EPB Hosted UC vs WorkTool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EPB Hosted UC
This communication tool integrates voice calls and instant messaging with your business phone number. It allows you to see contact availability and message individuals or groups directly from your mobile device.
- Presence indicators
- Instant messaging
- Voice calls via business number
- Contact availability status
- Group messaging
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EPB Hosted UC is a softphone add-on to the EPB Hosted Solution platform of products. It integrates voice telephony with other communications technologies into an intuitive user interface. Features include: • Presence and IM: Shows which contacts are available, offline, or idle. Users can message individual users, multiple users or departments. • Voice Calls: Make phone calls directly from your mobile device using your EPB Hosted Phone business number. IMPORTANT NOTE: Users are required to have a Hosted Phone Solution VoIP account with EPB Fiber Optics to make calls.
WorkTool
This app combines a customer relationship manager (CRM) with a social networking platform for small businesses. It offers tools to manage proposals, invoices, and orders, while also facilitating connections with employees and customers. Users can also create and push social posts to other media channels.
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Social networking platform
- Proposal and invoice management
- Work and material order tracking
- Social post creation and distribution
- Business directory and lead generation
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WorkTool is a local social network and business app for small businesses. Run your business with a built-in customer relationship manager (CRM) and stay in touch with your team and customers on our social platform. By combining the digital tools small businesses use every day with a social network, WorkTool helps owners cut technology cost and complexity. Our Toolbox is a growing library of simple, affordable tools, including a team Timesheet, that replace expensive, complicated software. Create posts and share them to your other social channels. Create and send estimates, invoices, work orders and supply orders. Customers can find your business in our directory, connect with you directly, and send you project leads for free. Terms of Use: https://worktool.com/worktool-terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WorkTool at 100% against EPB Hosted UC's 0%. WorkTool also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). EPB Hosted UC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (96 vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. WorkTool sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per month. EPB Hosted UC asks for nothing beyond the download.
WorkTool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EPB Hosted UC has 96 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of EPB Hosted UC's written reviews are positive against 100% of WorkTool's.
EPB Hosted UC ships an update every 5 months, WorkTool every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EPB Hosted UC | WorkTool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Electric Power Board | The Worktool Inc. |
Customer experience
EPB Hosted UC
WorkTool
In-app purchases
EPB Hosted UC
No in-app purchases
WorkTool
- Unlimited Jobs$29.991 Month
