JDA Workforce vs SM 45 Zebra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JDA Workforce
Provides real-time access to schedules, time sheets, and employee information for both managers and associates. Enables mobile access to workforce management tools, eliminating the need for a PC.
- Real-time schedule access
- Time sheet management
- Employee information access
- Mobile workforce tools
- PC-free access
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JDA Mobile workforce provides real time access to schedule, time sheets, and employee information. Both managers and associates now have the tools to achieve success without being tied down to a PC. Note: Must hold valid JDA Mobile Framework and JDA Workforce licenses to login to the application. JDA Workforce was formerly RedPrairie Workforce Management for Retail.
SM 45 Zebra
This business app modernizes store operations with a mobile-first design, empowering associates to work efficiently. Managers can update schedules, assign tasks, and address real-time challenges directly from their devices, keeping them on the sales floor.
- Mobile-first intuitive design
- Real-time task assignment
- Labor schedule generation and editing
- User detail updates
- Leave request viewing
- Customer engagement enhancement
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The mobile-first design of the Zebra platform ensures that all solutions are intuitive and easy to use on any device. Store associates are empowered to work more efficiently, whether they are digital natives or not. Modernize your store solutions and keep associates engaged with customers in real time. Retailers want to keep their store leaders on the sales floor, helping customers and coaching associates. Thanks to its mobile-first design, the Zebra platform offers full functionality from wherever the manager is in the store; they can update labor schedules, assign tasks, and address real-time store execution challenges from a smart phone or tablet, instead of leaving the sales floor to check a computer. From a phone or tablet, users can: - Generate schedule or edit it as per real time requirements. - Update user details. - View leave requests.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SM 45 Zebra at fortnightly against JDA Workforce's every 11 months. JDA Workforce's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.7 for JDA Workforce against 1.7 for SM 45 Zebra. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 22 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
JDA Workforce ships an update every 11 months, SM 45 Zebra fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JDA Workforce | SM 45 Zebra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (61 ratings) | 1.7 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Yonder, Inc. | Reflexis Systems Inc |
Customer experience
JDA Workforce
SM 45 Zebra
In-app purchases
JDA Workforce
No in-app purchases
SM 45 Zebra
No in-app purchases
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