Canopy vs NocTel Go 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canopy
Manage your accounting practice and clients from anywhere with this mobile app. Access client information, files, and manage projects, tasks, and billing on the go. Securely handle sensitive data with advanced mobile security features.
- Client communication and information access
- Mobile file management and annotation
- Workflow automation and task management
- Time tracking and client requests
- Invoice review and payment processing
- Mobile security with multi-factor authentication
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Canopy is the firm-wide operating system that helps you build the accounting firm you've always wanted. And with the Canopy mobile app, you stay connected and productive from anywhere, giving you everything you need to manage your firm and clients from the palm of your hand. Stay in touch with clients Stay connected to your clients and their work. With ready access to your clients' information, you can keep things moving and answer the important questions on the go. Take files anywhere Be prepared for any client, IRS call, or firm conversation with mobile access to your files. Easily review, annotate, scan, and store them. Even upload photos from messages or file storage apps on the go. Manage your work Keep track of your client projects. Leverage workflow automation, create new tasks, update existing ones, or send client requests. Track time worked and reply to your clients—all from your fingertips. Get paid faster Review your clients' outstanding and past invoices, resend payment requests, and receive or record payments lickety-split. Security built for mobile Protect your information with multi-factor authentication, encryption, and touch or face identification. Manage devices and revoke access on the fly. About Canopy Canopy is a cloud-based practice management suite for accounting professionals. The suite includes the Client Engagement Platform—the foundation of everything—Document Management, Workflow, Time & Billing, Insights, and Tax Resolution.
NocTel Go 2
This business communication app extends your hosted voice services to your mobile device. Make calls, transfer them, access voicemails, and manage your business phone functions from your smartphone or tablet.
- Hosted voice services on mobile
- Direct extension dialing
- Call transferring
- Voicemail access
- Business phone functionalities
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Take NocTel hosted voice services with you on your iOS smartphone or tablet! NocTel Go 2 can supplement or even replace physical handsets while being associated with the same NocTel account allowing for direct extension dialing, call transferring, personal voicemail and voicemail access of other extensions, and all our common business phone functionalities.
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Verdict
Canopy and NocTel Go 2 both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of Canopy's written reviews are positive against 0% of NocTel Go 2's. Canopy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 18). NocTel Go 2's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Canopy against 4.7 for NocTel Go 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canopy has 1.1K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Canopy's written reviews are positive against 0% of NocTel Go 2's.
Canopy ships an update weekly, NocTel Go 2 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canopy | NocTel Go 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canopy Tax | NocTel Communications, Inc. |
Customer experience
Canopy
NocTel Go 2
Bugs and requests
Canopy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Active Work bug
- Blank screen issue when using default filter
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to send questionnaires and signature requests to clients through the app
- Creating invoices and sending through the app
- Ability to see task comments on the mobile app
- Ability to run reports, submit time, access billing, etc. from the app
- Sortable tasks by date, client, or status, and a notification center for client updates
NocTel Go 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Canopy
No in-app purchases
NocTel Go 2
No in-app purchases
