Comparison

Nextcloud Talk vs CiviMobile

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

Head to head
About

Nextcloud Talk

Communicate privately with secure audio/video calls, web conferences, and chat. This app offers end-to-end encryption and is mediated by your own server for maximum privacy. It supports HD calls, screen sharing, and push notifications.

Highlights
  • HD audio/video calls
  • Group and one-on-one calls
  • Webinars & public web meetings
  • Individual and group chat
  • Easy screen sharing
  • Mobile push notifications
  • End-to-end encrypted calls
Features
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Use Nextcloud Talk to have one-on-one or group audio or video calls, create or join web conferences and send chat messages. All communication is fully encrypted and mediated by your own server, providing the highest degree of privacy possible. Nextcloud Talk is easy to use and will always be completely free! Nextcloud Talk supports: * HD (H.264) audio/video calls * Group and one-on-one calls * Webinars & public web meetings * Individual and group chat * Easy screen sharing * Mobile call & chat push notifications * Integration in Nextcloud Files and Nextcloud Groupware * Fully on-premise, 100% open source * End-to-end Encrypted calls * Scaling to millions of users * SIP gate: dial in by phone The Nextcloud Talk app requires a Nextcloud Talk server to function. Nextcloud is a private, self-hosted file sync and communication platform, designed to put you back in control over your data. It runs on a server of your choice, be it at home, at a service provider or in your enterprise, and gives you access to your documents, calendars, contacts, email and other data. You can share with others even across different Nextcloud servers and work together on documents. Nextcloud is fully open source, giving you the option to extend them for your own use, participate in their development or simply verify they do what we promise. Millions of users use Nextcloud daily at businesses and homes around the world. Business users rely on the professional support of Nextcloud GmbH, making sure they have a fully supported, enterprise-ready platform for productivity and collaboration, fully under control of their IT department.

About

CiviMobile

Access and manage your CiviCRM data securely from your mobile device, even offline. Update contacts, activities, events, and more while in the field. Streamline your work with features like event registration, ticketing, and contribution tracking.

Highlights
  • Offline access to CiviCRM data
  • Add and update contacts, activities, and events
  • Event registration and ticketing
  • Membership management and renewal
  • Contribution tracking
  • Search and dial contacts
  • QR code scanning for check-in
Features
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CiviMobile allows CiviCRM users secure access to the system and has key features you need when working in the field. No more notes on contacts and cases or rewriting the plans! Now, you can add and update contacts, activities, events, memberships, relationships, and use many other functions on the go, even when you are offline.    CiviMobile gives CiviCRM users the freedom to act on the go, even when they are offline. With CiviMobile, you need just to reach out to your pocket to leave notes for yourself or your contacts, edit details on your contacts, events, cases, memberships and contributions, subscribe to an event or update yourself on latest news and changes.  What can I do with CiviMobile?    • Search and reach - easily find contacts you want to reach and dial or message them right away   • Profiles - add new contacts to the CiviCRM database on the go. Update your own and your contacts’ information; sync CiviMobile contacts to contact book on your device; make profile notes and share them with others. The app supports custom fields that are configured in CiviCRM.  • Groups - organize the contacts within groups to manage them easily   • Tags - import your contacts with tags to make database searching quick  • Calendar - have an immediate access to a graphical calendar with all of your cases, activities and events   • Membership - it takes just a moment to view and renew your membership status   • Activities - view, edit and assign activities right when you need it     • Cases - view and edit cases’ details and priority statuses when working in the field    • Relationships - create and update relationships using CiviMobile app    • Events - have access to past and future events by checking its details as description, place, date, and time.   • Event Agenda - give event attendees full info about multiple sessions, speakers, venues in an intuitive mobile-friendly format • Event Participants Management - register yourself and others for paid or free events. View registered participants and manage their statuses   • In-app Payment - register for events and pay your membership dues conveniently inside the app • Ticketing & Check-in - mark participants, who have attended an event, with Check-In feature by scanning their QR code or changing statuses manually  • Navigation - use navigation to get to a branch organisation or an event location     • Contributions - easily access the details on your payments including dates, types and totals  • Public Area - view and register for public events as an unauthenticated user or create an account in CiviCRM from CiviMobile app • Surveys - conduct surveys with all details, walk lists, respondent statuses at your fingerprints and insights for processing in real-time • Petitions - launch petition campaigns wider public can support directly from their mobile devices • Push-notifications - pop-up messages informing about user-related activities are displayed on users’ mobile devices • Settings - use a Settings screen to configure your app to your preferences   There is no need to be tied to your desktop to reap the benefits of CiviCRM - the CiviMobile app lets you easily manage your activity and connect with other constituents at the increased processing speed of a native application. You do not have to worry about internet access - all the features of the app are available offline, all data being synchronised when the device resumes connection.    IMPORTANT: To use CiviMobile, a mobile app for CiviCRM, CiviMobileAPI extension should be installed in your CiviCRM system. Without the access to your organization's CiviCRM, you will only be able to work with the demo database.

Screenshots

Nextcloud Talk4 screens
CiviMobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nextcloud Talk and CiviMobile both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of CiviMobile's written reviews are positive against 55% of Nextcloud Talk's. CiviMobile also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). Nextcloud Talk's advantage is ratings volume (411 vs 18) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Nextcloud Talk against 4.6 for CiviMobile. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextcloud Talk has 411 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Nextcloud Talk's written reviews are positive against 88% of CiviMobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextcloud Talk ships an update every 3 weeks, CiviMobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nextcloud Talk versus CiviMobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextcloud TalkCiviMobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (411 ratings)4.6 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings411 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNextcloud GmbHCIVIMOBILE SOLUTIONS, LLC

Customer experience

Nextcloud Talk

All ratings411 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews243 reviews
Positive55.1%
Neutral18.1%
Negative26.7%

CiviMobile

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Nextcloud Talk

No in-app purchases

None

CiviMobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nextcloud Talk free?
Nextcloud Talk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CiviMobile free?
CiviMobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nextcloud Talk or CiviMobile?
CiviMobile is rated higher. Nextcloud Talk averages 4.5 out of 5 from 411 ratings, while CiviMobile averages 4.6 from 18 ratings.
Do Nextcloud Talk or CiviMobile have ads?
Neither Nextcloud Talk nor CiviMobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nextcloud Talk or CiviMobile?
Nextcloud Talk ships an update every 3 weeks, and CiviMobile every 2 months. Most recently, Nextcloud Talk was updated on September 22, 2026 and CiviMobile on September 8, 2026.

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