MaX UC vs PartnersOne
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MaX UC
Manage your home or office phone services from any device, anywhere. Features include high-quality audio, cross-device chat syncing, visual voicemail with transcriptions, and real-time contact presence. The app is designed with accessibility in mind, meeting WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.
- High quality audio
- Cross-device chat syncing
- Visual voicemail with transcriptions
- Real-time contact presence
- Accessibility support (WCAG 2.1 AA)
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IMPORTANT: Full telephony functionality is only available as directed by your telephone service provider. With MaX UC, you can take control of your home or office telephony services on any device, wherever you are. For the past year we have focused on making our MaX UC apps more accessible. Important enhancements like supporting landscape mode, large font size and full screen reader support means that MaX UC meets the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines. This is an important milestone that helps us to support all our users, no matter their access needs. Key features: - High quality audio optimized for both Wi-Fi, and 3G/4G connections. - Chat on any device to others in your business, with messages synced across your devices so you can pick up the conversation any time. - Powerful voicemail control with alerts, transcriptions of your received messages, and visual voicemail management. - Realtime presence from your business contacts to help you get in touch at the right time, and custom presence to help others reach you. NOTE: Your service provider may not offer all features listed or may require you to pay additional subscription charges to access certain features. Contact your service provider for information. MaX UC also requires data or Wi-Fi access. Use of these services may incur additional charges.
PartnersOne
This app helps local businesses find new customers and drive repeat business by leveraging underutilized resources like empty tables or idle time. It facilitates trading excess inventory or services for needed ones, promoting local commerce.
- Acquire new customers
- Turn idle resources into business
- Facilitate repeat customers
- Promote local commerce
- Trade excess inventory/services
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Need new customers? PartnersOne can help. We help local businesses turn empty tables, stagnant inventory, idle time, and more into new business and repeat customers. We’ve been helping local businesses since 2000. Trade what you have for what you need and keep your business local!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PartnersOne at 5.0 against MaX UC's 4.1. PartnersOne also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). MaX UC's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PartnersOne holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MaX UC has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MaX UC ships an update every 2 months, PartnersOne every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MaX UC | PartnersOne |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Metaswitch | Red Leaf Software LLC |
Customer experience
MaX UC
PartnersOne
Bugs and requests
MaX UC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Incoming calls go straight to voicemail
- Calls drop or fail to connect
- Chat messages disappear or don't sync
- App crashes after iOS updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add texting functionality
- Provide more ringtone and volume options
- Implement call parking and transfer features
- Improve Bluetooth compatibility
PartnersOne
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MaX UC
No in-app purchases
PartnersOne
No in-app purchases
