Comparison

BenkoPhone vs Bold Connect

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

Head to head
About

BenkoPhone

This app provides a cloud-based work phone solution with unlimited voice, TXT, and MMS on a single Australian mobile number. It facilitates seamless team collaboration, secure remote work, and maintains high call quality even with unstable internet.

Highlights
  • Unlimited voice, TXT, and MMS
  • Real Australian mobile number
  • Team collaboration tools
  • Secure remote work facilitation
  • Improved connectivity and call quality
  • End-to-end encryption
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BenkoPhone is the only UCaaS app that gives you and your staff access to unlimited voice, TXT, and MMS on one real Australian mobile number that you can use from any device, anywhere in the world. Key Features of BenkoPhone: Seamlessly collaborate with your team, regardless of your location. - Make video calls, organize audio conferences and group chats, establish public channels, share files, and more. Effortlessly and Securely Facilitate Remote Work for Your Employees - Initiate external calls using corporate identity/phone numbers, receiving calls through your office extension. - Track business communications through detailed customer profiles and a communication history categorized by each contact. Improved Connectivity and Call Quality, Even in Unstable Internet Conditions - Stay connected anywhere with push notifications, ensuring excellent customer service. - BenkoPhone optimizes connectivity and voice quality by implementing top-notch audio codecs. Ensures Security for Your Conversations and Data - BenkoPhone applications employ state-of-the-art block ciphers to automatically encrypt calls, messages, and data.

About

Bold Connect

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Bold Connect is a softphone application that integrates with Bold Media Group's Hosted PBX platform, giving you a professional, feature-rich phone system in your pocket - Take business phone calls no matter where you are - Make outbound calls displaying your business landline number as Caller ID - Transfer calls to other team members, or conference them in - Put customers on hold so they hear your professional on-hold message - Make video calls, organise audio conferences and group chats, create public channels, share files, and much more A full, unified communications platform in the palm of your hand Sign up for Bold's Hosted PBX platform today, visit http://www.boldmediagroup.com.au

Screenshots

BenkoPhone4 screens
Bold Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BenkoPhone at every 4 weeks against Bold Connect's every 2 months. Bold Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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

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

BenkoPhone ships an update every 4 weeks, Bold Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BenkoPhone versus Bold Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenkoPhoneBold Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorking Software Group Pty LtdBold Media Group Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

BenkoPhone

No in-app purchases

None

Bold Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BenkoPhone free?
BenkoPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bold Connect free?
Bold Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BenkoPhone or Bold Connect have ads?
Neither BenkoPhone nor Bold Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BenkoPhone or Bold Connect?
BenkoPhone ships an update every 4 weeks, and Bold Connect every 2 months. Most recently, BenkoPhone was updated on September 25, 2026 and Bold Connect on September 9, 2026.

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