Zoho Desk vs Help Desk+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoho Desk
This mobile help desk software provides a flexible ticketing system to manage customer service on the go. It offers features like ticket prioritization, contextual information, team collaboration, and real-time notifications to ensure efficient customer support.
- Mobile ticketing system
- Ticket prioritization
- Contextual ticket information
- Team collaboration
- Push notifications
- Time tracking
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Put your customers at the heart of your business, even when you're on the move. Zoho Desk is award-winning, context-aware help desk software that helps you provide great customer service and keep your customers happy! The Zoho Desk mobile app is a flexible and efficient ticketing system that helps you resolve tickets with the same ease and functionality as your desktop version. Here's how Zoho Desk makes your customer support help desk truly mobile: Prioritize easily: Automatically organize your tickets by your chosen criteria using Custom Views and Work Modes, so you can start working on the tickets that really need your attention. See more context with each ticket: Resolve tickets with relevant and actionable information at your fingertips. Literally. Put a face to each ticket by bringing contact information from Zoho CRM into Zoho Desk. Collaborate seamlessly: Work seamlessly with other departments, tag your team on tickets, and collaborate with them on the Team Feed to close tickets faster than ever before. Stay notified: Constantly stay in the loop, wherever you go, with the Notification Center—get notified through push notifications about ticket updates, comments, and mentions. Do more with gestures: Simplify frequently performed ticket actions like editing, closing, and moving tickets with quick and easy swipes. Track tasks and ticket times: Follow up with tasks for each ticket and track how much time your agents spent on tickets with Time Tracking. We're always working to make your Zoho Desk mobile app experience as smooth as possible. If you face any issues, write to us at desk@zohomobile.com and we'll get back to you right away.
Help Desk+
Streamline customer and project support with this customizable app. Easily create service tickets, manage incidents, and collaborate with multiple users. Ideal for small businesses and organizations needing efficient teamwork and self-work management.
- Create service tickets and change requests
- Multi-user collaboration
- Customizable attributes and reports
- User management and role assignment
- Branch management for different locations
- Face ID for secure access
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This amazing app is the fastest and easiest way to create service tickets, change requests and incidents on the go that allow multiple users to work together in the most simple way. Whether you provide services, support, build or repair products, it is ideal for managing project incidents and customer support services, teamwork, and self-work. Specially designed for small businesses and organizations of any kind, it is highly customizable and easy to use. CUSTOMIZABLE • Create your own set of custom attributes for views and reports. • Customize reports for your brand needs (fonts, header, footer, colors and logo). • Show the user photo or company logo on sign in. • Theme color. SECURITY • Manage users, assign roles and monitor access. • Authorize each device before use. • Allow Face ID, for fast and secure access. ROLES, ACCESS LISTS and BRANCHES • Predefined roles are the easiest way to limit users to performing a specific task, such as viewing, adding, or updating data. • Access lists allow you to group users, roles, and branches to grant security efficiently. • Branches allow mid-size businesses to separate operations by store, location, or department. BEST CHOICE This app belongs to the business series of ©Starkode apps, which are the best choice of apps at work. SUPPORT We are here to help your business make its work easy and effortless. If you have any questions or suggestions related to our apps, then contact us at support@starkode.com. Starkode membership is a month-to-month subscription that begins at sign up. You can easily cancel anytime, within your device, 24 hours a day. There are no long-term contracts or cancellation fees. We just want you to love what you do with our apps. Privacy Policy: https://starkode.com/privacy/ Terms of Use : https://starkode.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zoho Desk at none against Help Desk+'s 3. Zoho Desk also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 3) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Help Desk+'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Help Desk+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Zoho Desk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Help Desk+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zoho Desk has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Zoho Desk ships an update every 10 days, Help Desk+ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zoho Desk | Help Desk+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 214 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | Starkode Limited Company |
Customer experience
Zoho Desk
Help Desk+
Bugs and requests
Zoho Desk
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ticket links not opening the app
- Widgets not displaying correct information
- Ticket assignment issues, where assignments revert to unassigned
- Crashes when opening certain ticket tabs
Requested features
5 requests- Drag and drop functionality for inserting images and data
- Inline image editing capabilities
- Knowledge base access and article management
- Deeper customization options for dashboard and views
- Ability to delete or edit sent responses
Help Desk+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Zoho Desk
No in-app purchases
Help Desk+
- Single User7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- 3 Users7 Days trial$19.491 Month
- 6 Users7 Days trial$34.991 Month
Questions
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