Access Workspace vs GlobalAdvantage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Access Workspace
Manage business expenses and timesheets on the go. Submit receipts, approve requests, and track your work hours directly from your phone. Streamline financial and project management tasks with this integrated mobile solution.
- Log and submit expenses with receipt photos
- Approve expense reports and credit card entries
- Enter and approve timesheets daily
- Approve or reject purchase requests
- View expenses and timesheets awaiting approval
- Customizable feature menu
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Access Workspace allows users to access the mobile-enabled features and functions of their Access software from their Phone – one app for features from multiple Access products. The app has the following features available: Access Expense and FocalPoint 'New' Timesheets. Access Expense – expenses on the move. You can log an expense, take a photo of the receipt and submit it instantly for approval, reducing the need for spreadsheets, and keeping a digital record of your organisations receipts. Features include: • Log in using your Access Workspace credentials • Expense Entry • Expense Approval - including credit cards • Attach receipts using your phone's camera • Visibility of expenses awaiting approval • Multiple Expense database support FocalPoint-specific functionality For Access customers that use FocalPoint, Workspace mobile also allows users to enter and approve Timesheets on the move, and approve Purchase Requests. FocalPoint 'New' Timesheets functionality includes: • Timesheet entry • Timesheet approval/rejection • Submitting on a daily basis • View time awaiting approval • Multiple selection to submit or delete in a single tap • Editing of days once submitted up until the point of approval at first stage • Easy navigation through weeks using the scroll feature • Date selection using the date lookup • Links with Absence • Access FocalPoint version 4.11 SP3 and above FocalPoint Purchase Request Approval functionality includes: • Approve or Reject requests from mobile • View information on Purchase Request information • Access FocalPoint version 4.11 SP3 and above FocalPoint Expense Entry and Approval • Split line approval - Available with FP version 4.11 SP3 and above. • N-Level approval - Available with FP 5.00 and above. Application Features: • We believe in making life as simple as possible for our users, with this app users can choose how they would like to display their menu: Feature Menu – This will show users all the mobile enabled features they have access to from the Access product suite. The main benefit to this is to group related tasks irrespective of product i.e. In the Approve section you may have Expenses and Timesheets even if these are from different products. Application Menu – This will show the user the mobile enabled features they have access to by Access Product. • Extending camera functionality • Look and feel to match what users expect on their device
GlobalAdvantage
This app simplifies record-keeping for business travelers and multi-state residents by automatically tracking time spent in different locations. It helps manage travel documents, plan trips, and reminds users of important dates and deadlines, ensuring accurate and complete travel records.
- Automated location tracking
- Editable calendar
- Time spent calculation
- Travel document sharing
- Important date reminders
- Encrypted data storage
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The GlobalAdvantage app simplifies paperwork and record keeping for business travelers, multi-state residents, international assignees or anyone who works in different locations on different days. Simply complete your profile and turn on the app's location services -- GlobalAdvantage works in the background without compromising your battery life. The app provides an editable calendar and automatically calculates the percentage of time you've worked in different places. GlobalAdvantage can also assist in your travel planning, help you share necessary travel documents with Deloitte, and reminds you of important dates and deadlines. GlobalAdvantage Benefits: -Saves time and could improve compliance -Helps you to keep your travel records accurate and complete -Encrypted storage on your device that syncs to secure Deloitte servers -Maintain total control, and edit your records at any time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GlobalAdvantage at 50% against Access Workspace's 15%. Access Workspace's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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.
Access Workspace ships an update every 5 months, GlobalAdvantage every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Access Workspace | GlobalAdvantage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Access UK Ltd | Deloitte Services LP |
Customer experience
Access Workspace
GlobalAdvantage
Bugs and requests
Access Workspace
Reported bugs
59 issues- Crashes loads
- Cannot access wage slips
- Keeps refreshing
- Can't get beyond settings page
- Won't show anything other than settings
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- App is awful, so buggy
- Takes ages to log expense
- Constantly kicks you out
- UI needs rethinking
- Doesn't respond to touches
- Takes over audio
- Nothing works, only settings
- Cannot get on mobile app at all
- Not showing icons or menus
- Mobile app has never worked
- Gets stuck on loading screen
- App doesn't tell you a lot
- Unable to get past first page
- Infuriating to keep logging in
- Doesn't seem to come off settings page
- Can't find help anywhere
- Error code for HR when loading browser
- Pages do not load
- Only have 'Settings', nothing else displays
- Completely broken
- Frustrating without back button
- Signs out every time
- Can only view settings screen
- Only lets me view settings
- Stuck in settings, can't go anywhere else
- No longer lets me open camera
- Loads up but ends with white/blank screen
- Logs in and loads into white screen
- Can't log in through app
- White screen, deleted and re downloaded
- Doesn't open
- Blank screen on log in
- Can't see nothing in the app
- Always goes to a blank white screen
- Can't check what I'm being paid
- Doesn't load on iPhone XS Max or iPad
- Can't access pay
- Always crashes
- Can never open it
- Crash after crash
- 100% of the time crashes
- Won't load up onto iPad
- Won't load at all on iPad
- It freezes and crashes
- Many bugs
- Slow and hard to get running
- Gets stuck in sign in loop
- Often doesn't connect to server
- Missing option to add photos or upload expenses
- No longer works since iOS upgrade
- Cannot take pics of receipts
- Doesn't allow access to home page
- Times out after 2 seconds
- Difficult to check overtime payments
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to see further ahead in rota
- Longer visibility in rota
- Face/fingerprint login
- Offline capability
- Fix audio takeover
GlobalAdvantage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Access Workspace
No in-app purchases
GlobalAdvantage
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Access Workspace free?
Is GlobalAdvantage free?
Do Access Workspace or GlobalAdvantage have ads?
Which is updated more often, Access Workspace or GlobalAdvantage?
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