Comparison

AnswerForce vs Answering Service Care

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

Head to head
About

AnswerForce

This app provides 24/7 live receptionist services to ensure instant customer responses and excellent support. Manage your business communications on-the-go, access call data, and respond to customer messages directly from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • 24/7 live receptionist service
  • Instant customer responses
  • On-the-go business management
  • Access call data and messages
  • View appointment updates
  • Respond to inbound messages
  • Forward messages to team
Features
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Deliver happiness to your customers with instant responses, practical support, and excellent customer service. Carry your office in your pocket and manage your business on-the-go from your smartphone with the AnswerForce app. While you focus on expanding your core business, your AnswerForce receptionists focus on your customer communications. - Access your call data and messages - View your live appointment updates - View, prioritize, and respond to inbound customer messages - Share important schedule updates and collaborate with your team - Forward customer messages to your team via email/SMS - Add notes to customer messages to instruct your team

About

Answering Service Care

Manage your answering service efficiently from your mobile device. Receive message notifications, listen to voicemails, update on-call contacts, and pay your bill securely. Stay connected with clients 24/7.

Highlights
  • Receive message notifications
  • Listen to voicemails on the go
  • Update on-call contacts
  • Pay bills securely
  • 24/7 coverage management
  • Appointment booking
Features
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Answering Service Care gives clients a secure, convenient way to manage their answering service from a mobile device. Use the ASC mobile app to: - Get notified when new messages arrive - Review messages, recordings, and voicemails - Place outbound calls from your business number - Send and manage in-app SMS - Pause dispatching with Hold My Calls - Manage business contacts and message notes - View usage reports and notification preferences - Access billing and payment options The app is built for active Answering Service Care clients. Accounts are created and provisioned by ASC or the client’s business administrator; there is no in-app public signup. For more than 50 years, Answering Service Care has helped businesses stay responsive with 24/7 answering support, message delivery, appointment scheduling, bilingual support, and customer communication tools. Our mobile app brings key account workflows into one secure place so you can stay connected while you are away from the desk. To receive timely alerts, allow push notifications when prompted.

Screenshots

AnswerForce4 screens
Answering Service Care4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Answering Service Care at 100% against AnswerForce's 54%. Answering Service Care also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). AnswerForce's advantage is ratings volume (658 vs 5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Answering Service Care holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AnswerForce has 658 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of AnswerForce's written reviews are positive against 100% of Answering Service Care's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnswerForce ships an update every 2 weeks, Answering Service Care monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AnswerForce versus Answering Service Care: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnswerForceAnswering Service Care
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (658 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings658 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size308 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael PayneAnswering Service Care

Customer experience

AnswerForce

All ratings658 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%

Answering Service Care

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AnswerForce

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App perpetually signs out users
  • Notifications stop alerting on iPhone
  • Pictures not showing in colleague messages
  • App crashes when opened
  • Background refresh not working

Requested features

3 requests
  • Text messaging capability
  • Background refresh for notifications
  • Improved app stability and performance

Answering Service Care

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AnswerForce

No in-app purchases

None

Answering Service Care

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnswerForce free?
AnswerForce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Answering Service Care free?
Answering Service Care is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AnswerForce or Answering Service Care?
Answering Service Care is rated higher. AnswerForce averages 4.6 out of 5 from 658 ratings, while Answering Service Care averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do AnswerForce or Answering Service Care have ads?
Neither AnswerForce nor Answering Service Care shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnswerForce or Answering Service Care?
AnswerForce ships an update every 2 weeks, and Answering Service Care monthly. Most recently, AnswerForce was updated on October 24, 2026 and Answering Service Care on October 24, 2026.

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