Workhuman vs Deskside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workhuman
This app allows employees to give and receive recognition, fostering meaningful connections and boosting engagement. It provides access to recognition programs, AI-powered insights, and a platform to redeem rewards for merchandise, experiences, or charitable donations.
- Give and receive recognition
- AI-powered Culture Hub
- Reward Stories
- Nominate coworkers for awards
- AI coaching for recognition messages
- Employee skills and retention insights
- Redeem points in Workhuman Store
- Performance management tool
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The Workhuman mobile app puts the power of the world’s #1 employee recognition platform in the palm of your hand.* Equip and motivate everyone in your organization to easily give and receive recognition that creates meaningful connections, boosts program engagement, and showcases your company values anytime and anywhere. With the Workhuman app, you can easily access: • Your organization’s recognition programs from your mobile devices • An individualized, AI-powered homepage – the Culture Hub – that demonstrates and celebrates the goodness happening in your work community • Reward Stories: Learn how colleagues have redeemed their awards and what that reward meant to them, or share your own • Our user-friendly nomination process to recognize your coworkers through impactful awards with personalized messages • Intuitive, built-in AI coaching tools that help you write authentic, meaningful recognition moments aligned with your company values and strategic initiatives • Critical data and insights on employee skills and retention risks via Workhuman iQ™ Snapshots • A streamlined approval process to confirm new awards your direct reports have been sent • The Workhuman Store, our consumer-first, localized e-commerce platform: Redeem your points for merchandise, gift cards, experiences, or make a donation to an array of global charities • Our performance management tool, Conversations, where you can share feedback and participate in consistent employee development We're always improving our mobile app, so we suggest keeping automatic updates turned on. *To use the Workhuman app, you must participate in your organization's integrated recognition and performance management program
Deskside
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Deskside speaks twelve languages: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese. It follows your device language, you can pick another one in Settings, and an administrator can fix it through Intune. Deskside is the Intune companion app for service desk and workplace administrators. Scan a serial number or barcode and see a device's full status at once: Intune enrollment, Autopilot registration, Entra join, compliance, encryption and group membership. WHAT IT DOES Scan and know Camera scanning for barcodes and OCR of serial number stickers, plus manual entry and a searchable scan history. Dashboard and action center A ninety day compliance trend, and an action center listing what needs attention: stale sync, non compliant, unencrypted and Autopilot drift. Every device gets a next best action you can run with one tap. Workshop Bulk scanning, onboarding checklists, a loan register, work logs per device, saved views, device comparison and an offline tenant copy. All in one place, with a counter showing what is still open. Ticket history Connect your service desk and see earlier tickets for every scanned device, with a summary and a warning when the same problem keeps coming back. Create a new ticket with the device details already filled in. Works with TOPdesk, ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Zendesk or your own REST endpoint. iPhone and iPad A full iPad layout: a sidebar instead of tabs, list and detail side by side, grids that fill the screen, and keyboard and pointer support. Works in Split View, Slide Over and Stage Manager. Remote actions Force sync, restart, Defender scan, passcode reset and more. Also across a whole batch of devices at once, with per device progress. Reporting A management report as an A4 PDF with key figures, trend and recommendations. Shift handover as text or PDF. A workplace report per device and QR badges for fast rescanning. Audit log Everything the service desk does is traceable, including failed and blocked attempts, exportable as CSV. FOR ADMINISTRATORS Deploy through Intune with an app configuration policy. Client ID, tenant ID, branding, feature policy and the company licence arrive automatically. Destructive actions can be switched off centrally and Face ID locking can be made mandatory. The app works with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Graph. What you can see and do is bounded by your own Intune role. Nothing goes to a server of ours; data stays between your device, Microsoft and the service desk you connect yourself. TRY IT Demo mode shows the entire app with sample data, without an account and without an Azure connection. SUBSCRIPTIONS Free covers twenty five lookups per month, the scanner, the dashboard and the onboarding checklists. Pro unlocks unlimited lookups, bulk scanning, the action center, exports, remote actions, ticket history and the workshop features. Team adds the management report, the audit log and shift handover. Organisations can also buy a company licence deployed through Intune. Pro Monthly, Pro Yearly and Team Yearly are auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wemeekit.nl/privacy/werkplek-scanner/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Workhuman at none against Deskside's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Deskside sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Workhuman asks for nothing beyond the download.
Workhuman ships an update every 2 weeks, Deskside every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workhuman | Deskside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 44.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Globoforce Ltd. | WeMeekIt |
Bugs and requests
Workhuman
Reported bugs
4 issues- Credit card fields not working properly
- Scroll position not remembered
- Blurry images for iPhone users
- Unable to open or access gift cards
Requested features
5 requests- Spell check functionality
- Ability to view points balance
- Landscape mode support on tablets
- Improved search and filtering options
- More gift card options beyond just e-cards
Deskside
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Workhuman
No in-app purchases
Deskside
- Pro monthly$8.991 Month
- Pro yearly$89.991 Year
- Team yearly$299.991 Year







