Comparison

Life vs The Comp Desk

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

Head to head
About

Life

Control your Life-Bulb LED Color pool light with this application. Adjust colors, brightness, and create custom lighting scenes directly from your iPhone or iPod.

Highlights
  • Connect to Life-Bulb LED Color pool light
  • Adjust color
  • Control brightness
  • Create custom lighting scenes
  • iPhone and iPod compatible
Features
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App is used to connect your Life-Bulb LED Color pool light

About

The Comp Desk

This app provides comprehensive New York State Workers' Compensation calculations for attorneys and injured workers. It offers tools for calculating awards, average weekly wages, permanency percentages, and statutory rates. A free tier is available, with a Pro subscription unlocking advanced features.

Highlights
  • Workers' Comp Award Calculator
  • Average Weekly Wage (AWW) Calculator
  • Spinal Cord Injury (SLU) Permanency Checker
  • LWEC / Classification Calculator
  • Spine & Brain Impairment Calculator
  • Statutory Rate Reference
Features
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Injured on the job in New York? The Comp Desk is your companion for New York State Workers' Compensation — start your claim, find an attorney, protect your benefits, and understand your rights, free and right from your phone. No account required to get started — tell us where you are in your case and the app arranges itself around it. YOUR ROAD TO RECOVERY Answer a few questions and The Comp Desk builds a personalized roadmap for a case like yours — the path ahead, the steps that matter most, and the next thing to do. Check each one off as you heal. STAY ON TRACK WITH REMINDERS A notification center on your dashboard, plus optional reminders on your phone — nudges tied to where you are in your claim, and a heads-up about the deadline to notify your employer. Choose your reminder types and quiet hours in your profile. Reminders are educational, never legal advice. START YOUR CLAIM (FREE) File your official C-3 (Employee Claim), the form that opens your case with the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. Our step-by-step wizard fills it out with you, generates the signed PDF, and emails it straight to the Board — along with the C-3.3 medical release when your claim needs it. FIND WORK WITHIN YOUR RESTRICTIONS — JOB BUDDY Out of work or on light duty? Job Buddy matches real job openings to your medical restrictions and keeps a hearing-ready record of your search (C-258.1). Upload your IME or C-4.3 and it reads your restrictions for you. You apply on the employer's site — we never apply for you. GET REIMBURSED FOR MEDICAL TRAVEL The Mileage & Travel tracker logs every trip to treatment — subway, bus, rideshare, taxi, or your own car at the official rate — then generates your C-257 and emails it to the Board. Attach receipts as you go. FIND A DOCTOR & STAY ON TRACK Search 900+ Workers' Compensation Board-authorized providers near you by injury and borough, save your favorites, and get reminders before your IME appointments. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Ask Comp Buddy, a built-in assistant that answers your questions in plain English — it can even read a photo of a Board notice you're unsure about — plus step-by-step guides that explain what happens next. CHECK YOUR BENEFITS (FREE) Estimate your average weekly wage and weekly benefit rate so you know what you should be receiving. TWELVE LANGUAGES Available in English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Russian, Bengali, Haitian Creole, Korean, Arabic, Urdu, French, and Polish. Choose yours when you first open the app, or change it in Settings. Comp Buddy answers in the language you pick, and Arabic and Urdu lay out right to left. Translation is ongoing — some screens are still in English, and we add more each release. Board forms are filed in English, as the Board requires; the app explains them to you in your language. FOR ATTORNEYS & PROFESSIONALS Comp Desk Pro puts a full suite of New York State Workers' Compensation calculators in your pocket — Schedule Loss of Use, permanency, loss of wage-earning capacity, average weekly wage, concurrent employment, settlement and Burns rates, and more — plus one-tap fee-application (OC-400.1) generation, saved cases, and a growing marketplace of practice tools. SECURE BY DESIGN Protect your account with a password, two-factor authentication, and recovery codes. SUBSCRIPTIONS Comp Buddy (for injured workers) and Comp Desk Pro (for attorneys) are optional auto-renewable subscriptions at $9.99/month; a Firm plan is $99.99/month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase, and your subscription renews automatically each month unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thecompdesk.com/privacy Developed by NJJ Document Services, Inc. This app is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

Screenshots

Life4 screens
The Comp Desk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Comp Desk at 100% against Life's 0%. The Comp Desk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 20 months). Life's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Comp Desk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.99 per month. Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Comp Desk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Life's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Comp Desk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life ships an update every 20 months, The Comp Desk weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Life versus The Comp Desk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifeThe Comp Desk
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 20 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey Allen JohnsonJoel Mays

Customer experience

Life

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

The Comp Desk

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Life

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Comp Desk

Subscriptions1
  • Firm Monthly$99.991 Month

Questions

Is Life free?
Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Comp Desk free?
The Comp Desk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Life or The Comp Desk?
The Comp Desk is rated higher. Life averages 1.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while The Comp Desk averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Life or The Comp Desk have ads?
Neither Life nor The Comp Desk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life or The Comp Desk?
Life ships an update every 20 months, and The Comp Desk weekly. Most recently, Life was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Comp Desk on October 28, 2026.

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