Ooma Home Phone vs SORT LA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ooma Home Phone
This app extends your home phone service to your mobile device. Make and receive calls using your home number, manage voicemail, and check call history from anywhere. It utilizes internet calling for unlimited domestic and low-rate international calls.
- Make calls from your Ooma number
- Receive calls away from home
- Check Ooma voicemail
- Unlimited domestic calls via VoIP
- Low-rate international calls
- Access contacts and favorites
- View call history
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As a companion to Ooma’s award winning home phone service, this app lets you make calls from your Ooma phone number, receive calls when you’re away from home, check your Ooma voicemail, and more. Purchase the beautiful Ooma Telo at your favorite retailer or at Ooma.com. Getting started with the app: 1. Login with your Ooma phone number and password. Please note that the app works with the primary number on your Ooma account, not additional numbers. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it by visiting My Ooma. 2. Make unlimited domestic calls without using your cellular plan minutes. The Ooma application makes calls using the Internet, also known as Voice Over IP (VoIP). Make sure that you have a strong Internet connection, either Wi-Fi or 3G/4G, to ensure the highest voice quality. 3. Make international calls for low rates. Visit My Ooma to purchase international calling credits or to sign up for the Ooma World calling plan which includes unlimited calls to more than 60 countries. 4. Dial numbers in your iPhone’s contact list or set up a list of Favorites for quick access from the Ooma app. 5. Get alerts for new voicemail and listen to them conveniently on your phone. You can delete messages or file them into folders, all from the app. 6. View your call history, manage your privacy settings, and more. The Ooma app requires iOS 7.0 and higher. Be aware that some mobile network operators prohibit or restrict the use of VoIP over their network or impose additional fees and/or charges when using VoIP over their network. By using Ooma Mobile over 3G/4G/LTE, you agree to familiarize yourself with and abide by any restrictions your cellular carrier imposes and agree that Ooma will not be held liable for any charges, fees or liability imposed by your carrier for using Ooma Mobile over their 3G/4G/LTE network.
SORT LA
Discover how to recycle, compost, or dispose of common materials in Los Angeles. Test your knowledge with an engaging waste-sorting game to improve your recycling skills.
- Recycling information for common materials
- Composting guidelines
- Disposal instructions
- Waste-sorting game
- Los Angeles specific information
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Search for common materials to learn how they can be recycled, composted, or disposed of in Los Angeles with LA Sanitation & Environment. Test your skills with our Can You SORT It? waste-sorting game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SORT LA at 5.0 against Ooma Home Phone's 4.6. SORT LA also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Ooma Home Phone's advantage is ratings volume (3.2K vs 3) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
SORT LA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ooma Home Phone has 3.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Ooma Home Phone's written reviews are positive against 100% of SORT LA's.
Ooma Home Phone ships an update every 5 weeks, SORT LA every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ooma Home Phone | SORT LA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.2K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ooma Inc. | City of Los Angeles |
Customer experience
Ooma Home Phone
SORT LA
Bugs and requests
Ooma Home Phone
Reported bugs
3 issues- App login/authentication issues
- Inconsistent call history and voicemail tracking
- Unreliable incoming call notifications
Requested features
3 requests- Add text messaging capability
- Improve call blocking and spam filtering
- Integrate with more devices and platforms
SORT LA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ooma Home Phone
No in-app purchases
SORT LA
No in-app purchases
Questions
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