Comparison

String vs MyCloud Mobile

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

Head to head
About

String

Enhance customer engagement with a business SMS and voice platform. Organize your inbox, automate responses, and manage contacts efficiently. Send personalized messages to individuals or groups, and access your workflow from any device.

Highlights
  • Use existing or new phone numbers
  • Organize inbox with sales funnel view
  • Automated responses and auto-replies
  • Contact management and CRM integrations
  • 1-1, group, and mass messaging
  • Templates and voicemail transcription
  • Browser and mobile app access
Features
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Boost your brand engagement with String’s intuitive business SMS marketing, text and voice. ANY PHONE NUMBER, EVEN LANDLINES Use your existing mobile or landline number with String. Select a new local number or upgrade to a vanity or toll free number of your choice. ORGANIZE YOUR INBOX Transform your inbox into a sales funnel or kanban board with various viewing, filtering and tagging options — Stay on top of your conversations and never miss a message again. POWERFUL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT Mark Unread and Archive — You love it for your emails, you’ll love it for your texts. STAY RESPONSIVE, 24/7 Amplify your interaction with automations and Auto-Replies — Respond to texts and missed calls on time, every time. TAP INTO ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Contact Management & Integrations — Save important contact notes directly from the message thread. Capture contacts, import from your phone or computer,, automate workflows, integrate with tools you love (like your CRM, etc). REACH THE MASSES, OR JUST ONE Conversational, Groups or Mass Messaging — Respond directly with 1-1 messaging, message with a group,r or send personalized Mass Messages to multiple people at once, individually. BUILD A LOYAL CUSTOMER BASE Send promos, reminders and confirmations and never miss a lead, client or customer with Elite features like triggered Keyword Responses, and Auto-Replies. SAVE TIME Templates — No more copy-pasting the same message over and over. No time to listen to voicemail? View voicemail transcriptions in your inbox with visual voicemail. USE IT ANYWHERE Browser & Mobile Apps — Increase your workflow efficiency with access to String from your computer and mobile device. CALL FORWARDING & VOICE Separate your personal and professional calls with call forwarding and flexible voice settings. GOT QUESTIONS? Email our stellar support at support@joinstring.com. Find helpful articles, join our customer community and create tickets in our Help Center: https://help.joinstring.com/hc/en-us Terms of Service: https://www.joinstring.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.joinstring.com/privacy

About

MyCloud Mobile

This business communication app extends VoIP functionality to mobile devices, offering calling, texting, and instant messaging. It allows users to maintain a consistent identity across devices and manage contacts, voicemail, and call history in one place.

Highlights
  • VoIP calling
  • Text messaging
  • Instant messaging
  • Unified Communications
  • Contact management
  • Voicemail management
  • Call history
Features
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qMyCloud Mobile is a SIP soft client that extends VolP functionality beyond the landline or desktop. It brings features of the MyCloud UCaaS platform, such as calling, texting and instant messaging directly to end user's mobile devices as a Unified Communications solution. With MyCloud Mobile, users can maintain the same identity when making or receiving calls and texts from any location, regardless of their device. Users also can seamlessly send an ongoing call from one device to another and continue that call without interruption. MyCloud Mobile grants users the ability to manage contacts, voicemail, call history and configurations in a single location. This includes managing answering rules, greetings, and presence for more efficient communication. ***NOTICE: You must have an existing account with a supported service provider for MyCloud Mobile to work.***

Screenshots

String4 screens
MyCloud Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: String at 69% against MyCloud Mobile's 0%. String also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (62 vs 1). MyCloud Mobile's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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

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

String holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: String has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of String's written reviews are positive against 0% of MyCloud Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

String ships an update every 2 months, MyCloud Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
String versus MyCloud Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStringMyCloud Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (62 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews68.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings62 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNumberBarn, LLCMyCloud Mobile

Customer experience

String

All ratings62 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral1.6%
Negative33.9%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive68.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative28.6%

MyCloud Mobile

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

String

No in-app purchases

None

MyCloud Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is String free?
String is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyCloud Mobile free?
MyCloud Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, String or MyCloud Mobile?
String is rated higher. String averages 3.5 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while MyCloud Mobile averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do String or MyCloud Mobile have ads?
Neither String nor MyCloud Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, String or MyCloud Mobile?
String ships an update every 2 months, and MyCloud Mobile every 3 months. Most recently, String was updated on October 14, 2026 and MyCloud Mobile on October 10, 2026.

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