fonika vs RosterM8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
fonika
Connect with colleagues through messaging and voice calls using your phone's internet. View coworker presence, access voicemails, and make/receive calls to any phone number.
- Team messaging
- Voice calling
- Colleague presence
- Voicemail retrieval
- External calls
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Fonika is a team communications platform for the modern workplace. fonika uses your phone's internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi as available) to let you connect with co-workers and colleagues using messaging and voice calling. You can view a colleagues presence, retrieve voicemail messages left for you as well as make and receive calls to and from any real world telephone number.
RosterM8
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RosterM8 is a brand new software that is specifically made for shift based businesses and management of staff. In this application you are able to confirm / deny your shifts and even view your timesheet!
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Verdict
fonika and RosterM8 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
fonika ships an update every 9 months, RosterM8 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | fonika | RosterM8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — 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 | 93 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FONIKA PTY LTD | Manik Khanna |
In-app purchases
fonika
No in-app purchases
RosterM8
No in-app purchases
