Knomad vs Haystack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knomad
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Knomad is an easy and quick to use tool that aids businesses and staff with a hybrid work approach. With a view of where your colleagues intend to be working, you can see who is going to be in the office with you and plan face to face collaboration. Knomad can provide data on office occupancy rates which is invaluable when assessing your organisations real estate requirements. App The Knomad app allows users to choose their work locations for the week and share them with colleagues. Portal The Knomad portal allows you to manage your organisations account, set up offices, business units, invite users and export your data. Benefits • Enhance collaborative hybrid working • Improve visibility of employees’ working locations • Report on office occupancy levels Features • Understand how busy your office is going to be • Set your default working pattern • Let colleagues know when you’re working from home • Share when you will be working from the office • Get notified when a colleague is planning to join you in the office • Follow the colleagues that suit you • Report on office occupancy • Export your data Knomad is designed to assist small to medium sized firms or individual departments with hybrid working. It provides an overview of when and where your colleagues are working at a glance. If you are assessing how much office space you need, Knomad will provide you with data on office occupancy levels, showing the peak and average occupancy rates for each office helping you review and reduce office space to suit your organisation’s needs. Knomad does not track or share users live locations.
Haystack
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Haystack is an all-in-one production solution for revolutionising and improving efficiency and workflow across the film and TV industry. Currently operating across Costume, Hair and Make-Up, we ensure teams can work together to create seamless notes, photos and detailed tracking of garments and kit across the whole production process. With an automated sync, teams can work online or on remote location without interruption. Also offering detailed seamless solutions to speed up and simplify prep and wrap, Haystack ensures nothing is ever lost across productions as garments and kit can be easily identified and located using our revolutionary new system. Having been used on several productions so far, we ensure time-saving tech to help find that needle in a Haystack quicker and more efficiently. Haystack is a great resource and tool for you departments on your next production.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Knomad at 13.4 against Haystack's 15.1. 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.
Knomad ships an update every 2 months, Haystack every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knomad | Haystack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ClearSpace Group Limited | Another Haystack Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Knomad
No in-app purchases
Haystack
No in-app purchases









