Natterbox vs Access Applause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Natterbox
This business communication app integrates with Salesforce, allowing users to manage calls, contacts, and availability directly from their smartphone. It provides real-time data synchronization for call logs and notes within Salesforce records.
- Salesforce integration
- Manage availability status
- Search and call contacts
- View colleague presence
- Log call notes to Salesforce
- Transfer calls
- Access company voicemail
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Natterbox gives you Salesforce integration on your smartphone! You will now be able to access all the key benefits of the Natterbox CTI such as: - Change your availability status - Search and call Salesforce contacts and colleagues - See your colleagues’ presence and availability status - Wrap up and make notes for your calls, with all data being pushed into the Salesforce record in real-time - Transfer calls - Listen to your company voicemail Non-Salesforce users will also be able to: - Change your availability status - Search and call your colleagues - See your colleagues’ presence and availability status - Have all your call logs recorded in Salesforce - Transfer calls - Listen to your company voicemail
Access Applause
This business platform app enables employee recognition and reward tracking. It allows peer-to-peer shout-outs and manager-awarded points redeemable in a virtual shop. Gain insights into workforce engagement through comprehensive reports.
- Employee recognition and rewards tracking
- Peer-to-peer shout-outs
- Manager-awarded points
- Virtual shop for point redemption
- Workforce engagement reports
- Configurable to organizational values
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Access Applause sits as part of the Access Evo business process platform and comes with a suite of reports to enable tracking and monitoring of both recognition and reward information for full management analysis. The app is fully mobile and offers notifications via email, in Evo/product and mobile push. It is fully and easily configurable by the business to fit with any organisations values and culture. Employees can engage with their peers by sending shouts and managers can award points that employees can spend in the virtual shop. Your business gets a suite of reports to allow overall overviews of engagement and managers get a view of their direct reports. You can see trends and filter to underlying data to give you an insight of how engaged your workforce is. Implementing an employee recognition program will give your business the competitive edge. It can improve employee happiness, engagement, reduce staff turnover, reduce cost, increase productivity and boost morale. Access Applause offers a simple, configurable, easy to implement solution designed to give all employees the recognition they deserve.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Access Applause at 100% against Natterbox's 20%. Access Applause also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Natterbox's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Natterbox ships an update every 3 weeks, Access Applause every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Natterbox | Access Applause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Natterbox Ltd | Access UK Ltd |
Customer experience
Natterbox
Access Applause
In-app purchases
Natterbox
No in-app purchases
Access Applause
No in-app purchases







