PhoneLynk vs Vai Phone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhoneLynk
Establish a professional business identity on your smartphone with a dedicated business phone number. Features include automated virtual receptionists, call transfers, professional greetings, call tracking, and call recording. It helps separate business and personal calls and reduces the cost of traditional phone systems.
- Dedicated business phone numbers
- Automated virtual receptionist
- Call transfer and simultaneous ringing
- Professional voice greetings
- Call and text message tracking
- Call recording
- Automated spam call blocker
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Upgrade your smartphone to Business Class! Your business deserves a smart dedicated phone number. With PhoneLynk you can create a professional business identity on your smartphone. - Create a more professional image for your small business. - Dramatically reduce the cost of traditional phone systems. - Dedicated business numbers, or port your existing number. - Automated Virtual Receptionist - Transfer calls between employees - Ring multiple phones simultaneously - Create professional voice greetings - Track calls and text messages - Assign employees numbers you control - Call recording and much more PhoneLynk grew out of our need for a phone and texting solution to grow our business. The features we add are those we need along with features our customers request. We needed a way to take control of our phones by separating our personal and professional phone numbers, so that’s exactly what we did. AUTOMATED ATTENDANT! Our Automated Virtual Receptionist greets your customers and transfers them to the appropriate employee or department. For example, press 1 for Sales, press 2 for John Doe, etc. You can record your own professional greeting to showcase your company! EXTENSION NUMBERS FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE! Now you can have one company phone number and assign an extension to each employee. Callers will hear your Automated Attendant recording, but if they know an employee’s extension they can enter it directly, no waiting! RING MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES AT ONCE As a business it’s critical to respond to customers quickly. PhoneLynk allows you to ring multiple phones at once and allow the first available employee to answer. Employees can set themselves to online or offline to indicate when they’re available. Available status can also be scheduled to go into effect automatically! DISTINGUISH BUSINESS AND PERSONAL CALLS It’s easy to differentiate between your personal and business calls on your cellphone! No mix ups or confusion regarding when and how to answer. RECORD PHONE CALLS Now you can record any incoming or outgoing call with the click of a button. No confusing conferencing in a second line or using the speaker phone and a second recorder. Just click the record button and you’re done! AUTOMATIC SPAM CALL BLOCKER Everybody hates getting spam calls from telemarketers and scammers, so PhoneLynk.io refers to a database with thousands of phone numbers reported as spam calls to help prevent you from being bothered by them! UNLIMITED NUMBERS Stop sharing numbers! With PhoneLynk.io you can create as many business phone numbers as needed for about the cost of a latte! KEEP A CALL JOURNAL Each time you place or receive a call you'll be able to enter a memo about that call. This is great for business or for online sales. It's like a mini-contact manager built into your phone! You can easily refer back to your call journal to see what notes you entered after a call! Subscriptions: When subscribing to PhoneLynk via In App Purchase, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Charges are monthly, the amount charged will be based on the plan selected. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Service Title: PhoneLynk.io. Service period is monthly and provides access to VOIP services. Terms of service: www.phonelynk.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: www.phonelynk.io/privacy-policy
Vai Phone
This app provides a full-featured Cloud PBX system, enabling users to make calls with a virtual phone system. Features include auto-attendant, music on hold, and call recordings, all for free.
- Cloud PBX system
- Auto Attendant
- Music on Hold
- Call Recordings
- Free to use
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Make calls with Vai Soft Phone and get a full featured Cloud PBX for free, like your Auto Attendant, Music on Hold, Call Recordings and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vai Phone at 5.0 against PhoneLynk's 4.5. Vai Phone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). PhoneLynk's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. PhoneLynk sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Vai Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vai Phone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhoneLynk has 29 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of PhoneLynk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vai Phone's.
PhoneLynk ships an update monthly, Vai Phone every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | PhoneLynk | Vai Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CrowdMarket, Inc. | Blast Technologies Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
PhoneLynk
Vai Phone
In-app purchases
PhoneLynk
- 1 Line - Personal Security$29.991 Month
- 1 Line - Business Starter$34.991 Month
- 2 Line Business Starter$69.991 Month
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- 3 Lines - Small Business$104.991 Month
- 5 Lines - Business Plus$174.991 Month
- 10 Lines - Business 10$299.991 Month
- 400 Text Messages$7.99
- 400 Call Minutes$12.99
- Prepaid Disposable Number$34.99
Vai Phone
No in-app purchases








