Voltage Mail vs VIP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voltage Mail
Securely read and compose encrypted emails on your mobile device. This app allows you to send and receive secure messages, integrating with your existing email accounts and offering robust security features for organizations.
- Read encrypted emails and attachments
- Compose new secure email messages
- Send and receive secure emails
- Integrates with native email apps
- Supports mobile policy restrictions
- Simple self-registration and authentication
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Anyone who sends and receives an encrypted email from Voltage SecureMail can use this application to read and write the email. A license for Voltage SecureMail Mobile Edition is required to compose and send new secure emails from the app and enforce mobile policy restrictions. Audience: Organizations that use Voltage SecureMail to send and receive secure emails. With Voltage SecureMail mobile app you can: • Read encrypted emails and attachments • Compose a new secure email message • Send and receive secure emails to anyone • Works with your device's native email applications and inboxes • Works with Apple iPhones, iPads, and email clients • Simple self-registration and authentication • Works with desktop, cloud, and web-based email systems • Supports Microsoft Intune
VIP
Communicate using a virtual phone number without IVR menus. Make calls, send texts, and manage picture messages from your existing VIP Number. Track conversations and nickname important messages for easy access.
- Virtual number calling
- No IVR dialing
- Contact integration
- Recent calls list
- Text message tracking
- Picture messaging
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Connect your existing VIP Number and begin communicating without IVR (touch-tone) dialing. Make calls from your virtual number using the Keypad, dial by selecting an existing Contact, or redial Recent numbers. Easily track VIP texting conversations, send and receive picture messages, and nickname important texts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VIP at 3.6 against Voltage Mail's 1.7. VIP also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). Voltage Mail's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (736 vs 17). On price, update cadence, 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.
VIP holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voltage Mail has 736 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Voltage Mail ships an update every 2 months, VIP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voltage Mail | VIP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (736 ratings) | 3.6 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 736 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | OpenText | Motorola Solutions, Inc |
Customer experience
Voltage Mail
VIP
Bugs and requests
Voltage Mail
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Frequent crashes and errors
- Unable to access or download messages
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more mobile devices and operating systems
- Improve user interface and streamline the message access process
- Allow downloading and printing of attachments
- Better integration with popular email clients
VIP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Voltage Mail
No in-app purchases
VIP
No in-app purchases
