much more... The ShopWorks Self Service App is very easy to use, and protected by the latest biometrics authentication. Now you can plan your work – life schedule with ease and know exactly when and where you are needed to work. Your employer must create your account, using the ShopWorks Workforce Management Platform.
Orbit4
Connects gym operators with commercial fitness equipment service providers for maintenance and repair contracts. Find qualified professionals to bid on your equipment servicing needs, ensuring your assets are protected and operational.
- Find service providers for gym equipment
- Get bids for annual servicing contracts
- Request repair services
- Register as a Gym Operator
- Upload equipment packages
- Access qualified professionals
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Need a service provider for your gym equipment? Is your commercial gym equipment now out of its initial warranty period? Are you looking for a service provider to offer support when your equipment breaks down or requires preventative maintenance checks? If so, we might just have the ideal solution for you. We’ve brought together the industries best commercial fitness equipment service providers into one platform. They are ready to review your equipment package and bid a price for your preferred level of annual servicing and repair contract. All you need to do is register in the platform as a ‘Gym Operator’ and then upload your package via our easy 3 step upload process. Orbit4 is here to help you Secure the best price for your new annual service contract via a qualified pool of professional commercial gym equipment service providers. Our partners have been specifically selected to bid on approved packages from gym operators all over the world. They have thousands of hours of experience of repairing and servicing commercial gym equipment so you have come to the right place to find your next service provider. Whether you’re looking for a regionally based company and nationwide outfit, we have them all. Register today and let’s help you find the best partner to maintain your asset. Why purchase a service contract for your gym equipment? Businesses are under extreme financial pressure so purchasing new gym equipment may not be an option in the foreseeable future. Therefore, eyes may turn to annual service contracts to ensure you protect your current asset. It’s so important to have your products serviced at least once a year so that equipment is safe to use and unlikely to breakdown during use. In addition, if equipment breaks down, it needs to be repaired efficiently so that the machine(s) are back up and running so that members can use them. Downtime is a nightmare for most gyms and members are certainly first to complain! Let us help you today and find your new service provider – click here Register as a ‘Gym Operator’.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShopWorks at 4.8 against Orbit4's 1.0. ShopWorks also leads on review sentiment (19% vs 0%) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). Orbit4's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
ShopWorks holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShopWorks has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of ShopWorks's written reviews are positive against 0% of Orbit4's.
ShopWorks ships an update every 6 weeks, Orbit4 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShopWorks | Orbit4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Shop Works | Orbit4 UK Limited |
Customer experience
ShopWorks
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In-app purchases
ShopWorks
No in-app purchases
Orbit4
No in-app purchases









