HCL Connections vs TouchPoint Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HCL Connections
This business social networking app connects you with colleagues and experts to collaborate on projects, share files, and discuss ideas. It provides mobile access to your company's internal social platform, enabling seamless communication and task management on the go.
- Collaborative project management
- Secure file sharing
- Expert discovery and networking
- Community building
- Blogs and wikis for knowledge sharing
- Task tracking and status updates
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HCL Connections (formally IBM Connections) is social software for your business. It enables you to build a network of colleagues and subject matter experts, and then leverage that network to further your business goals. You can discuss ideas, work collaboratively on presentations or proposals, share photos or files, plan and track project tasks, and much more. HCL Connections is a server product that is deployed on your company intranet or the IBM Connections Cloud. This HCL Connections mobile app extends access to that server for employees, like yourself, who are on the go directly from their iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This app can also be securely managed by your company administrator through server side policies. Features - Securely drop documents, presentations and photos to your colleagues with Files. - Find experts in your organization and build a social network with Profiles. - Join together with others to accomplish business goals through Communities. - Influence and share your expertise through Blogs and Wikis. - Get everyone on the same page using Bookmarks. - Track your project progress to success with Activities. - Share news, links and status across your network at any time. - View and print documents, presentations, and spreadsheets over AirPrint ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In order to access your company Connections server, you will need a userid and password along with the URL address of the server. The app will prompt you for this information. If you are an end user and experiencing a problem, please contact your company IT help desk. If you are a Connections administrator experiencing a problem, please open a case at the HCL customer support site. In addition to rating the app here at the App Store, you can tell us what we have done right or what we can do better by emailing HCL mobile software engineering directly at heyhcl@pnp-hcl.com. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
TouchPoint Connect
Facilitates real-time employee engagement and connection through virtual touchpoints, social recognition, and performance rewards. It helps organizations foster a more connected and motivated workforce.
- Virtual touchpoints
- Social recognition
- Push communications
- Performance rewards
- Real-time engagement
- Organizational connection
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Users of this App will experience virtual touchpoints, social recognition, push communications, and performance rewards to help deliver real-time engagement and connection with other members of their organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TouchPoint Connect at 5.0 against HCL Connections's 3.4. TouchPoint Connect also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). HCL Connections's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
TouchPoint Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively.
HCL Connections ships an update every 3 months, TouchPoint Connect every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HCL Connections | TouchPoint Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HCL America Inc. | INCENTIVE SERVICES, INC. |
Customer experience
HCL Connections
TouchPoint Connect
Bugs and requests
HCL Connections
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes after recent update
- App crashes at startup
- Black screen after launch
- No way to type new lines on post comments
- Does not save password
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- Short timeout period
- Audio not heard when playing .MOV files
- App loads a screen and then nothing
- Server error
- Endless looping, hard to view schedules
- Freezes constantly
- Does not parse passwords with special characters correctly
Requested features
9 requests- Support for SSO authentication
- Support for plus-sized phones
- Ability to take notes that sync to SmartCloud
- Offline mode
- File viewing in-app
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- Hide left nav bar
- Ability to click on someone's tags
- Universal app for iPad adaptation
- Improved password parsing for special characters
TouchPoint Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HCL Connections
No in-app purchases
TouchPoint Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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