Comparison

Я.Team vs ruID

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

Head to head
About

Я.Team

This app centralizes essential internal services for employees, offering a customizable home screen with widgets for staff profiles, calendars, office maps, and business trip management. It allows for easy searching across all integrated features.

Highlights
  • Centralized internal services
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Corporate calendar with scheduling
  • Business trip management
  • Staff profile access
  • Office maps and navigation
  • Search functionality
Features
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Ya.Team — Application for Employees It brings together all the internal services you need for day-to-day work. Only sign in using your yandex-team.ru account. The home screen shows relevant widgets just when you need them: Staff profiles, corporate calendar with meeting schedules (where you can create or confirm new ones), Atushka, office maps, Helpy, Discounts and Events, approval services and important calls to action - all in one app. You'll also find our full-fledged Business Trips service, where you can create trips and track their status while the widget reminds you about key milestones and all those last-minute details you'd normally check while packing in a hurry — right during your trip. And, of course, you can search across all this variety.

About

ruID

This app helps foreign citizens and stateless persons prepare for entry into Russia. It allows remote submission of entry applications, biometric data, and provides access to government services and a digital profile.

Highlights
  • Submit entry applications
  • Provide biometric data remotely
  • Check entry clearance status
  • Create a digital profile ID
  • Generate personal QR code
  • Access Russian government services
  • Receive status notifications
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The ruID mobile app is the official application created for foreign citizens and stateless persons who are planning to enter or are already on the territory of the Russian Federation. The app enables users to fill out an entry application, obtain information about any entry restrictions, and provides convenient, secure, and multifunctional access to Russian government services. As of 2025, new entry conditions to the Russian Federation have come into effect. Now foreign citizens are required to submit an entry application and provide biometric data prior to crossing the border. The ruID app allows users to complete all these steps remotely in just a few clicks. • Submission of an entry application (purpose, dates, route, children). • Biometric submission: facial photo, passport photo, voice recording. • Check of entry clearance status Submission of entry application • A convenient form for filling out an application for a planned entry into Russia (visa-free regime). • Ability to specify travel dates, purpose of visit, route, and accompanying children's data. • If necessary — adding the reason for urgent entry with supporting documents. Biometrics • Submission of facial photo, passport photo, and voice recording for preliminary biometric identification. • Data verification via the Unified Biometric System (EBS). Digital Profile • Automatic creation of a unique profile ID (Digital Profile ID for Foreign Citizens), combining all user data: full name, citizenship, documents, SNILS, INN, visas, entry/exit records, employment, information about children, etc. • Viewing digital profile data. QR Code • Generation of a personal QR code containing information from the digital profile after account verification and border crossing. • Ability to present the QR code along with an identity document to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other agencies. Integration with Gosuslugi • Authorization via ESIA (Unified Identification and Authentication System). • Ability to register an ESIA account, including support for registration without a phone number or SNILS, and upgrade the account to standard level after entering Russia if the entry application was submitted in advance. • Web access to government services after entering Russia. Services and Notifications • Access to electronic services via webview interface: employment documents, visas, SNILS issuance, INN, patents, and work permits. • Notifications about verification statuses, biometric registration results, and document processing. • Updating personal data, editing and canceling applications. Multilingual Interface • Support for Russian, English, and CIS languages (Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Armenian). Additional Functions • Display of trips and entry/exit history. • Viewing attached documents: passport, visas, SNILS, etc. The ruID app is the key to digital government services for foreigners in Russia — from planning a trip to full digital identification and service access. It ensures transparency, control, and simplicity in interactions with state authorities at all stages of stay in the Russian Federation.

Screenshots

Я.Team4 screens
ruID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Я.Team at 4.2 against ruID's 3.8. Я.Team also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 16%). ruID's advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 10). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Я.Team holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ruID has 64 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Я.Team's written reviews are positive against 16% of ruID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Я.Team ships an update every 2 weeks, ruID every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Я.Team versus ruID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterЯ.TeamruID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better3.8 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better16.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1064 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB66 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDirect Cursus Computer Systems TradingМинкомсвязь РФ

Customer experience

Я.Team

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

ruID

All ratings64 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative29.7%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive16.3%
Neutral12.4%
Negative71.3%

Bugs and requests

Я.Team

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ruID

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Registration button not working
  • Repeated photo retakes required
  • Inability to register for travel

Requested features

2 requests
  • Status update for biometric verification
  • Improved customer support

In-app purchases

None

Я.Team

No in-app purchases

None

ruID

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Я.Team free?
Я.Team is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ruID free?
ruID is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Я.Team or ruID?
Я.Team is rated higher. Я.Team averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while ruID averages 3.8 from 64 ratings.
Do Я.Team or ruID have ads?
Neither Я.Team nor ruID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Я.Team or ruID?
Я.Team ships an update every 2 weeks, and ruID every 3 weeks. Most recently, Я.Team was updated on September 22, 2026 and ruID on September 25, 2026.

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