Sophos Mobile Control vs XPhone Connect Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sophos Mobile Control
This app enables organizations to manage, control, and secure mobile devices like iOS. It allows for policy configuration, app distribution, and device security. Users install it upon their organization's recommendation to access these management features.
- Manage and secure mobile devices
- Configure device policies
- Distribute applications
- Report device compliance status
- Locate lost or stolen devices
- Receive management console messages
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Sophos Mobile is a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution which allows companies to easily manage, control and secure iOS and other mobile devices. Sophos Mobile Control allows you to enroll your device with Sophos Mobile. Your organization can then configure device policies, distribute apps and further secure your device. IMPORTANT: This app will not function without the appropriate Sophos management console in place. Only install the app if advised by your organization. Key features • Report the device compliance status. • Trigger device synchronization with the Sophos Mobile management console. • Install apps from an Enterprise App Store. • Display all compliance violations. • Find the device when it’s lost or stolen. • Receive messages from the Sophos Mobile management console. • Display privacy and support information. For more information, visit the Sophos website. The app can access the device’s location in the background to let your organization find the device when it’s lost or stolen. The app doesn’t routinely monitor or record your location.
XPhone Connect Mobile
This app provides a unified communications solution for businesses, enabling telephony, chat, meetings, and contact management on the go. It allows users to make calls with their office number, manage call forwarding, and access company contacts securely.
- Telephony with office number
- Softphone mobile calling
- Presence status management
- Colleague chat and federation
- Contact data access
- Meeting initiation and participation
- Communication journal
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XPhone Connect is a Unified Communications solution with which companies can utilize the entire range of modern communication: From telephony, conference service, meeting and chat to screen sharing, fax and voicemail. With the XPhone Connect Mobile app, you have the central features with you, even when you’re on the move: You can make calls worldwide using your office number via Softphone Mobile, adjust your call forwarding, chat with colleagues, and have access to contact data while it is stored on your company server in compliance with data protection regulations. Please note: The requirements for using the app are a configured XPhone Connect Server and XPhone Connect Office Plus licenses. Features ======================== TELEPHONY • Set up calls through the company or via Softphone Mobile (One-Number function) • Flexible AnyDevice selection: In the mobile app, any end devices can be controlled. • Device selection between mobile app and desktop client is automatically synchronized • Call forwarding can be set to any phone numbers • Push notifications for missed calls SOFTPHONE MOBILE • Calling with Softphone Mobile under the office number from anywhere (One-Number function) • Hold/mute • Consultation/switch between calls • Transfer after accepting a call • DTMF tones • Loudspeaker and Bluetooth devices • Calling in WI-FI or mobile network (5G|4G|3G) • Transition between WI-FI and mobile network and between different WI-FI access points • Automatic reconnect in case of short network failures • Phone calls without callback procedure • Parallel ringing Softphone Mobile and Softphone Desktop (optional) PRESENCE • Adapt presence status • Set up call forwarding • Show co-workers' telephony and presence information • Set notes for colleagues • Switch voicemail on/off via presence profile • Widget for changing the presence status CHAT • Chat with colleagues and federation contacts • Push notification for inbound chat messages • Emojis • Send images via chat • Persistent chat: Chats started on the PC can be seamlessly continued using the app • Chat journal with full chat history CONTACTS • Personal contact list • Detailed view of all contact data • Contact search in the local address book • Contact search in linked applications (CRM, ERP etc.) and data bases • Caller ID for all contacts from linked applications MEETINGS • Create a meeting to initiate audio conferences • Direct dial-in to ongoing meetings or conferences • Participation in a meeting chat incl. active speaker-view during audio conferences • List of participants incl. media status • Access data • Participants can also be appointed moderator on the go • Push notifications for Meetings JOURNAL • Summary of full communication history • Search function • Summary of all phone calls, missed calls and voicemails • Start callback or chat • View & open faxes received • View & play voicemails • Push notifications for faxes and voicemails APPOINTMENTS • Complete overview of all appointments (Outlook or Notes appointments, reminders and XPhone meetings) • List of all reminders • Create reminders for calls and tasks • List of all active, planned and past meetings • Push notifications for reminders Requirements ======================== This app only works in combination with the following XPhone Connect licenses: • XPhone Connect Server • XPhone Connect Office Plus user licenses
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: XPhone Connect Mobile at 5.0 against Sophos Mobile Control's 2.6. XPhone Connect Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Sophos Mobile Control's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
XPhone Connect Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sophos Mobile Control has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Sophos Mobile Control's written reviews are positive against 35% of XPhone Connect Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Sophos Mobile Control | XPhone Connect Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 35.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sophos | C4B Com For Business AG |
Customer experience
Sophos Mobile Control
XPhone Connect Mobile
In-app purchases
Sophos Mobile Control
No in-app purchases
XPhone Connect Mobile
No in-app purchases
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