Comparison

Onebox vs PhoneLynk

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

Head to head
About

Onebox

This app provides a virtual phone system for small businesses, enabling VoIP calling, reliable notifications, and smart call handling on mobile devices. It offers enhanced contact management and detailed call logs for better business communication.

Highlights
  • VoIP calling within the app
  • Reliable push notifications
  • Enhanced shared contact management
  • Flexible call routing and handling
  • Detailed call logs
  • Voicemail transcription and messaging
  • Custom greeting for incoming calls
Features
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Use your Onebox account while on the go with the Onebox app: The completely reimagined Onebox mobile app is here for existing customers! Now fully VoIP-enabled, you can enjoy crystal-clear calls, reliable notifications, and smarter call handling right from your device. This brand new application replaces the legacy Onebox app, offering a refreshed, professional brand experience built for small business users who need smarter control over when and how they take calls. What's New & Improved? - VoIP Calling Within the App: Make and receive calls directly over the internet, no longer needing to rely on carrier calling. - Reliable Push Notifications: Experience consistent and real-time alerts. The new app resolves the broken notification issues present in the legacy app. - Enhanced Contact Management: - Shared Onebox Contacts: Easily import contacts from your device and share them across your multiple Onebox numbers, providing better visibility across all your extensions. This improved system replaces the "Speed Dial" contact feature from the old app. - Flexible Call Handling: Gain smarter control by routing calls to voicemail, an external number, or based on your specific schedules set up in Account Manager. - Granular Call Log Details: Review detailed call logs that specify if calls were forwarded to voicemail, an external number, or answered by another user. - Complete Branding Refresh: Navigate through an intuitive design with a sleek, modern user interface. - Core Business Phone System Features: Continue to manage call forwarding settings, read or listen to voicemail transcriptions and messages, and send and receive text messages using your Onebox number. Your calls will still be answered with a professionally recorded custom greeting and can be directed to any employee, anywhere in the world. The app also includes incoming call settings with easy-to-use menu options for call routing, voicemail, and conferencing. New App: Important Changes The all-new Onebox app is now your dedicated hub for seamless calling and messaging on the go. Here is a summary of key changes in the new Onebox mobile app – for full functionality, please use the web-based account manager. - Faxing: All faxing capabilities, including sending and receiving faxes, are now managed exclusively through your web account manager and unavailable in the mobile app. - Admin User Message Access (Inbox): The ability for admin users to switch between different user inboxes has been removed from the mobile app. You can only view messages for the account you are currently logged into. - Deleted Messages (Trash Folder): When a message is deleted within the app, it is permanently removed from the app. Customers can continue to access deleted messages or recover deleted items, by visiting the Trash folder in your web account manager. - Caller ID Behavior: - Outbound Calls: Will always show your logged-in Onebox number as the Caller ID. - Inbound Calls: Will show the phone number of the person calling you. - Home Screen & Time Zone: The previous "Home Screen" has been removed to simplify navigation. The app's time display is now automatically set by your device's native time zone settings. NOTE: A valid Onebox account is required to use the mobile app. Please note that some features may require additional services. Emergency calling (911) is not available using the Onebox application. CONTACT & SUPPORT Have questions or need support? Please visit our Help Center or contact our support team directly. We’re here to help! TERMS & PRIVACY By using this app, you agree to Onebox's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

About

PhoneLynk

Establish a professional business identity on your smartphone with a dedicated business phone number. Features include automated virtual receptionists, call transfers, professional greetings, call tracking, and call recording. It helps separate business and personal calls and reduces the cost of traditional phone systems.

Highlights
  • Dedicated business phone numbers
  • Automated virtual receptionist
  • Call transfer and simultaneous ringing
  • Professional voice greetings
  • Call and text message tracking
  • Call recording
  • Automated spam call blocker
Features
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Upgrade your smartphone to Business Class! Your business deserves a smart dedicated phone number. With PhoneLynk you can create a professional business identity on your smartphone. - Create a more professional image for your small business. - Dramatically reduce the cost of traditional phone systems. - Dedicated business numbers, or port your existing number. - Automated Virtual Receptionist - Transfer calls between employees - Ring multiple phones simultaneously - Create professional voice greetings - Track calls and text messages - Assign employees numbers you control - Call recording and much more PhoneLynk grew out of our need for a phone and texting solution to grow our business. The features we add are those we need along with features our customers request. We needed a way to take control of our phones by separating our personal and professional phone numbers, so that’s exactly what we did. AUTOMATED ATTENDANT! Our Automated Virtual Receptionist greets your customers and transfers them to the appropriate employee or department. For example, press 1 for Sales, press 2 for John Doe, etc. You can record your own professional greeting to showcase your company! EXTENSION NUMBERS FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE! Now you can have one company phone number and assign an extension to each employee. Callers will hear your Automated Attendant recording, but if they know an employee’s extension they can enter it directly, no waiting! RING MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES AT ONCE As a business it’s critical to respond to customers quickly. PhoneLynk allows you to ring multiple phones at once and allow the first available employee to answer. Employees can set themselves to online or offline to indicate when they’re available. Available status can also be scheduled to go into effect automatically! DISTINGUISH BUSINESS AND PERSONAL CALLS It’s easy to differentiate between your personal and business calls on your cellphone! No mix ups or confusion regarding when and how to answer. RECORD PHONE CALLS Now you can record any incoming or outgoing call with the click of a button. No confusing conferencing in a second line or using the speaker phone and a second recorder. Just click the record button and you’re done! AUTOMATIC SPAM CALL BLOCKER Everybody hates getting spam calls from telemarketers and scammers, so PhoneLynk.io refers to a database with thousands of phone numbers reported as spam calls to help prevent you from being bothered by them! UNLIMITED NUMBERS Stop sharing numbers! With PhoneLynk.io you can create as many business phone numbers as needed for about the cost of a latte! KEEP A CALL JOURNAL Each time you place or receive a call you'll be able to enter a memo about that call. This is great for business or for online sales. It's like a mini-contact manager built into your phone! You can easily refer back to your call journal to see what notes you entered after a call! Subscriptions: When subscribing to PhoneLynk via In App Purchase, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Charges are monthly, the amount charged will be based on the plan selected. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Service Title: PhoneLynk.io. Service period is monthly and provides access to VOIP services. Terms of service: www.phonelynk.io/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: www.phonelynk.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Onebox4 screens
PhoneLynk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PhoneLynk at 94% against Onebox's 35%. PhoneLynk also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0). Onebox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. PhoneLynk sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Onebox asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhoneLynk holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Onebox's written reviews are positive against 94% of PhoneLynk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Onebox ships an update every 4 weeks, PhoneLynk monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Onebox versus PhoneLynk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOneboxPhoneLynk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (46 ratings)4.5 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better29
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB58 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJ2 Web Services, Inc.CrowdMarket, Inc.

Customer experience

Onebox

All ratings46 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative47.8%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative52.9%

PhoneLynk

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

Onebox

Reported bugs

51 issues
  • Outgoing calls not working
  • App freezes during calls
  • Sound notification not working
  • Texting not working or slow
  • App doesn't ring phone
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  • Scheduling not handled correctly
  • Porting out number issues
  • No individual extension login
  • Notifications failing to work after update
  • Call log missing details (duration)
  • Notification bubble stuck at 1
  • App crashes and drops calls
  • VoIP not working on iPad
  • App not working with iOS 10 update
  • Cannot copy and paste numbers
  • Login button stopped working
  • Cannot fax .pdf files
  • Phone freezes and closes while running app
  • Microphone not working during calls
  • Customer service unable to help with app issues
  • Cannot retrieve email with app or browser
  • Crashing upon opening
  • Login issues on iPad through safari
  • Voicemail to text pop-up closes app
  • App closes after entering user and pass
  • Click to Call feature uses double minutes
  • VoIP dialer crashing
  • App crashes when checking messages or logging in
  • Calls dropping or bad connection
  • Push notification for voicemail followed by crash
  • Grayed out record call button
  • Cannot conference call
  • Contacts list stuck on last contact
  • Cannot listen to recorded calls within the app
  • Echo on call quality
  • App removed to fix, then unable to download
  • Pixelated icons on home screen
  • No more VoIP option
  • VoIP function missing
  • Login issues with uppercase passwords
  • App crashes consistently
  • Website not accessible via mobile browser when app isn't working
  • Cannot delete multiple voicemails without losing place
  • Voicemail to text feature not working
  • App only for text messages, not email or fax
  • Main number displayed with extension for all calls
  • App crashes when trying to access messages
  • App crashes after entering credentials
  • App quits after retrieving messages
  • VoIP part not working
  • Double minutes used with Click to Call

Requested features

16 requests
  • Email functionality
  • Individual extension login
  • Improved notification system
  • Call transfer feature
  • Dark mode
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  • Landscape orientation support
  • Copy and paste numbers
  • Desktop app or plugin integration
  • Access to all message types (email, fax, text)
  • Ability to see extension dialed and call duration
  • VoIP feature return
  • Visual voicemail improvements
  • Phone number management similar to RingCentral
  • Ability to see all accounts on one page
  • Dial out without using contacts
  • Conference call functionality

PhoneLynk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Onebox

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

PhoneLynk

Subscriptions6
  • 1 Line - Personal Security$29.991 Month
  • 1 Line - Business Starter$34.991 Month
  • 2 Line Business Starter$69.991 Month
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  • 3 Lines - Small Business$104.991 Month
  • 5 Lines - Business Plus$174.991 Month
  • 10 Lines - Business 10$299.991 Month
One-time3
  • 400 Text Messages$7.99
  • 400 Call Minutes$12.99
  • Prepaid Disposable Number$34.99

Questions

Is Onebox free?
Onebox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PhoneLynk free?
PhoneLynk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Onebox or PhoneLynk?
PhoneLynk is rated higher. Onebox averages 3.0 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while PhoneLynk averages 4.5 from 29 ratings.
Do Onebox or PhoneLynk have ads?
Neither Onebox nor PhoneLynk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Onebox or PhoneLynk?
Onebox ships an update every 4 weeks, and PhoneLynk monthly. Most recently, Onebox was updated on October 23, 2026 and PhoneLynk on October 24, 2026.

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