Comparison

BlackBerry Work vs MyWorkplace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BlackBerry Work

Manage your business email, calendar, and contacts securely in one app. View colleague photos, check availability, and navigate between apps easily. Protects personal privacy without intrusive location tracking.

Highlights
  • Unified inbox, calendar, and contacts
  • Colleague directory photos and availability
  • Launcher for easy app switching
  • Quick action buttons for common tasks
  • Contextual file actions
  • VIP email notifications
Features
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*** Contact your IT administrator for any help with setting up BlackBerry Work *** Take care of business simply, elegantly and securely with BlackBerry Work. Stay on top of your business email, schedule and join meetings, and manage your contacts with an easy to use, all-in-one app. BlackBerry Work delivers a personalized business experience. See your colleagues’ photos in your email. View online availability to chat everywhere you work - in email, a calendar event and on their contact card – a capability unique to BlackBerry. Quickly navigate among your business apps using Launcher. Switch easily between composing an email, adding a contact, or scheduling a calendar event with quick action buttons. And always know that your personal privacy is protected without intrusive geo-location capabilities. Simple app navigation: • Launcher: Simplify multi-tasking and app navigation with easy switching between your email, calendar, contacts, app settings and other BlackBerry apps. • Quick actions: Work smarter with quick action buttons to compose an email, schedule a meeting or add a contact. • Contextual file actions: Choose the right actions for your documents – edit, annotate, save, print, sign, etc. based on the other BlackBerry-secured apps installed on your device Improve productivity: • Email: Manage your inbox on the go! Check and respond to email, move messages to a folder, and take and attach photos. • Calendar: Stay in touch with your colleagues, customers and partners wherever you are. Join meetings or schedule new ones. Even send a quick reply message if you are running late. • Contacts: See all of your Outlook contacts, personal and work. Add additional information to the contact card or get the caller ID by sync’ing the contacts to the device. Personalize your experience: • Directory Photos: Your inbox, calendar and contacts now displays photos from your global address list so you can now enjoy more effective social interactions • People centric collaboration: Choose the best way to reach your colleagues based on their online availability status. Initiate a call, an email, an IM or an SMS from within the app them based on their availability. Quick notifications: • Badges: See how many unread email you have right on your device home screen without opening the app. . • VIP notifications: Never miss an important message. Set VIP status for key contacts to be notified via custom alerts when they send you an email.

About

MyWorkplace

Features
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Make visible all relevant offers within health, working environment and safety for the individual employee. Give all employees access to important information about HSE offers and services. Ensure prompt response to inappropriate working conditions and incident reporting. Notify the individual employee of important incidents or security risks. Make strategic HSE work more tangible. Based on the company's configuration, the employee gets access to a number of digital and emergency services. It can be, for example; Health screening, mini APV, well-being barometer, sick / recovery report, management sparring, help with illness, reporting of safety risk or working environment conditions, as well as a searchable catalog of offers and services in the workplace. The company can tailor content and design in its own whitelabel version.

Screenshots

BlackBerry Work4 screens
MyWorkplace3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MyWorkplace at 14.0 against BlackBerry Work's 18.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BlackBerry Work ships an update every 2 months, MyWorkplace monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BlackBerry Work versus MyWorkplace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackBerry WorkMyWorkplace
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (642 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews8.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings642 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB22 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBlackBerry CorporationKIAtec ApS.

Bugs and requests

BlackBerry Work

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notifications not working consistently
  • Emails not syncing or loading properly
  • App freezing and crashing on launch
  • Compatibility issues with iOS updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add custom filters and swipe gestures
  • Improve notification reliability
  • Integrate with more productivity apps
  • Implement Face ID/Touch ID support

MyWorkplace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BlackBerry Work

No in-app purchases

None

MyWorkplace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlackBerry Work free?
BlackBerry Work is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyWorkplace free?
MyWorkplace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BlackBerry Work or MyWorkplace have ads?
Neither BlackBerry Work nor MyWorkplace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlackBerry Work or MyWorkplace?
BlackBerry Work ships an update every 2 months, and MyWorkplace monthly. Most recently, BlackBerry Work was updated on October 13, 2026 and MyWorkplace on September 30, 2026.

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