Comparison

Viva Engage vs Achievers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Achievers

This app empowers users to recognize colleagues for their achievements. It facilitates easy engagement and alignment through a simple interface, allowing for recognition anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Employee recognition
  • Colleague engagement
  • Workplace alignment
  • Anytime, anywhere recognition
  • Touchscreen interface
Features
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The Achievers app puts the power of recognition in your hands. Achieving great things is a challenge—recognizing someone for it is easy. Engage, align, and recognize with colleagues with the touch of a screen, anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

Viva Engage4 screens
Achievers4 screens

Verdict

The call

Viva Engage and Achievers both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 54% of Viva Engage's written reviews are positive against 26% of Achievers's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Viva Engage against 4.5 for Achievers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.1K and 2.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Viva Engage's written reviews are positive against 26% of Achievers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Viva Engage ships an update weekly, Achievers every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Viva Engage versus Achievers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViva EngageAchievers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.1K ratings) — better4.5 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews — better26.4% of reviews
Number of ratings4.1K — better2.3K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB151 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMicrosoft CorporationAchievers Inc.

Customer experience

Viva Engage

All ratings4,091 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews436 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral13.5%
Negative32.3%

Achievers

All ratings2,321 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive26.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative65.2%

User reviews

Viva Engage

From 4.1K App Store ratings

What 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

Achievers

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 💡 Helpful for recognizing coworkers
  • 👍 Seamless experience
  • 👍 Great for on-the-go recognition

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant log-outs
  • 🐛 Login issues
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Broken features (shopping, profiles, etc.)
  • 🐛 Lack of iPad support

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

Achievers

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Session expiring immediately on startup
  • Inability to log in or access core app features
  • Catalog and shopping cart functionality not working
  • Inconsistent behavior after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Face ID/Biometric login support
  • Improved filtering and sorting options for rewards
  • Ability to edit profile information
  • Reliable sync across devices

In-app purchases

None

Viva Engage

No in-app purchases

None

Achievers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Viva Engage free?
Viva Engage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Achievers free?
Achievers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Viva Engage or Achievers?
Viva Engage is rated higher. Viva Engage averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings, while Achievers averages 4.5 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Viva Engage or Achievers have ads?
Neither Viva Engage nor Achievers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Viva Engage or Achievers?
Viva Engage ships an update weekly, and Achievers every 2 weeks. Most recently, Viva Engage was updated on September 26, 2026 and Achievers on September 26, 2026.

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