BlackBerry Work vs iAnnotate Forms for Intune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
iAnnotate Forms for Intune
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iAnnotate Forms for Intune is purpose-built for regulated industries where mobile security isn't optional. The fastest way to fill, sign, and share secure PDF forms on iPhone and iPad, iAnnotate Forms for Intune brings seamless document workflows to Microsoft Intune-managed environments, keeping sensitive data protected at every step. Whether you're in the office or in the field, your forms stay secure, compliant, and fully auditable. It integrates with your organization's organization's PKI infrastructure and derived credential frameworks to deliver compliant digital signatures, without compromising your security posture. iAnnotate Forms works as a standalone app or as a companion to iAnnotate for Intune/O365, fitting naturally into the workflows your team already uses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BlackBerry Work at every 2 months against iAnnotate Forms for Intune's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BlackBerry Work ships an update every 2 months, iAnnotate Forms for Intune every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackBerry Work | iAnnotate Forms for Intune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (643 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 643 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BlackBerry Corporation | Branchfire, Inc. |
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
iAnnotate Forms for Intune
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BlackBerry Work
No in-app purchases
iAnnotate Forms for Intune
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BlackBerry Work free?
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Do BlackBerry Work or iAnnotate Forms for Intune have ads?
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