Virtru Email Protection vs Workiva
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtru Email Protection
Secure your emails and attachments with end-to-end encryption on your iOS device. Control access, set expiration dates, and revoke sent messages to ensure data privacy and compliance. Recipients can view protected emails seamlessly without new accounts.
- End-to-end email encryption
- Encrypt messages and attachments
- Set expiration dates
- Disable forwarding
- Revoke access to sent emails
- Seamless recipient access
- Secure mobile collaboration
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Protect email messages and attachments sent from your iOS device and gain the confidence to collaborate while maintaining control of your data. Virtru Email Protection is secure (256-bit encryption). It gives you end-to-end encryption and access controls that prevent unauthorized access by third parties, ensuring privacy and compliance. • Encrypt messages and attachments within the compose screen, then add expiration dates and disable forwarding for granular control. • Revoke access to emails sent in error immediately, right from your Sent folder. • Give your recipients seamless access to messages encrypted on your mobile device, without forcing them to create new accounts, manage new passwords, or install a new application. • Securely view Virtru-protected email on-the-go for secure, mobile collaboration.
Workiva
Collaborate on important work documents, presentations, and spreadsheets from anywhere. Review files, manage comments, and even use generative AI for new ideas. Download PDFs for offline access and sync changes later.
- Collaborate on documents, presentations, and spreadsheets
- Review and edit files on the go
- Manage comments and permissions
- Download PDFs for offline access
- Utilize generative AI for idea sparking
- Cross-device and multi-language support
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Workiva Mobile keeps you productive wherever work takes you. No need to pause when you step away from your computer: review documents, presentations, and spreadsheets right from your mobile device. Download PDFs for offline access, manage permissions, view, reply to, or add comments all from your phone. Major benefits: • Collaborate on the go — continue working when away from your desktop • Work on your terms — choose your language and device • Reduce your risk — keep your data secure in the Workiva platform What you can do with the app: Control Access • Edit permissions to files • Share file links Find and Review Your Documents • Search within a workspace for files (documents, presentations, spreadsheets) • View files in app • Check what reviews you’ve been assigned and handle them via mobile or tablet Respond To or Add New Comments • Respond to comments you are tagged in • Review comment threads and navigate to the original file • Add new comments as needed Work on Your Terms • Download PDFs to work offline (flying somewhere?) and then upload your marked up PDF when you have online access • Select from multiple in-app language translations NOTE: This app requires a Workiva platform account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Workiva at 4.9 against Virtru Email Protection's 2.8. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Workiva holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 55 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtru Email Protection | Workiva |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (64 ratings) | 4.9 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtru Corporation | Workiva Inc. |
Customer experience
Virtru Email Protection
Workiva
Bugs and requests
Virtru Email Protection
Reported bugs
70 issues- App crashes on startup
- App won't open
- Keeps crashing
- Unusable after setting passcode
- Cannot open received emails
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- Slow loading of emails
- Emails disappear/not sent
- Buggy and doesn't refresh properly
- Issues with iCloud/Gmail
- Frustrating attachment handling
- Deletes drafts
- Keyboard blocks writing
- Inconsistent updates break app
- Clunky/ugly interface
- Cannot send emails
- No access to documents/Dropbox
- Only attaches photos, not documents
- Lost entire emails due to errors
- Does not work with Internet Explorer recipients
- Activation/login issues
- Not easy to add mail accounts
- IMAP only, difficult configuration
- Black screen after update
- App crashes on open
- Not authorized error
- Verification takes hours
- Asking to update payment method
- Does not work on older iOS versions
- Unable to activate on iPad
- Only works with Google/Gmail
- App doesn't reflect email confirmation
- Passcode/Face ID locks app
- No submit button after code entry
- Rarely get emails sent to me
- Support is no help
- Does not send anything/error message
- Does not work with iCloud
- Super slow and horrible
- Downloads emails in batches
- Crashes on startup
- Will not work on my version of IOS
- App didn't work for my gmail
- Emails disappear
- Horrible shortcomings
- Periodically great, but updates break it
- This version is absolutely horrible
- Won't activate with gmail
- Cannot long into through my email
- Super slow... Takes forever to load messages
- No access to Dropbox or any other file service
- Update for iPhone X needed
- Black screen after update
- App crashes
- Missing attachment function
- Lousy
- No way to send attachments from iOS
- Needs notification for new mail
- Nearly unusable to SEND messages
- Unable to send
- Not working on iPad
- Lacks support for multiple email accounts
- Version 1.1.7 issues
- Unable to sign in
- Not easy to add mail accounts
- Almost impossible to configure
- Works ONCE, then never again
- Does not work as part of IOS Mail
- Enable disabled forwarding does not prevent
- Revoke feature doesn't work
- Confirmation link expired
Requested features
8 requests- Support for multiple email addresses/accounts
- Add support for documents as attachments
- Enable badge notification for new mail
- Ability to sort mail normally
- Dark mode option
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- Landscape orientation support
- Update for facial recognition on iPhone X
- Multi accounts support
Workiva
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Virtru Email Protection
No in-app purchases
Workiva
No in-app purchases
Questions
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