Comparison

PrivateWave Professional vs Nokia Team Comms

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

Head to head
About

PrivateWave Professional

Securely encrypt your calls using VoIP technology. This app allows for encrypted communication between users who also have the software installed, offering robust security features and low bandwidth usage. It is designed for business and personal use where call privacy is paramount.

Highlights
  • End-to-end voice encryption (ZRTP)
  • Signaling protection (SIP/TLS)
  • Mutual authentication with X.509 certificates
  • Low bandwidth usage
  • Extremely low battery drain
  • Supports various IP-enabled networks
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PrivateWave Professional is an innovative software to encrypt your calls in a totally safe and legal way through the VoIP Internet Protocol. It needs to be configured on your own PrivateServer or it can auto-configure itself on PrivateWave's hosted server. Once installed on mobile phones, PrivateWave Professional gives you the option to encrypt calls between the users (i.e both caller and called need to have the software installed). Using PrivateWave you can communicate easily and securely with your contacts. Please keep in mind that there is no way to call numbers on a public switched telephone network (PSTN). Easy to use: - Software only solution for iOS 11.x/12.x/13.x/14.x/15.x/16.x - The way to make calls doesn’t change Security: - Flexible security model: - ZRTP for end-to-end voice encryption - SIP/TLS for signaling protection - Use of only IETF standardized protocols - Security compliant with FIPS, NIST and NSA - Mutual Authentication with X.509 certificates - SSL Certificate Pinning - Based on open source technologies Performance: - Low average Bandwith: * in standby: negligible * during conversation: (100-200 K/minute) - International calls and worldwide roaming - Extremely low battery drain - Low latency (depends on network) Supported Networks: - Any IP-enabled network - 2G (GPRS, EDGE, 1xRTT) - 3G (UMTS, HSDPA, EV-DO) - 4G - WiFi - Satellite Encryption Algorithms: - ECDH 256 bit / 384 bit (default) / 521 bit (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman) - AES256 (CTR) for SRTP - SIP/TLS with X509v3 digital certificates Audio Codec: - AMR Narrowband 4.75 kbits/s

About

Nokia Team Comms

Features
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Nokia Team Comms provides one-to-one and one-to-many push-to-talk/video/messaging feature to industrial users that have chosen Nokia’s private wireless network. The application resides on Nokia’s mission critical industrial edge (MXIE) and continues to function without connection to internet. It is based on 3GPP MCS standards and is suitable for business-critical use cases across industrial locations such as mines, ports, and factories – both for indoors as well as outdoors use.

Screenshots

PrivateWave Professional4 screens
Nokia Team Comms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nokia Team Comms at fortnightly against PrivateWave Professional's every 5 weeks. PrivateWave Professional's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

PrivateWave Professional ships an update every 5 weeks, Nokia Team Comms fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PrivateWave Professional versus Nokia Team Comms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrivateWave ProfessionalNokia Team Comms
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBV TECH SPANokia Apps Distribution LLC

In-app purchases

None

PrivateWave Professional

No in-app purchases

None

Nokia Team Comms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PrivateWave Professional free?
PrivateWave Professional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nokia Team Comms free?
Nokia Team Comms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PrivateWave Professional or Nokia Team Comms have ads?
Neither PrivateWave Professional nor Nokia Team Comms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PrivateWave Professional or Nokia Team Comms?
PrivateWave Professional ships an update every 5 weeks, and Nokia Team Comms fortnightly. Most recently, PrivateWave Professional was updated on October 23, 2026 and Nokia Team Comms on October 7, 2026.

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