Sift Connect vs Lumina
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sift Connect
This app provides instant access to your entire organization's contact information and team structure. Easily connect with colleagues via phone, SMS, or email, even when they are out of office. Discover bios, skills, and interests to foster better team collaboration.
- Powerful search for people
- One-click calling, texting, emailing
- Colleague profiles (photos, bios, skills)
- Company and team directory
- Interactive organizational hierarchy
- Connect with leaders and teams
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Sift Connect puts your entire organization at your finger tips. Sift brings effortless transparency to your organization on the go: enabling everyone on your team to quickly connect with their colleagues via phone, SMS, or email even if they're out of the office. Features: - Powerful tolerant search to instantly connect you with the right people in your organization - Call, text, or email any of your colleagues with one click - All the information about your colleagues in one place: photos, bios, skills, interests and contact information - Listing of your company and team, as well as your recent connections - Interactive hierarchy makes it easy to connect with a colleagues leader or team if they are unavailable
Lumina
This business communication app offers a unified experience for calls, messaging, and voicemails. It provides features like call forwarding, transfer, and conferencing, along with presence indicators for colleagues. It requires a service from Lumina to function.
- Integrated VoIP softphone with GSM fallback
- Instant messaging and notifications
- Unified communication experience
- Contact management
- Call forwarding and control
- Call transfer, conferencing, and recording
- Presence and user states
- Integrated video conferencing
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-------------------------------------------------- Note: Lumina will only work as part of a service provided by Lumina. -------------------------------------------------- Key features include: - Integrated VoIP softphone with automatic fall-back to GSM should you experience poor WiFi or mobile data service. - Instant notifications. - Instant messaging between users and groups. - A rich Unified Communication experience including messaging, voicemails, calls, and history. - Access to your personal and corporate contacts, providing the same experience as when you are in the office. - Manage when you want to take calls, and when you don't, with full control over call forwarding. - Call Transfer, Conferencing, and Call Recording; all of the features that you expect from a desk phone but without the wires. - Feature-rich presence and user states, see when your colleagues are on the phone or busy in meetings. - Integrated video conferencing capability.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lumina at 100% against Sift Connect's 75%. Sift Connect's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13 vs 16.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sift Connect | Lumina |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sift, LLC | Genesis Telecom Limited |
Customer experience
Sift Connect
Lumina
In-app purchases
Sift Connect
No in-app purchases
Lumina
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Sift Connect free?
Is Lumina free?
Do Sift Connect or Lumina have ads?
Which is updated more often, Sift Connect or Lumina?
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