Phoning vs Sprout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phoning
Connect with your favorite K-pop group, NewJeans, on a personal level. Share daily life updates through messages, photos, and videos, and stay informed with their calendar. Become closer than ever through interactive features and live streams.
- Live streams with NewJeans
- Direct messaging
- Photo and video sharing
- Personalized calendars
- Friendship building
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Will you be NewJeans' best friend? Phoning is where you can get to know NewJeans. Share your life with NewJeans on Phoning through LIVEs, messages, photos, and calendars - and become friends for life. [Required access] Device and app activities : For checking app errors and improving usability. Device ID : For checking devices and improving usability. [Optional access] Photos / Media / Files : For downloading photos and videos. Notification: For receiving notifications on content, notices, and more
Sprout
Record and share custom selfie stickers directly within your messaging conversations. Add fun filters to your reactions and send them to friends and family to make your texts more engaging.
- Record selfie stickers
- React with custom stickers
- Use favorite filters
- Directly within iMessage
- Send to friends and family
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Sprout is an iMessage app that enables you to record and react with selfie stickers, right inside the messaging app. It makes texting with friends and family more fun and filled with more rich reactions. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open a conversation in the Messages app 2. Swipe right over the app bar to find Sprout 3. To record a selfie sticker, tap the camera button and record a sticker with your favorite filter 4. Tap or drag the sticker to the chat!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sprout at 100% against Phoning's 54%. Sprout also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Phoning's advantage is ratings volume (736 vs 23). On price 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. Phoning sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month. Sprout asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sprout holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phoning has 736 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Phoning's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sprout's.
Phoning ships an update every 5 weeks, Sprout every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phoning | Sprout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (736 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 736 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | WEVERSE COMPANY Inc. | Sprout Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
Phoning
Sprout
Bugs and requests
Phoning
Reported bugs
3 issues- ID card and album features not working
- Constant log-outs and login issues
- Laggy performance and slow loading times
Requested features
4 requests- Translate all messages to English
- Allow free access to photos and calendar
- Improve app stability and reduce crashes
- Offer more affordable subscription options
Sprout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phoning
- Monthly Subscription$8.491 Month
- Yearly Subscription$84.991 Year
Sprout
No in-app purchases
