AnswerForce vs SubOffice Employee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
SubOffice Employee
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Manage your mobile workforce with ease. With this app, field managers can log employee timesheets and record payroll details directly from the job site, no more paper forms or back-office delays. Key features: • Add and edit employee timesheets: clock in/out, job code, hours worked. • Enter payroll data: wages, overtime, bonuses, allowances. • Track labor by project, team or employee for better visibility. • Optimized for field use: quick access, minimal data entry, designed for mobile. Whether you’re managing construction crews, service technicians, or remote teams, this app gives you the real-time control you need. Get rid of the paperwork, stay compliant, and keep your workforce running smoothly anywhere, anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SubOffice Employee at every 3 days against AnswerForce's every 2 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AnswerForce ships an update every 2 weeks, SubOffice Employee every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AnswerForce | SubOffice Employee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (658 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 658 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 308 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Payne | Sub-Office Corporation |
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
SubOffice Employee
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AnswerForce
No in-app purchases
SubOffice Employee
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AnswerForce free?
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Do AnswerForce or SubOffice Employee have ads?
Which is updated more often, AnswerForce or SubOffice Employee?
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