Thurcom Phone vs //afone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thurcom Phone
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Mit der Thurcom Phone App haben Sie Ihren Thurcom Festnetzanschluss überall dabei. Empfangen Sie mit Ihrem Smartphone unterwegs Anrufe auf Ihren Festnetzanschluss oder telefonieren Sie zu den günstigen Thurcom Tarifen. Die Thurcom App nutzt dabei bestehende WLAN, 3G oder 4G Verbindungen. Hinweise: Sie benötigen einen Thurcom Telefon Anschluss, damit Sie diese App nutzen können. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Homepage. Bitte beachten Sie, dass beim Telefonieren mit der Thurcom Phone App über ein mobiles Netzwerk, zusätzliche Kosten bei Ihrem Mobilfunkanbieter entstehen können. With this application from THURCOM, you receive all incoming calls to your fix phone on your mobile, whether at home or traveling, you can also make mobile calls at the tariff of your fix phone, and thus benefit from the advantageous conditions included in your telephony offer. Note: you need to have an account from Thurcom in order to use this software. This is a supplier specific application. More information is available on the homepage of your voice provider.
//afone
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//afone is the reference implementation for SIP Telephony on iOS that can be used on different SIP stacks with no effort. This is a ready to use softphone with the following features: * video calling * mute/unmute * hold/unhold * DTMF tone sending You will need your own SIP server to connect to or a CPaaS provider account and credentials. It's Open Source and available on GitHub under https://github.com/automat-berlin/afone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: //afone at monthly against Thurcom Phone's every 8 months. //afone also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thurcom Phone ships an update every 8 months, //afone monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thurcom Phone | //afone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thurcom | Automat Berlin GmbH |
In-app purchases
Thurcom Phone
No in-app purchases
//afone
No in-app purchases
