Comparison

PhoneLynk vs GBPN

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

GBPN

This app provides a dedicated business phone number for your mobile device. It enables you to make calls, send and receive SMS/MMS messages, and manage voicemails, all from your smartphone.

Highlights
  • Dedicated business phone number
  • Make and receive calls
  • SMS and MMS messaging
  • Voicemail management
  • Mobile business communication
Features
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GBPN allows you to have your business phone number on your cell phone. You can make calls, engage in SMS and MMS messaging, listen to voicemails, etc using this app.

Screenshots

PhoneLynk4 screens
GBPN4 screens

Verdict

The call

PhoneLynk and GBPN both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of PhoneLynk's written reviews are positive against 50% of GBPN's. PhoneLynk also leads on ratings volume (29 vs 5). GBPN's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PhoneLynk sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. GBPN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for PhoneLynk against 4.4 for GBPN. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhoneLynk has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of PhoneLynk's written reviews are positive against 50% of GBPN's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PhoneLynk versus GBPN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoneLynkGBPN
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29 ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCrowdMarket, Inc.GBPN

Customer experience

PhoneLynk

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

GBPN

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

PhoneLynk

Subscriptions6
  • 1 Line - Personal Security$29.991 Month
  • 1 Line - Business Starter$34.991 Month
  • 2 Line Business Starter$69.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • 3 Lines - Small Business$104.991 Month
  • 5 Lines - Business Plus$174.991 Month
  • 10 Lines - Business 10$299.991 Month
One-time3
  • 400 Text Messages$7.99
  • 400 Call Minutes$12.99
  • Prepaid Disposable Number$34.99
None

GBPN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhoneLynk free?
PhoneLynk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GBPN free?
GBPN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PhoneLynk or GBPN?
PhoneLynk is rated higher. PhoneLynk averages 4.5 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while GBPN averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do PhoneLynk or GBPN have ads?
Neither PhoneLynk nor GBPN shows ads.

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