Comparison

Ringotel vs Bistelecom Messenger

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

Head to head
About

Ringotel

This app provides a complete unified communications solution for teams, enabling seamless calls, chats, and file sharing on the go. It ensures secure remote work with corporate identity and enhances connectivity even on unstable internet connections.

Highlights
  • Unified communications solution
  • Video calls and audio conferences
  • Group chats and public channels
  • File sharing
  • Remote work organization
  • Corporate identity calling
  • Encrypted calls and messages
Features
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With Ringotel mobile apps you and your team members can stay connected and more productive on the go while keeping your extension with you, wherever you are. What Ringotel brings to your team: **Complete UC solution that works with your cloud or on-premise IP PBX installation** • Collaborate with your team wherever you are. • Make video calls, organise audio conferences and group chats, create public channels, share files, and much more. **Easily and securely organise remote work for your employees** • Dial external numbers using corporate identity/phone numbers. Receive calls through your IP PBX extension. • Keep track of your business communications with the detailed client profiles and history of communications organised by each contact. **Enhance connectivity and call quality event with an unstable internet connection** • With push notifications you can stay connected anywhere you are, so that your clients stay happy with your service. • Ringotel Shell enhances the connectivity for your employees and the quality of voice implementing the best in class audio codec Opus. **Our top priority is the privacy of your conversations and data.** • Ringotel apps provide encryption for calls, messages, and data by default using the strongest block ciphers available. To use this app a subscription to Ringotel service is required.

About

Bistelecom Messenger

Features
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With Bistelecom Messenger, you can send and receive texts from your Bistelecom business phone numbers. Make and receive text messages using your business phone number! • Use your business phone number to text instead of your personal number • Send and receive text and picture messages to/from any cell phone number in the continental US & Canada View your messages on multiple devices: • Use your account on multiple devices with one sign-in • Access your messages from any computer via your browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge) • Multiple users can access the same number so you or your team can reply to any message Now your customers can communicate with you with the ease and convenience that they have when texting with friends and family. No need to download a separate messaging “app” to contact you - they can simply text your business number and get in touch.

Screenshots

Ringotel4 screens
Bistelecom Messenger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ringotel at monthly against Bistelecom Messenger's every 15 months. Ringotel also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ringotel ships an update monthly, Bistelecom Messenger every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ringotel versus Bistelecom Messenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRingotelBistelecom Messenger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRingotel Communications Limited9311-8560 Quebec Inc

In-app purchases

None

Ringotel

No in-app purchases

None

Bistelecom Messenger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ringotel free?
Ringotel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bistelecom Messenger free?
Bistelecom Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ringotel or Bistelecom Messenger have ads?
Neither Ringotel nor Bistelecom Messenger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ringotel or Bistelecom Messenger?
Ringotel ships an update monthly, and Bistelecom Messenger every 15 months. Most recently, Ringotel was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bistelecom Messenger on October 9, 2026.

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