Comparison

Bria vs LinkTalk

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

Head to head
About

Bria

This app consolidates business communication tools into a single platform. It enables users to make voice and video calls, send instant messages, and share files across various devices. Designed for seamless collaboration, it integrates with existing VoIP services.

Highlights
  • High-quality voice calls
  • Instant messaging
  • HD video calling
  • File and photo sharing
  • Chat rooms and @ mentions
  • Emoticons for chat
Features
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Your everyday business communication tools, all in one place. Easily call, video chat, message, meet and share whether you’re at a desk, on the move, or work from home. Bria lets you take communications anywhere, no matter what network or device you use it on. Bria is available across a variety of devices, including phones and desktop PCs, and easily works with your VoIP service or call server. • Talk with high-quality voice calls. Make calls between Bria team members instantly*, or set up your call server or VoIP service to call mobile and landlines. • Chat with people instantly by sending a quick message instead of an email. • Start a chat room or grab a colleague's attention @ mentions. • Meet face to face even if you're miles apart with HD video calling • Share files, photos, videos and more from Bria and reduce swapping between apps to collaborate effectively and efficiently. • Bring conversations to life with emoticons for chat *Bria Teams includes unlimited voice and video calls between team members. Operator data charges may apply. We recommend using an unlimited data plan or WiFi connection. Looking for support or troubleshooting help? Reach out and contact us at https://support.counterpath.com/ IMPORTANT NOTE This version of Bria is tied to CounterPath Bria Solo and Bria Teams solutions and requires an account to log in. Without an account, the app will not work. Available features are dependent on your subscription. Please visit the CounterPath website for more information. Emergency Calls CounterPath's Bria mobile products provide handling designed to redirect emergency calls to the Native Cellular dialer when possible on a best reasonable commercial efforts basis, however this functionality is also dependent on the operating system of the mobile phone which is outside of our control and subject to change at any time. As a result, the official position of CounterPath is that CounterPath's Bria product is not intended, designed, or fit for placing, carrying or supporting Emergency Calls. CounterPath will not be liable for any costs or damages arising either directly nor indirectly from the use of the software for Emergency Calls. Using Bria as a default dialer may interfere with dialing emergency services.

About

LinkTalk

This real-time communication app offers easy implementation for various scales. It demonstrates features like one-to-one video calls with screen sharing, multi-party audio and video calls, chatrooms, file transfer, and data transfer using the Skylink SDK.

Highlights
  • One-to-one video calls with screen share
  • Multi-party video and audio calls
  • Chatroom with custom messages
  • File and data transfer
  • Easy implementation for any scale
Features
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This app is a real-time communication solution which brings industry-leading ease-of-use, an unrivaled speed of implementation, and support for deployments of any scale – big or small, it uses the latest version of the Skylink SDK for iOS, demonstrates its use to provide embedded real time communication in the easiest way. Excluding 'Settings', this app has 6 distinct view controllers, each of them demonstrating how to build the following features: One to one video call with Screen Share: One to one video call with screen sharing supported Multi party video call: Most four participants in a call at this time Multi party audio call: Unlimited people in an audio call Chatroom and custom messages: People can send text messages here, public, private, server message, P2P message File transfer: You can send your local files to the others here Data transfer: This is for you to send binary data to the others

Screenshots

Bria4 screens
LinkTalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LinkTalk at 5.0 against Bria's 4.5. LinkTalk also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Bria's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (997 vs 1). 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

LinkTalk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bria has 997 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bria ships an update monthly, LinkTalk every 12 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bria versus LinkTalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriaLinkTalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (997 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings997 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCounterPath CorporationYuxi Liu

Customer experience

Bria

All ratings992 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative66.1%

LinkTalk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bria

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent call drops
  • App freezes and crashes
  • Registration and login issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add SMS functionality
  • Improve call stability and quality
  • Provide better customer support

LinkTalk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bria

No in-app purchases

None

LinkTalk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bria free?
Bria is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LinkTalk free?
LinkTalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bria or LinkTalk?
LinkTalk is rated higher. Bria averages 4.5 out of 5 from 997 ratings, while LinkTalk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bria or LinkTalk have ads?
Neither Bria nor LinkTalk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bria or LinkTalk?
Bria ships an update monthly, and LinkTalk every 12 months. Most recently, Bria was updated on October 24, 2026 and LinkTalk on October 24, 2026.

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