Spark Voicemail vs BWARE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spark Voicemail
This app transforms your voicemail into a visual experience, allowing you to read transcripts, listen, and manage messages easily. It offers features like lock screen access, playback speed control, and email forwarding for enhanced productivity.
- Visual voicemail transcription
- Lock screen playback and reading
- Playback speed control
- Email forwarding
- Searchable voicemails
- Personalized greeting setup
- Biometric security
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Spark Voicemail revolutionises your voicemail experience, making it effortless to retrieve and respond to voicemails. ---- Please note: To use Spark Voicemail, you must be a Spark mobile customer. ---- KEY FEATURES: READ YOUR VOICEMAIL VISUALLY You can read automatic transcripts of your voicemail. Want to listen to them? That's easy; just press play. LISTEN TO OR READ YOUR VOICEMAIL ON THE LOCK SCREEN That's right - you don't even need to enter the App to read or listen to your latest voicemail. NATIVE SUPPORT FOR DARK MODE We've crafted a beautiful dark mode experience that's easy on the eyes. ACCESS YOUR VOICEMAILS IN ANY ORDER Navigating your voicemails is now as easy as a scroll and tap. View voicemails in threads, organised by contact. PLAYBACK SPEED CONTROL Save time or listen carefully to your voicemails with 0.8x, 1x, 1.5x, or 2x speed controls. EMAIL FORWARDING Add up to two email addresses to receive your voicemails right in your inbox. Why two email addresses? So you can boost your responsiveness by also sending voicemails to your assistant or team to respond on your behalf! Don't worry; you can filter out calls from personal contacts. SEARCH YOUR VOICEMAILS BY NAME OR KEYWORD With our built-in automatic transcription service, Spark Voicemail makes your voicemails effortlessly searchable. EASY PERSONALISED GREETING SETUP Spark Voicemail lets you easily record a new greeting. Change it every season, or if you're away on holiday. EASY MANAGEMENT Managing your voicemails has never been easier. Call back contacts, share your voicemails or delete them to save space. UNLOCK WITH BIOMETRICS Protect voicemails on your phone with a passcode and biometrics - Face ID and Touch ID. COMPLETE NOTIFICATIONS Read or listen to voicemails right from your lock screen or notification centre. Privacy Policy: https://www.spark.co.nz/help/other/terms/policies/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.spark.co.nz/help/other/terms/
BWARE
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The BWARE App is a free tool designed to assist registered BWARE Users while out of office, on-site. Users of the App are able to complete a limited set of functions from BWARE when they cannot do so from their office. The App is designed to provide access to existing information and provide notification of any actions or forms required to be completed by the user. Functions provided include: • Ability to complete forms created by users in BWARE, this includes the capability to add images, comments, create corrective actions from forms. And link attendees from your list of employees or contractors. • Create, edit, and Sign off Actions required on site. Actions can be assigned to either Workers or Contractors (PCBU’s) • View Workplace (Site Specific) plans created in BWARE, or build basic plans from templates using your existing data. This includes checklists, emergency plans, training competency matrix, JSEA’s, associated risks, hazardous substances, required training, workers and PCBU’s who are working onsite, • View or Edit existing JSEA’s. Users are also able to create these from the app when out on site. • Ability to complete competency assessments and update the records of workers for any training entered in BWARE • Sign in and Sign out of workplaces. This allows Managers to see who is on-site at any time for any worker or PCBU • View site-specific information including pdfs of any forms completed for workplaces either on the app or from BWARE. Ability to view pdf reports for sections of workplace plans. • Dashboard access to logged in users information including forms completed by the user, general documents from the App Library, all actions for the user
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spark Voicemail at 12.0 against BWARE's 15.6. 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Spark Voicemail | BWARE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Norwood Systems (Aust) Pty Ltd | Bware |
Bugs and requests
Spark Voicemail
Reported bugs
44 issues- Voicemails arrive a day later
- Voicemail messages do not arrive in the app
- App not working correctly with iOS updates
- App fails to activate
- App crashes on launch
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- App stops receiving voicemails
- App requires frequent reinstallation
- Activation failed with error code 500
- App locks users out after updates
- App crashes when playing voicemails
- App shows 'refreshing' and doesn't upload messages
- App shows 'refreshing' for extended periods
- App not accepting mobile number for activation
- App closes immediately after launching
- No notifications for new voicemails
- App populates with old, deleted voicemails
- New voicemails not appearing even after combing through old ones
- Messages come back and repopulate after deletion
- Messages not ordered chronologically
- Cannot delete messages
- Voice to text translation is inaccurate/rubbish
- App stopped downloading voicemails after last release
- App is slow with notifications, messages arrive 24 hours later
- App shows 'this person has temporarily disabled this number' message
- App shows error code 401 during activation
- App shows error code 500 during activation
- App crashes at caller ID proceed screen
- App crashes immediately after launching
- App closes automatically when opening to check a message
- App revives deleted messages
- App sorts messages into random order
- App does not show contact names in email notifications
- App does not have app badge or other notifications
- App does not have time and date stamp on voicemails
- App does not allow deletion of messages
- App messages are not ordered understandably
- App transcription is embarrassing garbage
- Push notifications are intermittent
- Messages from days ago appear after pull to refresh
- Messages do not display in chronological order
- No option to automatically forward all messages to email
- Cannot select both audio and transcription when forwarding to email
- App doesn't understand English names
- App shows 'this person has temporarily disabled this number' when activated
Requested features
13 requests- Multi-line support for dual-SIM phones
- Ability to block spam callers
- Integration with native iOS voicemail
- Improved transcription accuracy
- Option to disable transcription
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- Background refreshing
- Human support option
- Option to set temporary greeting on a schedule
- Contact names in email notifications
- Option to forward both audio and transcription to email
- Automatic forwarding of all messages to email
- Ability to delete all messages
- Time and date stamp on voicemails
BWARE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spark Voicemail
No in-app purchases
BWARE
No in-app purchases









