Lookout for Work vs Bloomberg B
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lookout for Work
This app provides security and phishing protection for corporate devices. It ensures your device adheres to company policies and allows easy communication with your IT department if compliance issues arise.
- Corporate device security
- Phishing protection
- Policy compliance
- IT department contact
- Out-of-compliance alerts
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Lookout for Work is only for employers who have enrolled in the Lookout Enterprise program. Install Lookout for Work on your corporate device to make sure your device stays compliant with your company's corporate policies. If a device is found to be out-of-compliance, you can easily contact your IT department to resolve the situation. Lookout for Work includes call and message protection features. Call protection blocks incoming calls from numbers on your organization's block list, which is managed by your administrator. Message protection filters SMS, MMS, and RCS messages to detect phishing and fraud threats based on criteria defined by your administrator. Data accessed through these features is used solely to provide call and message protection and is never used for tracking or shared with third parties.
Bloomberg B
This app provides a secure and convenient method for Bloomberg Anywhere users to authenticate to the Bloomberg Terminal and BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL app. It allows for quick logins by scanning a QR code and verifying identity with device biometrics.
- Secure authentication
- Convenient login
- QR code scanning
- Biometric verification
- Bloomberg Terminal access
- BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL app access
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The Bloomberg B-Unit app is a secure and convenient way for Bloomberg Anywhere users to authenticate to the Bloomberg Terminal® and BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® app. NOTE: This app can only be used by Bloomberg Terminal® customers with a Bloomberg Anywhere subscription. Key Features: Quickly login to the Bloomberg Terminal by scanning a QR code and verifying your identity with your device’s biometric authentication
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bloomberg B at 88% against Lookout for Work's 25%. Bloomberg B also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Lookout for Work's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 88). 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.
Bloomberg B holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lookout for Work has 2.8K ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Lookout for Work's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bloomberg B's.
Lookout for Work ships an update monthly, Bloomberg B every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lookout for Work | Bloomberg B |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.8K ratings) | 4.7 (88 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 88 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lookout, Inc. | Bloomberg Finance LP |
Customer experience
Lookout for Work
Bloomberg B
Bugs and requests
Lookout for Work
Reported bugs
4 issues- Perpetually flags deleted apps as threats
- Prevents access to work apps and email
- Doesn't acknowledge changes made on the device
- Causes white screen and app crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Improve update speed and accuracy
- Add option to disable VPN on trusted networks
- Provide better visibility into app behavior
- Improve battery optimization
Bloomberg B
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lookout for Work
No in-app purchases
Bloomberg B
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lookout for Work free?
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Which has better reviews, Lookout for Work or Bloomberg B?
Do Lookout for Work or Bloomberg B have ads?
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