smrtPhone vs Alex Colhoun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
smrtPhone
This mobile app integrates your cloud-based phone system with your CRM, enabling seamless calling, texting, and contact management from your device. It logs all communication, allows for call notes, and offers advanced sales features to accelerate your sales cycle and enhance customer relationships.
- CRM contact list sync
- SMS/MMS messaging with CRM logging
- Call logging and recording
- In-call notes sync
- Call disposition tracking
- Multiple Caller ID options
- Text and voicemail inbox access
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smrtPhone is a full featured, cloud based phone system that allows you to make more calls, send more texts, and close more deals. With smrtPhone, your phone system becomes a fully integrated part of your CRM, accelerating your sales cycle, and improving customer relationships. With no forced long-term contracts, a powerful 4-line auto-dialer, advanced Pro features, and pay-as-you-go pricing, smrtPhone is the clear choice for sales-driven businesses. Now you can bring power of smrtPhone to your mobile device. Use the smrtPhone Mobile App to: > Sync your full CRM contact lists so every contact is available from your handheld device > Send text messages (SMS and MMS) to any contact and have it automatically log in your CRM > Make and receive calls and have call data effortlessly tracked, including call recordings > Take notes during/after your call and have them automatically sync to the contact record > Choose from existing call dispositions to mark call outcomes and trigger CRM automations > Easily switch between phone number Caller IDs to ensure you call from the correct phone line > Access your text and voicemail inboxes for individual users and groups > Sync call information (including recent call logs) across platforms, web and mobile IMPORTANT: smrtPhone’s mobile app requires an existing smrtPhone account. DISCLAIMERS: Call quality can be affected by the strength of your internet/4G/5G/LTE connection. Please ensure you have a strong signal or internet connection to achieve best results. Emergency calling may not be available for your number or region.
Alex Colhoun
Access all your videos in one convenient app. Receive notifications for the latest news and updates, and save your favorite posts for quick retrieval. Enjoy seamless video access without needing to remember passwords.
- Access all videos in one app
- Push notifications for news
- Password-free video access
- Save favorite posts
- Easy-to-use interface
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Inside the Alex Colhoun app, you can: Access all of your videos in one easy to use app Receive push notifications with the latest news and updates Access to all of your videos without having to remember your password Save your favorite posts so you can quickly find them later END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alex Colhoun at 100% against smrtPhone's 24%. Alex Colhoun also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). smrtPhone's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alex Colhoun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: smrtPhone has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of smrtPhone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alex Colhoun's.
smrtPhone ships an update fortnightly, Alex Colhoun every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | smrtPhone | Alex Colhoun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smrtStudio Global Inc. | Emily Sudduth |
Customer experience
smrtPhone
Alex Colhoun
Bugs and requests
smrtPhone
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant log-outs and sign-in issues
- Incorrect caller ID information
- Inability to adjust notification settings
- Syncing and integration problems with Podio
Requested features
4 requests- Add group messaging capability
- Improve contacts management and search
- Allow image/file sharing from website
- Enhance notification and call handling
Alex Colhoun
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
smrtPhone
No in-app purchases
Alex Colhoun
No in-app purchases








