Comparison

Tresta vs PATLive Flex

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

Head to head
About

Tresta

This business phone system offers unlimited calling and texting on a dedicated business number, accessible from your smartphone. It provides essential collaboration features to enhance your company's professional image and communication capabilities.

Highlights
  • Unlimited calling
  • Unlimited texting
  • Business phone number
  • Collaboration features
  • Mobile accessibility
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Tresta is a business phone system that’s as mobile as you are, with all the calling, texting and collaboration features you need to help your business look its best. Install Tresta on your smartphone today and begin taking advantage of unlimited calling and texting on your business phone number - from anywhere. Note: The Tresta app uses call bridging to facilitate outbound calls. This requires voice and data to access with your iPhone service provider.

About

PATLive Flex

Manage your business operations remotely with this app. Update your availability to control how calls are handled and access call summaries, messages, voicemails, and recordings.

Highlights
  • Remote business management
  • Update call handling status
  • Review call summaries
  • Access messages and voicemails
  • Listen to call recordings
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With the PATLive Flex mobile app, you can manage your business from anywhere. Easily update your status to instantly change how receptionists are handling your calls, and review call summaries, messages, voicemails and recordings. To use the PATLive Flex mobile app, you must be a current customer with a Starter, Standard, Premium, Pro or Pro+ plan. To learn more about becoming a customer or for assistance with your current account, visit www.patlive.com or call +1 (800) 775-7790.

Screenshots

Tresta4 screens
PATLive Flex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PATLive Flex at 5.0 against Tresta's 4.7. Tresta's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

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

PATLive Flex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tresta has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tresta ships an update monthly, PATLive Flex every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tresta versus PATLive Flex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrestaPATLive Flex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB40 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTrestaPATLive, Inc.

Customer experience

Tresta

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive17.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative80.9%

PATLive Flex

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

In-app purchases

None

Tresta

No in-app purchases

None

PATLive Flex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tresta free?
Tresta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PATLive Flex free?
PATLive Flex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tresta or PATLive Flex?
PATLive Flex is rated higher. Tresta averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while PATLive Flex averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tresta or PATLive Flex have ads?
Neither Tresta nor PATLive Flex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tresta or PATLive Flex?
Tresta ships an update monthly, and PATLive Flex every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tresta was updated on September 25, 2026 and PATLive Flex on September 17, 2026.

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