Phoring vs Vai Phone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phoring
This service provides a virtual phone number to add a second line to your smartphone. Make calls and send texts worldwide at competitive rates, ensuring you never miss important business calls, even without internet access.
- Virtual phone number for a second line
- Worldwide calling and texting
- Intelligent call forwarding
- Do-Not-Disturb mode
- Avoid international roaming charges
- Customizable business phone numbers
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Phoring is a virtual phone service provider that provides you worldwide phone number to add a second phone line to your smartphone. Use your Phoring number the way you use your regular mobile phone number for voice calls and text with a very competitive low rate. Phoring gives you an advanced communication tools that helps you to connect with your customers and grow your business without compromising your privacy. Phoring simplifies your communication, whether your smartphone has access to WiFi or out-of-internet, you will never miss your important calls. Our Intelligent Call Forwarding tools forward your calls to your mobile number automatically when your smartphone is out of internet connectivity. You can set Do-Not-Disturb (DND) mode when you do not want any business calls but still you will get all the missed calls history in your call history page so that you can call back to your customers later. Phoring helps to avoid roaming charges when traveling internationally by using WiFi hotspots and enjoy very low international rates. Moreover, with Phoring, it’s easy to set up your ideal business phone numbers. You can pick area codes, transfer existing numbers, set up toll-free lines or design your own vanity numbers to share with your customers and colleagues. So, what are you waiting for? Just download the app, choose a phone number, and enjoy the hassle-free service! Choose Numbers from 4,200+ Cities and Place Call to 200+ Countries. Stay tuned! We're working hard to add more features.
Vai Phone
This app provides a full-featured Cloud PBX system, enabling users to make calls with a virtual phone system. Features include auto-attendant, music on hold, and call recordings, all for free.
- Cloud PBX system
- Auto Attendant
- Music on Hold
- Call Recordings
- Free to use
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Make calls with Vai Soft Phone and get a full featured Cloud PBX for free, like your Auto Attendant, Music on Hold, Call Recordings and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vai Phone at 5.0 against Phoring's 4.2. Vai Phone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Phoring's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Phoring sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Vai Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vai Phone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phoring has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Phoring's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vai Phone's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phoring | Vai Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BroTecs Technologies, LLC. | Blast Technologies Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Phoring
Vai Phone
In-app purchases
Phoring
- Monthly Subscription2 variants$3.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription2 variants$4.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription2 variants$8.991 Month
- $4.99$4.99
- $9.99$9.99
- $24.99$24.99
Vai Phone
No in-app purchases







