Viva Engage vs Workforce Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Viva Engage
Connect with colleagues, leaders, and communities to share knowledge and express your ideas. Stay informed with live events and townhalls, and engage in organization-wide discussions from anywhere.
- Join organization-wide communities
- Engage with leadership and co-create culture
- Watch and participate in live events
- Share your perspective via storylines
- Create rich posts with media
- Ask questions and share knowledge
- Stay connected with colleagues
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Viva Engage helps you connect with leaders and peers, express yourself, share and discover knowledge and engage in organization-wide communities that matter to you. Stay informed and in touch while on the go with the Viva Engage app. You will experience the same capabilities in a rich mobile design on Viva Engage for iOS, formerly Yammer. Join Communities Discover and participate in org-wide communities to connect with colleagues with similar interests and skillsets. Engage with Leadership Viva Engage app enables leaders and employees to engage and co-create company culture. You can watch and participate in Live Events, Townhalls, All-hands videos and to stay aligned with what’s top of mind for leadership. Express Yourself Share your unique perspective at scale through your storyline. Create rich posts that include links, videos, photos, and files. These posts reach and engage followers and colleagues in Microsoft Viva Connections, Outlook, and Teams. Share Knowledge Ask questions, share knowledge and feedback, crowdsource ideas using org-wide communities. Stay Connected With the Viva Engage app, you're just a tap away from leadership, coworkers, information, and conversations whether you are in the office or on the go. Rich Intuitive Mobile Experience Viva Engage enables you to engage on mobile in a way that is intuitive on iOS. Share photos and videos with your colleagues, respond with a quick GIF to welcome a new employee or praise someone. Get interactive notifications that are tuned to the right amount of information you need. Access these notifications from your lock screen.
Workforce Tools
Access time cards, review schedules, and submit time off requests from a single, centralized mobile experience. This app integrates with your existing workforce management system for a seamless workflow.
- View time cards
- Review schedules
- Submit time off requests
- Centralized experience
- Integrates with workforce management systems
- Configurable for seamless experience
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This application will provide mobile capability for users to have a centralized experience to view time cards, review schedules, and submit time off requests across various workforce management platforms. This application will integrate with any user's designated workforce management system and is easily configurable to provide a seamless workforce experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Viva Engage at weekly against Workforce Tools's monthly. Viva Engage also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 41%). Workforce Tools's advantage is ratings volume (119K vs 4.1K) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). 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.
Workforce Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workforce Tools has 119K ratings behind it against 4.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Viva Engage's written reviews are positive against 41% of Workforce Tools's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Viva Engage ships an update weekly, Workforce Tools monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Viva Engage | Workforce Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.1K ratings) | 4.8 (119K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.0% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K | 119K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | The Home Depot, Inc. |
Customer experience
Viva Engage
Workforce Tools
User reviews
Viva Engage
From 4.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great way to connect with colleagues
- 🚀 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Useful for sharing updates and announcements
- 🚀 Convenient mobile app experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unstable, with frequent crashes
- 🔍 Poor search functionality and difficulty finding content
- 📤 Notifications are unreliable and inconsistent
- 🔀 Disorganized feed with posts out of chronological order
Workforce Tools
From 119K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Friendly
- 🚀 Easily to check my schedule
- 🚀 Convenient tool for checking schedule and requesting time off
- 🚀 Helpful in preparing for events and appointments
- 🚀 Keeps me informed about my schedule and paycheck
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant logging out issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance, frequent crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Inability to stay logged in
- 🐛 Slow or unresponsive app
- 🐛 Inconsistent login experience
Bugs and requests
Viva Engage
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues and inability to access the app
- Inconsistent behavior between mobile and desktop versions
- Incorrect unread message counts and notification badges
- Uploading and viewing media content is problematic
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit and delete posts
- Improve file management and sharing capabilities
- Implement better group management tools for admins
- Introduce dark mode and customization options
Workforce Tools
Reported bugs
5 issues- Page expired error during login
- Inability to load the app or login screen
- Shifts not loading in the 'Exchange' tab
- Call-out option not working consistently
- Incompatibility with some devices or software updates
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to sync schedule with calendar apps
- Option to view partial day off requests
- Ability to add badge to Apple Wallet
- Improved calendar view with better visual distinction between work and off days
- Access to occurrence history
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- Easier way to report missed punches or time corrections
In-app purchases
Viva Engage
No in-app purchases
Workforce Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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