Comparison

OCA vs In Office Rate

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

Head to head
About

OCA

This app facilitates crisis communication and incident management for users of Noggin's OCA software. It allows for the creation, editing, and viewing of various incident-related data, including events, logs, and reports. The app also supports offline functionality and media capture with location data.

Highlights
  • Create, edit, and view events, logs, reports, assets, contacts, tasks, and documents
  • Send and receive messages
  • Activate workflows
  • GPS location tracking
  • Capture and submit geo-coded photo, video, and audio
  • Offline use and automatic synchronization
Features
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For use with Noggin's OCA software for crisis communication and incident management. Create, edit or view events, logs, reports, assets, contacts, tasks and documents, as well as send and receive messages, and activate workflows. Includes GPS location tracking, and the easy capture and submission of geo-coded photo, video and audio content using the device camera, GPS and microphone, straight back to your OCA. Supports offline use without an internet connection - you can view records or documents previously viewed or synchronised, or even create events, logs, reports or other records to be automatically forwarded when a connection is available. The app requires a Noggin OCA system administrator to send you a 'Contact Identifier' so that OCA knows who you are, and which OCA system to link your app to. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

In Office Rate

Plan your holidays and work-from-home days to ensure you meet your company's required office attendance rate. This tool helps you manage your schedule effectively.

Highlights
  • Schedule work-from-home days
  • Plan holidays
  • Track office attendance rate
  • Meet company connection rate requirements
  • Advance holiday preparation
Features
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Plan and track your hybrid work schedule with In Office Rate. See your Office, Work From Home (WFH), Off, and holiday days in a simple calendar. Track your monthly working days, calculate your in-office rate, and set an attendance target to see whether you’re on track with your hybrid work schedule. HYBRID WORK CALENDAR Record each workday as Office, Work From Home, or Off and view your working pattern directly in the calendar. See monthly working-day totals and your in-office percentage at a glance. Set your target office attendance rate to plan ahead and keep track of workplace attendance requirements. AUTOMATIC OFFICE & WFH DETECTION Optionally save your Office and Home locations to help detect your work status automatically. Office detection requires at least one hour at a saved office location. You can use multiple saved locations, and manual entries always take priority when you want to make a change. HOLIDAY PLANNER Plan upcoming holidays by selecting a date range in the calendar. Holiday dates are automatically counted as Off, while a live countdown shows the remaining months, days, hours, and minutes until your holiday. Individual holiday dates can still be changed to Office or Work From Home when needed. EXPENSE TRACKING Record everyday expenses by date and category, including food, drinks, commuting, equipment, trips, utilities, subscriptions, donations, and other expenses. Review your spending by week, month, or year, including total expenses and category percentages. EXPORT YOUR RECORDS Export your work-status and expense data as a CSV file for any selected date range, including dates without expense records. PRIVATE ICLOUD SYNC Your data can sync automatically through your private iCloud account, helping you keep your work schedule and records available across your devices. SIMPLE PRICING In Office Rate is free to use. Free users may see banner ads, with an optional one-time purchase available to remove ads permanently. There is no subscription. Whether you work from the office a few days each week or follow a flexible hybrid schedule, In Office Rate gives you one place to track your Office days, WFH days, attendance rate, holidays, and everyday expenses. In Office Rate does not provide tax, financial, or employment advice.

Screenshots

OCA1 screens
In Office Rate1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: In Office Rate at 100% against OCA's 0%. In Office Rate also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). OCA's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OCA ships an update every 2 months, In Office Rate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Β· 3 level
OCA versus In Office Rate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOCAIn Office Rate
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree β€” betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size269 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoggin Pty LtdSIQI WU

Customer experience

OCA

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral66.7%
Negative33.3%

In Office Rate

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OCA

No in-app purchases

None

In Office Rate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OCA free?
OCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is In Office Rate free?
In Office Rate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OCA or In Office Rate have ads?
In Office Rate shows ads; OCA does not.
Which is updated more often, OCA or In Office Rate?
OCA ships an update every 2 months, and In Office Rate every 2 weeks. Most recently, OCA was updated on October 9, 2026 and In Office Rate on October 24, 2026.

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