Comparison

Great Work™ vs Emburse Spend

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

Head to head
About

Great Work™

This app facilitates on-the-go employee recognition by syncing with your organization's performance program. Users can send eCards, submit and approve nominations, and order awards, making workplace appreciation quick and accessible.

Highlights
  • Send eCards
  • Submit nominations
  • Approve/decline nominations
  • Complete presentations
  • Order awards
  • Sync with performance program
Features
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The Great Work app from O.C. Tanner makes recognition easy when you are on-the-go. Simply sync the app to your organization's performance program to get started. The app will allow users to give eCards, submit nominations, approve or decline nominations, complete presentations, and order an award among other things. And don’t worry, once the app is synced, all of your unique program configurations are applied ensuring that recognizing from the app is just as seamless and easy as it is online. The secure Great work app makes recognition quick, fun, and best of all, accessible from anywhere. Please note, to use the Great Work app, you must be a participant in your company’s recognition program.

About

Emburse Spend

Streamline corporate card management and gain control over company expenses. This app allows for pre-approval of spending, automated reconciliation, and efficient management of recurring payments, empowering employees while reducing administrative burdens.

Highlights
  • Pre-approve spending
  • Automated card reconciliation
  • Virtual card issuance
  • Subscription management
  • Real-time spend visibility
  • Employee spend empowerment
Features
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Optimize spend. Empower People. Maximize the value of your most precious resources with Emburse Spend. Tired of surprise expenses that pop up each month? Sick of chasing employees for receipts? Stop asking employees to engage in frustrating after-the-fact card reconciliation. There is a better way. Emburse Spend is the next evolution in card management. Increase visibility and control by approving spend before it happens. Issue pre-approved virtual cards with built-in controls that auto-reconcile. Manage subscriptions upfront once to create automatic recurring payments on your schedule. Gain control of unmanaged spend and empower employees with Emburse Spend.

Screenshots

Great Work™4 screens
Emburse Spend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Great Work™ at 4.6 against Emburse Spend's 2.8. Great Work™ also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 23). Emburse Spend's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 17%). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Great Work™ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Great Work™ has 3K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Great Work™'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Emburse Spend's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Great Work™ ships an update every 5 weeks, Emburse Spend every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Great Work™ versus Emburse Spend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGreat Work™Emburse Spend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3K ratings) — better2.8 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews16.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K — better23
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB55 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperO.C. Tanner CompanyEmburse, Inc.

Customer experience

Great Work™

All ratings3,018 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive16.8%
Neutral12.0%
Negative71.2%

Emburse Spend

All ratings23 ratings
Positive39.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Great Work™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Constant need to update app
  • Inability to change shipping address
  • Notifications not clearing
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to adjust point levels for approvals
  • Option to filter by bookmarked items
  • Multilingual support
  • Integration with other recognition programs
  • Order tracking and history
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  • Advanced search and filtering

Emburse Spend

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Great Work™

No in-app purchases

None

Emburse Spend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Great Work™ free?
Great Work™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emburse Spend free?
Emburse Spend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Great Work™ or Emburse Spend?
Great Work™ is rated higher. Great Work™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Emburse Spend averages 2.8 from 23 ratings.
Do Great Work™ or Emburse Spend have ads?
Neither Great Work™ nor Emburse Spend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Great Work™ or Emburse Spend?
Great Work™ ships an update every 5 weeks, and Emburse Spend every 3 weeks. Most recently, Great Work™ was updated on October 22, 2026 and Emburse Spend on October 21, 2026.

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