Salt mSign vs IBM Inspection Workbench
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salt mSign
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Salt mSign is a mobile security MFA token for authentication of the user identity during login and authentication/verification of transactions after login. Salt mSign is ‘connected’ in that the authentication responses are returned directly to the authentication server thereby enabling authentication that is independent of the delivery channel that initiated the request. What can Salt mSign do? - Connected Biometric 2FA Login for User access via RADIUS, Microsoft ADFS, SAML Federated Login for cloud, Shibboleth and Browser-based Web Applications. - Multi-Factor Authenticator (MFA) for all the organization’s Mobile Apps Supporting Multiple Methods of Sign-In & Authentication Independent of the service delivery channel. - Single Authenticator for all the organization’s Mobile Apps Supporting Multiple Methods of Sign-In & Authentication via Inter-App. Typical Uses: - Mobile Soft Token used for 2FA Biometric Login to Internet Banking, e-Government Portals, and Corporate Online Services. - High-Value Transaction Signing with WYSIWYS (What You See Is What You Sign). - Biometric MFA Login for Remote Network Access: RADIUS, ADFS, Shibboleth. - Authentication for other Mobile Apps on the same device. - Quorum Approvals and Advanced Workflows with separation of duties where the Initiator of Payment Instruction is not authorized to approve; with multiple Authorisers. - Hardware Token replacement. - Card Not Present Payments, 3D Secure support. Salt mSign requires you to register your App. Please contact Salt Group for registration information. Features include: - Biometric Sign-In with TouchID, FaceID or PIN - Rich Content and free-form payload information - WYSIWYS (What You See Is What You Sign) - Inclusion of supplementary user input - Signature code returned via the mobile network - Support for multiple signatories - Support for Public Key Cryptography; Salt mSign supports the use of symmetric and asymmetric keys in signing. - Figaro and secure QR code support for offline delivery of payload information: using the device camera to scan Figaro/QR codes that contain payload information for offline signing. - Enhanced Rich Content delivery of large payloads including the capacity for data formatting and payload content consisting of graphics images. - Issuer configurable profiles including PIN length, PIN retry thresholds, weak PINs, token display timeouts, Signature Code lengths, language support, issuer branding - Re-deployable in the field, anywhere in the world - Full browser independence - Familiar user interface
IBM Inspection Workbench
This app facilitates the labeling of images for training computer vision models on iOS devices. It allows for the creation and management of inspection procedures, deploying trained models to other applications, and initiating inspections via various methods.
- End-to-end iOS/iPadOS native experience
- Image labeling for AI training
- Create, edit, and publish inspections
- Sequential inspection procedures
- Deploy trained models to remote devices
- Initiate inspections via barcode or OCR
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IBM Services Software Inspection Workbench is a native iOS or iPadOS mobile app that works with IBM Maximo Visual Inspection to enable the labeling of images used to train Core ML computer vision models using an iPhone or iPad with Apple Pencil on compatible devices. Once models are trained on the server, IBM Inspection Workbench can deploy those models in real time to the IBM Services Software Inspector Portable app and the IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app and create or update relevant inspections, all from one native iOS or iPadOS experience. IBM Inspection Workbench introduces the concept of inspection procedures that enable multiple inspections to be conducted as a progression of steps. Procedures can be created, edited, and published from IBM Inspection Workbench. Published procedures can run on the IBM Inspector Portable app. IBM Inspection Workbench provides the following features: · Provides an end-to-end iOS or iPadOS native experience for labeling images and commencing of AI training jobs · Creates, edits and publishes inspections to remote devices running the IBM Inspector Portable app and the IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app · Creates, edits and publishes multiple inspections in a sequential order as part of a procedure that can run on the IBM Inspector Portable app · Discovers which models have been deployed on remote devices running the IBM Inspector Portable app and IBM Maximo Visual Inspection Mobile app · Commences a procedure manually by entering a unique reference, scanning a barcode, or using optical character recognition (OCR); or have external systems automatically initiate a procedure by using the MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) edition of Inspector Portable · Leverages advanced features of iOS or iPadOS including Core ML, iBeacon and Apple Pencil on compatible devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IBM Inspection Workbench at every 6 weeks against Salt mSign's every 4 months. 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.
Salt mSign ships an update every 4 months, IBM Inspection Workbench every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salt mSign | IBM Inspection Workbench |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Salt Group | IBM |
In-app purchases
Salt mSign
No in-app purchases
IBM Inspection Workbench
No in-app purchases
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