TeamTalk 5 vs Joplin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TeamTalk 5
This application enables real-time voice conversations and text messaging over the internet. It supports private rooms, high-quality audio, and offers robust accessibility features for visually impaired users.
- Real-time voice over IP conversations
- Instant text messaging
- Private rooms/channels
- High-quality audio codecs
- Push-to-talk and voice activation
- Accessibility for visually impaired
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TeamTalk is a conferencing system which allows users to participate in conferences on the Internet. Users can chat using voice over IP and listen to streaming media files. TeamTalk for iOS has been designed with particular emphasis on accessibility features for visually impaired. Here is a list of the main features: - Real time voice over IP conversations - Public and private instant text messaging - Private rooms/channels for every group - High quality audio codecs with both mono and stereo - Push-to-talk and voice activation - Standalone server available for both LAN and Internet environments - User authentication with accounts - Accessibility for visually impaired using VoiceOver
Joplin
A privacy-focused note-taking and to-do application that allows you to capture multimedia notes, organize them with notebooks and tags, and sync across devices. It offers end-to-end encryption and an offline-first approach for secure and accessible information management.
- Capture multimedia notes (speech, photos, videos, PDFs)
- Organize notes with notebooks and tags
- Create to-dos and set reminders
- End-to-end encryption for privacy
- Cross-device synchronization (Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive)
- Offline-first access
- OCR search for text within images and PDFs
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Privacy-first app Capture your thoughts freely and without distractions, tracking, or ads. With Joplin’s end-to-end encryption and open-source code, you can concentrate on your ideas and tasks without worrying about your privacy. Capture multimedia notes Capture multimedia notes effortlessly. In Joplin you can : • create manuscript notes, • transcribe speech to note, • add multimedia: photos, videos, PDFs, and images, • insert documents as attachments, • create math expressions, add tables, write code and insert diagrams, • create to-dos and add reminders. Organise your ideas Organise your notes into notebooks. Connect your notes with tags by subject or priority. Use colours and rich text editor to format your notes with ease. Make task lists, create to-dos and add reminders. Effortlessly find your notes, even within PDFs and images, thanks to the powerful search feature enhanced by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Use Joplin to store your bills, lecture notes, photos or receipts. Reliable synchronisation Access your notes from computer, phone or tablet by synchronising with various services including Joplin Cloud, Dropbox and OneDrive. Seamlessly move from one device to another. Offline-first You can access your notes anytime and anywhere, even without Internet. If you’re using Joplin on multiple devices, they will synchronise and update once you regained the connection. Enhance your productivity across devices Extend your note-taking experience by using Joplin on additional devices such as a desktop computer or tablet. Make the most of each device by using its specific features. On the desktop app, use a web clipper extension, wide-range of community plugins and a Markdown editor. Experience flawless handwriting and drawing on your tablet. Join active community Connect with Joplin’s vibrant community on Joplin Forum. It’s a place where users can share ideas, ask questions, exchange information and give feedback. Joplin’s dynamic community also develops powerful plugins, so you can customise your app to suit your needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Joplin at monthly against TeamTalk 5's every 3 months. Joplin also leads on ratings volume (473 vs 39). TeamTalk 5's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for TeamTalk 5 against 4.1 for Joplin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Joplin has 473 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of TeamTalk 5's written reviews are positive against 67% of Joplin's.
TeamTalk 5 ships an update every 3 months, Joplin monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TeamTalk 5 | Joplin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (39 ratings) | 4.1 (473 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews — better | 66.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 | 473 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bjoern Rasmussen | Laurent Cozic |
Customer experience
TeamTalk 5
Joplin
Bugs and requests
TeamTalk 5
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Joplin
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sync issues with WebDAV and Dropbox
- Crashes when creating new notes
- Keyboard issues, text getting obscured
- Rendering problems in dark mode
- Compatibility issues with older iOS versions
Requested features
6 requests- Add web clipper functionality on iOS
- Implement nested notebooks on iOS
- Allow password/biometric protection for notes
- Improve text editing experience on mobile
- Add more font and formatting options
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- Implement a trash/recycle bin for deleted notes
In-app purchases
TeamTalk 5
No in-app purchases
Joplin
No in-app purchases









