Comparison

smrtPhone vs Niche Community

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Niche Community

Connect with a growing community of real estate investors to share advice, find resources, and access training. This app provides tools and events to help you build a profitable and sustainable business.

Highlights
  • Investor community networking
  • Real estate investment resources
  • Masterclass training access
  • Live community events
  • Business growth tools
  • Podcasts and video content
Features
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Niche is a movement to help investors reach more home-owners that need it the most and to grow a profitable and sustainable business. Our community has closed thousands of Niche deals across the country. We are just getting started in growing our high-achieving community and we want you to be a part of it. This app holds the key you need to unlock the next level in your real estate business. The Niche Network will allow you to start achieving your goals and stay organized in the process. What you’ll find inside: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS Entrepreneurship can get lonely, we’ve been there ourselves as investors. This app will house access to a rapidly growing community of like-minded investors. Our community will be at your fingertips for endless conversations, recommendations, advice, connections and more. LEARNING PLATFORM Our extensive vault of valuable resources, masterclass training, marketing content, sales training and scripts, and more, will be easily accessible around the clock. COMMUNITY EVENTS Gone are the days of searching for the correct Zoom link. Get ready to join frequent live events directly in this app. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Our announcements and updates will be notifications that add value to your business SUPPORT You’ll find how-to videos, troubleshooting, step-by-step guides, checklists, technology and more to make your investing journey as seamless as possible. ENTERTAINMENT Scrolling socials endlessly? Time to learn while you scroll. Easily access our podcasts, Youtube videos and social content here. This list could go on and on. The piece you’re missing to grow your investing business is waiting to be discovered.

Screenshots

smrtPhone4 screens
Niche Community3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Niche Community at 4.9 against smrtPhone's 4.6. Niche Community also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). smrtPhone's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 54). 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

Niche Community holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: smrtPhone has 1.4K ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

smrtPhone ships an update fortnightly, Niche Community weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
smrtPhone versus Niche Community: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersmrtPhoneNiche Community
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.4K ratings)4.9 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better54
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB140 MB
Age rating17+9+
DevelopersmrtStudio Global Inc.Niche Skills LLC

Customer experience

smrtPhone

All ratings1,398 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive24.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative70.4%

Niche Community

All ratings54 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.9%

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

Niche Community

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

smrtPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Niche Community

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is smrtPhone free?
smrtPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Niche Community free?
Niche Community is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, smrtPhone or Niche Community?
Niche Community is rated higher. smrtPhone averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Niche Community averages 4.9 from 54 ratings.
Do smrtPhone or Niche Community have ads?
Neither smrtPhone nor Niche Community shows ads.
Which is updated more often, smrtPhone or Niche Community?
smrtPhone ships an update fortnightly, and Niche Community weekly. Most recently, smrtPhone was updated on October 25, 2026 and Niche Community on October 30, 2026.

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