BenkoPhone vs Bold Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | BenkoPhone | Bold Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Working Software Group Pty Ltd | Bold Media Group Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
BenkoPhone
No in-app purchases
Bold Connect
No in-app purchases









