Ooma Connect vs START Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ooma Connect
Manage your Ooma Connect hardware and services with this companion app. Access installation guides, monitor device status and connectivity, and view detailed adapter information. It also provides real-time and historical signal strength data.
- Installation guides
- Device status monitoring
- Connectivity status
- Connect 460 Adapter details
- Real-time signal strength
- Historic signal strength
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The Ooma Connect app is a companion for the Ooma Connect hardware and services. Login with your Ooma Office admin (not end user/extension) credentials. Use Ooma Connect app to access: -easy to follow installation guides -status and connectivity of your devices -advanced details about Connect 460 Adapter -signal strength information in the real time and in a historic perspective -traffic usage (coming soon) -our friendly and helpful Customer Support More changes and improvements are coming soon. Please email to office-app-feedback@ooma.com if you have suggestions or ideas on how to make this app better. P.S. You can't make calls with Ooma Connect app. Please download Ooma Office or Ooma Residential apps for calling purposes. P.P.S In some of our manuals the app may be referenced as "Ooma Office Administrator app". We have shorten and updated the name to better describe current functionality.
START Connect
Remotely manage and monitor all your IoT devices from a single platform. Streamline workflows, gain a 360-degree view of your device ecosystem, and ensure data usage compliance with AI-powered real-time alerts and security policies.
- Remote device management
- Cloud-based platform
- Real-time alerts
- AI-powered security policies
- 360-degree device view
- Seamless user onboarding
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Through START Connect APP, Administrator or user can remotely manage all your START devices like Hotspots, CPEs, Dongles, Wearables, Trackers and other IoT devices from a single cloud-based mobile device management platform (desktop and mobile access available) that speeds up deployment, improves monitoring and easily makes sure all devices comply with company data usage policies. Powered by AI, real-time alerts and security policies, these dashboards help you streamline workflows, get a 360-degree view of your ecosystem of devices, and seamless user onboarding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: START Connect at 5.0 against Ooma Connect's 4.6. START Connect also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Ooma Connect's advantage is ratings volume (19 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.
START Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ooma Connect has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ooma Connect | START Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ooma Inc. | START USA, INC. |
Customer experience
Ooma Connect
START Connect
In-app purchases
Ooma Connect
No in-app purchases
START Connect
No in-app purchases
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