Comparison

Kixie vs Talkdesk Phone

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

Head to head
About

Kixie

Enhance sales and support team productivity with a global telephony service. Access team directories, set up call routing, and integrate CRM contacts for seamless communication and performance tracking.

Highlights
  • Global phone numbers
  • Team directory access
  • CRM contact integration
  • Call routing and IVRs
  • Call and SMS logging
  • Distributed team support
Features
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Kixie helps your sales and support teams be more productive and engaging. Our sales focused telephony service empowers your team to work in the same office or distributed across the globe. Each member has quick access to the team directory for simple call transfers. Get a local or toll-free number for your business in more than 70 countries including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, and many more. Perfect for a distributed sales team or call center. Easily add, replace, or remove agents from call groups. Quickly set up call routing, IVRs, and call trees for inbound calls. Your CRM contacts (from Salesforce, Hubspot, Pipedrive, Insightly, PipelineDeals, and many more) are available to you in the Kixie app to easily send and receive SMS and phone calls. Every call and SMS you and your team makes is delivered to your CRM seamlessly so that you can keep track of account and agent performance. Call using your cell service or use your data connection to avoid expensive cell minutes. Either way, your calls are logged just the same.

About

Talkdesk Phone

This business phone system allows on-the-go professionals to make and receive calls, manage call history, and access voicemail. It integrates with your mobile device for seamless communication and offers features like do not disturb and call forwarding.

Highlights
  • Make and receive business calls
  • Call history and click-to-call
  • Voicemail access
  • Do Not Disturb mode
  • Call forwarding
  • Mobile device integration
  • Outbound caller ID selection
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Talkdesk Phone is a cloud business phone system natively built on a leading cloud contact center platform, reducing costs, unifying technologies and increasing business agility across the entire organization. Empower knowledgeable workers that are on the go with superior and secure call handling, including call controls, call history and user settings such as do not disturb. Download Talkdesk Phone to communicate internally, receive incoming calls or place outbound calls to anyone while working on-the-go. FEATURES: Personal User features: • Make and receive calls • Access to recent calls & click to call • Search and click to call to other Talkdesk Phone users • Speaker, bluetooth, mute, hold, and a keypad • Access to personal voicemail box • Do Not Disturb • Selection of outbound caller id • Call forward unconditional • Multi-language support for user announcements • Emergency 911 and 988 calls to a generic sorting center (costs may apply) • Support for 112 and 999 emergency calls • Report a problem option Integration with user’s mobile device • Missed call notifications • Ability to present the name of the personal contacts when receiving and making calls inside the application NOTE: • To be able to access this application, you need to have a Talkdesk Phone license and credentials.

Screenshots

Kixie4 screens
Talkdesk Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Talkdesk Phone at 4.4 against Kixie's 1.9. Talkdesk Phone also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 10%). Kixie's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (50 vs 7). 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

Talkdesk Phone holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kixie has 50 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Kixie's written reviews are positive against 50% of Talkdesk Phone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kixie ships an update monthly, Talkdesk Phone every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kixie versus Talkdesk Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKixieTalkdesk Phone
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (50 ratings)4.4 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKixieTalkdesk, Inc.

Customer experience

Kixie

All ratings47 ratings
Positive21.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative72.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative80.0%

Talkdesk Phone

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kixie

No in-app purchases

None

Talkdesk Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kixie free?
Kixie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Talkdesk Phone free?
Talkdesk Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kixie or Talkdesk Phone?
Talkdesk Phone is rated higher. Kixie averages 1.9 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Talkdesk Phone averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Kixie or Talkdesk Phone have ads?
Neither Kixie nor Talkdesk Phone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kixie or Talkdesk Phone?
Kixie ships an update monthly, and Talkdesk Phone every 3 months. Most recently, Kixie was updated on October 23, 2026 and Talkdesk Phone on October 24, 2026.

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