Laboratory of information products Roskoshestvo completed test applications for Android and iOS to find work and shared the results.
The study of the 27 most popular mobile application category, “work” was estimated at 89 criteria depending on importance to consumers, have a different impact on the final ratings.
According to experts, the most important thing in mobile app security and functionality. The whole range of indicators of the three leaders are: HeadHunter, SuperJob and Salary.ru.
Some applications to partially-encrypt the content, e.g., links to job opportunities, information about the device or photos. These include the “Indeed Jobs”, Trovit and “Ads Avito” for iOS and Superjob, “Salary.ru”, Trovit, “Resrobot”, Jobrapido, Ambitious.ru, “Ads Avito” and Worki for Android. Transfer the content in an unencrypted form makes the device vulnerable to attacks, and if desired, a hacker can even gain control over the device. Roskoshestvo were identified apps that transmit personal data unencrypted: Jobrapido for both platforms and Ambitious.ru for Android.
The safest of the investigated apps for job search are:
- iOS: HeadHunter, SuperJob, “Yandex.Job” Salary.ru, Work.ru, Work in Russia and Worki
- Android: HeadHunter, “Yandex.Work”, Work.ru and Work in Russia
The most recognized functional Headhunter, SuperJob, Salaries.PY for iOS and Android, and the most convenient — HeadHunter, SuperJob and Worki.