Hiring vs Glean Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hiring
This application provides recruiters and hiring managers with mobile access to an applicant tracking system. It allows for real-time updates on hiring activities, candidate communication, and pipeline management. Users can review candidates, manage job approvals, and leverage social networks for referrals.
- Communicate with candidates and teams
- Real-time hiring activity updates
- Access interview details
- View candidates by stage
- Manage active jobs and candidates
- Review and share candidate feedback
- Approve or reject job offers
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Recruiters and Hiring Managers only. Access the SmartRecruiters ATS on the go SmartRecruiters’ Hiring App allows our Recruiters and Hiring Managers to: • Communicate with their candidates and hiring teams on the go. • Get real time updates on your team's hiring activity. • Quick access to details on all upcoming interviews. • View your candidates by stage to see progress on your hire. • Access list of active jobs: job details, candidates and job ad. • Review, rate and share feedback on candidates with your hiring teams. • List, comment and accept or reject job and offer approvals. • Manage your pipeline by moving candidates to the latest hiring step. • Leverage your networks with social referrals to ask for the best candidates. Are you a job seeker? • Please access your Candidate Portal with a web browser at my.smartrecruiters.com. New to SmartRecruiters? • You'll need an existing company account to access the app.
Glean Work
This AI-powered assistant helps you manage work tasks, find information, and automate workflows across your company's connected applications. It provides personalized support for planning your day, running meetings, and staying updated on company and industry news.
- AI-powered work assistant
- Personalized daily planning
- Meeting preparation and summaries
- Company and industry news updates
- AI agent creation for workflows
- Connects with 100+ workplace apps
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Get AI for work- wherever work takes you. Get the latest project updates, prepare for meetings, find experts, and keep up with company and industry news with Glean’s assistant-first mobile experience. Stay on top of all your work, from one application. Work with an expert by your side: Enterprise assistant that is personalized to you, helping you plan your day, run meetings, find information, draft and summarize content, and more. Know what your company knows instantly: Bring enterprise and world knowledge to every decision you make- just simply ask the Glean Assistant. Automate your work with AI agents: Everyone can create agents using natural language. Turn any idea into an AI-powered workflow. — Glean connects with 100+ popular workplace apps like Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Salesforce and more. Use this app if you have an account created by your company admin.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Glean Work at 4.6 against Hiring's 3.3. Glean Work also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 35%) and ratings volume (68 vs 11). Hiring's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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.
Glean Work holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glean Work has 68 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Hiring's written reviews are positive against 76% of Glean Work's.
Hiring ships an update monthly, Glean Work every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hiring | Glean Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) | 4.6 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.2% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SmartRecruiters, Inc | Glean Work |
Customer experience
Hiring
Glean Work
Bugs and requests
Hiring
Reported bugs
15 issues- Cannot log in on mobile
- App signs user out automatically
- Drop-outs and disconnections
- Login screen freezes
- App quits out frequently
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- Password not accepted on app
- Job applicants not loading
- Sharing icon only shows 'Cancel'
- App doesn't load any data
- Login error messages
- App is completely broken
- Has to sign in every time
- Screen shakes on incorrect login attempt
- No way to reset password in app
- Review pop-up is intrusive
Requested features
10 requests- Add LinkedIn profile integration
- Improve candidate filtering options
- Enable scheduling interviews directly
- Sync desktop and app features better
- Add ability to tag candidates
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- Show new messages from candidates
- Add ability to make small posting changes
- Add more features/reports/messaging
- Allow users to see hiring team members
- Allow users to see candidate activity
Glean Work
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hiring
No in-app purchases
Glean Work
No in-app purchases
