Comparison

Weave vs Hosted Services 2.0

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

Head to head
About

Weave

This app provides a comprehensive mobile solution for managing a practice remotely. It allows users to view schedules, communicate with patients via text and calls from an office number, process payments, and collaborate with team members. It also offers features for managing office hours, voicemails, and faxes.

Highlights
  • Manage online schedule requests
  • Text and call patients from office number
  • Message templates for faster communication
  • Accept contactless payments via Tap to Pay
  • Send customer review invites
  • Team chat for collaboration
  • Manage voicemail remotely
Features
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Manage your practice remotely with Weave's mobile app. Weave gives you a full view of your office, including patients scheduled and their appointment types allowing you to call or text any patient from an office number (protecting your private phone number), manage emergency call forwarding, change phone hours, and much more. Key Features: - Manage online schedule requests(pending/reviewed). - Watch out your schedule for the day's booking and their appointment type. - Reliably text and call your patients from an office phone number, protecting your private phone number. - Message Templates lets you send messages even faster with precomposed messages. - Download images sent/received in message conversation. - Make internal call(calls within the same tenants/phone system). - Payment history lets you check all payment activities anytime & from anywhere. - With Text to Pay save time & simply text a secure payment request to your patients. - Turn your mobile device into a payment terminal with Tap to Pay and accept contactless payments from physical cards and digital wallets. - Send invites(via text) to your customers for adding reviews to your business. - Team chat keeps you in touch with your co-workers to increase collaboration with communication. - Change office & break hours with smooth & easy time selector. - Manage call forwarding. - Select media from gallery or record high quality greeting for Voicemail Override. - Now fax supports multiple file types. - Monitor office phone call history and activity. - Access full patient lists and relevant patient information. - Manage voicemail remotely with additional capabilities to mark as unread(after listening) and download to device. - Listen to recorded calls.

About

Hosted Services 2.0

Manage your voice, video, and instant messaging services with enhanced control and configuration options. This business application provides a streamlined portal for service management.

Highlights
  • Enhanced management options
  • Service configuration
  • Voice service utilization
  • Video service utilization
  • Instant messaging utilization
Features
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Hosted Services has a new app designed with you in mind. The Hosted Services portal app puts control in your hands through enhanced management and service configuration options. Utilize your Hosted Services including voice, video, and instant messaging.

Screenshots

Weave4 screens
Hosted Services 2.04 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weave at 72% against Hosted Services 2.0's 14%. Weave also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.6) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 16). Hosted Services 2.0's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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

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

Weave holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weave has 1.2K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Weave's written reviews are positive against 14% of Hosted Services 2.0's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weave ships an update every 9 days, Hosted Services 2.0 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weave versus Hosted Services 2.0: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeaveHosted Services 2.0
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better1.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeave CommunicationsBroadview Networks

Customer experience

Weave

All ratings1,241 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative20.8%

Hosted Services 2.0

All ratings16 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

Bugs and requests

Weave

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes when accessing patient tab
  • Calls and notifications not consistently received
  • Texting and messaging features not working reliably
  • Login issues and frequent log-outs
  • Syncing issues between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Horizontal iPad support
  • Individual voicemail boxes
  • Customizable templates and automation
  • Improved desktop app functionality
  • Better integration with practice management software

Hosted Services 2.0

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weave

No in-app purchases

None

Hosted Services 2.0

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weave free?
Weave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hosted Services 2.0 free?
Hosted Services 2.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weave or Hosted Services 2.0?
Weave is rated higher. Weave averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Hosted Services 2.0 averages 1.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Weave or Hosted Services 2.0 have ads?
Neither Weave nor Hosted Services 2.0 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weave or Hosted Services 2.0?
Weave ships an update every 9 days, and Hosted Services 2.0 every 5 weeks. Most recently, Weave was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hosted Services 2.0 on October 24, 2026.

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