VIP vs PenPoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIP
Communicate using a virtual phone number without IVR menus. Make calls, send texts, and manage picture messages from your existing VIP Number. Track conversations and nickname important messages for easy access.
- Virtual number calling
- No IVR dialing
- Contact integration
- Recent calls list
- Text message tracking
- Picture messaging
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Connect your existing VIP Number and begin communicating without IVR (touch-tone) dialing. Make calls from your virtual number using the Keypad, dial by selecting an existing Contact, or redial Recent numbers. Easily track VIP texting conversations, send and receive picture messages, and nickname important texts.
PenPoint
This app provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data for law enforcement investigations. It helps users understand target locations by mapping cellular tower sectors and ping services.
- Secure mobile access to surveillance data
- Mapping of cellular tower sectors
- Precision location ping services
- Analysis of target location patterns
- Support for law enforcement investigations
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PenPoint works with PenLink’s on-premise software, PLX, to conduct lawful communications surveillance operations in support of law enforcement investigations. PenPoint provides secure mobile access to communications surveillance data collected and stored by a PLX system. Specifically and primarily, PenPoint helps mobile users understand the probable whereabouts and location patterns of targets by mapping cellular tower sectors and precision location ping services offered by several mobile carriers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PenPoint at 5.0 against VIP's 3.6. PenPoint also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
PenPoint holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively.
VIP ships an update every 3 months, PenPoint every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 8, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIP | PenPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 461 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | Pen-Link, Ltd. |
Customer experience
VIP
PenPoint
In-app purchases
VIP
No in-app purchases
PenPoint
No in-app purchases
