Comparison

byphone vs SafetyDocs Shifts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

byphone

This application allows users to make calls using hosted phone services. It simplifies number management by consolidating all phone numbers and devices under a single system, offering a flexible solution for business phone needs.

Highlights
  • Hosted phone services
  • SIP credential configuration
  • QR code scanning for setup
  • Number management
  • Unified device management
Features
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Make calls using byphone hosted phone services. Automatically configure your SIP credentials by logging in with your https://app.byphone.co.uk account, or by scanning a QR code from that account. Byphone is a fully functioning hosted phone system that makes number management easy and can replace or work alongside your current phone system. It brings all your phone numbers and devices, both personal and business, under one management system. https://www.byphone.co.uk/

About

SafetyDocs Shifts

Features
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Rotas change on the day. Twelve stewards move from the north concourse to the south at 4pm, and every printed sheet in every pocket is now wrong. SafetyDocs Shifts is the app your stewards carry. It replaces the printed rota, the group text and the clipboard with something that is live, and it records what actually happened as it happens. FOR STEWARDS Every shift they are booked on, across every event and every venue, updated the moment the control room changes anything. An availability form they fill in from the bus, so you know who you have before you build the rota rather than after it falls apart. A digital badge for check in and check out, protected by Face ID so nobody else can sign on in their name. Their certificates and training records, uploaded from the phone, with expiry dates tracked and a lapsed licence flagged before it becomes your problem at a gate. A way to report a safety concern from where they are standing, with a photograph and the location attached, instead of trying to describe a spot over a radio. FOR CAPTAINS ON THE FLOOR A live view of their own team, post by post and shift by shift, showing who is on and who has not turned up. One tap to mark a steward arrived or stood down, timed and recorded. Zone headcounts recorded on the spot, so capacity is a number rather than an impression. FOR THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE EVENT Push notifications that reach a steward on their lock screen, so a shift change is communicated in seconds rather than left to whoever answers their phone. Check in and check out timestamps against posts, so at any moment you know who is where. Concern reports arriving with a photograph and a location while the issue is still in front of somebody. EVIDENCE, NOT PAPERWORK Who was on which post. What time they arrived. Whether their licence was in date. What was reported, from where, and when. It is recorded as the shift runs, not reconstructed afterwards from memory and a clipboard, which is the difference between having an answer for a Safety Advisory Group and having a story. WORKS WHERE EVENTS ACTUALLY HAPPEN The app opens with no mobile signal. Concourses, back of house and loading bays are exactly where coverage disappears and exactly where a steward needs their shift and their badge. ACCOUNTS SafetyDocs Shifts is for event stewarding staff. Accounts are issued by the venue or event organiser you work for, and there is no public sign up. If you are a steward and cannot sign in, speak to your overseer. SafetyDocs is a UK event safety compliance platform used by arenas, venues and event organisers.

Screenshots

byphone4 screens
SafetyDocs Shifts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SafetyDocs Shifts at monthly against byphone's every 6 months. SafetyDocs Shifts also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

byphone ships an update every 6 months, SafetyDocs Shifts monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
byphone versus SafetyDocs Shifts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbyphoneSafetyDocs Shifts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoxbit LtdSafetyDocs Ltd

In-app purchases

None

byphone

No in-app purchases

None

SafetyDocs Shifts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is byphone free?
byphone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SafetyDocs Shifts free?
SafetyDocs Shifts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do byphone or SafetyDocs Shifts have ads?
Neither byphone nor SafetyDocs Shifts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, byphone or SafetyDocs Shifts?
byphone ships an update every 6 months, and SafetyDocs Shifts monthly. Most recently, byphone was updated on November 3, 2026 and SafetyDocs Shifts on October 31, 2026.

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