Courtesy Connection vs Activ Answer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Courtesy Connection
This business software offers a comprehensive answering service for property management. It features customizable phone trees, call recording, and detailed reporting to enhance communication and privacy for operators.
- Customizable phone trees
- Call recording
- Call data visualization
- Reporting
- Operator privacy protection
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Courtesy Connection is a full answering service software solution for the property management industry. Courtesy Connection: * Provides highly customizable phone trees * Records all calls * Provides robust call data visualization and reporting * Protects operator phone number privacy NOTE: This app requires an existing subscription to Courtesy Connection.
Activ Answer
Manage your Activ service remotely. Receive message alerts, listen to, transcribe, and translate communications. Initiate callbacks or send automated replies to stay connected and productive.
- New message notifications
- Listen to messages
- Transcribe messages
- Translate messages
- Initiate Live Callback
- Send automated SMS responses
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Take your Activ service on the go with Activ Answer by Audio Images. Get new message notifications, listen to, transcribe, and translate messages, initiate Live Callback or send automated SMS responses--all from the app. It's exactly what you need to do your job and keep connected with your community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Courtesy Connection at 80% against Activ Answer's 25%. Courtesy Connection also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Activ Answer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Courtesy Connection holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Courtesy Connection's written reviews are positive against 25% of Activ Answer's.
Courtesy Connection ships an update every 2 days, Activ Answer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Courtesy Connection | Activ Answer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 2.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Courtesy Connection LLC | Audio Images International, Inc. |
Customer experience
Courtesy Connection
Activ Answer
In-app purchases
Courtesy Connection
No in-app purchases
Activ Answer
No in-app purchases
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