Secure Reader for BlackBerry vs EBF Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Secure Reader for BlackBerry
This secure document reader is designed for corporate users within BlackBerry Dynamics environments. It requires an activation key from BlackBerry servers and your company's IT administrator for access. A consumer version is available separately.
- Secure document viewing
- BlackBerry Dynamics integration
- Corporate infrastructure compatibility
- Requires activation key
- IT administrator setup
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This is a special corporate version of our famous GoodReader app for corporate users of BlackBerry Dynamics secure infrastructure. It requires an activation key provided by BlackBerry's servers and your company's IT administrator. If you're looking for a general consumer version of GoodReader, please enter "GoodReader" in the App Store search field and find the app with the corresponding name.
EBF Contacts
Access professional contacts securely and offline on iOS devices. Synchronizes with Exchange, CRMs, and address books for real-time updates. Integrates with Siri and CarPlay for hands-free access.
- Secure contact access
- Offline access
- Automatic synchronization
- Siri integration
- CarPlay integration
- Caller ID enhancement
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Thanks to EBF Contacts, your team can access professional contacts easily, securely, and even offline while on the go—on iOS and iPadOS. Automatically synchronized from sources such as Exchange O365/On-Premise or your CRM system. The Global Address List (GAL) or other address books can be easily connected, giving you real-time access to all your contacts. EBF Contacts can even be accessed with Siri and CarPlay. EBF Contacts uses the SMS Fraud Extension, if the user activates it. This makes the company contacts information available in the iOS phone app to display the name and other information about a caller. EBF Contacts does not block phone numbers or messages. CallKit must not be enabled to use the app. The user can skip this step on initial use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EBF Contacts at 50% against Secure Reader for BlackBerry's 9%. EBF Contacts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Secure Reader for BlackBerry's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
EBF Contacts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Secure Reader for BlackBerry's written reviews are positive against 50% of EBF Contacts's.
Secure Reader for BlackBerry ships an update every 5 months, EBF Contacts every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Secure Reader for BlackBerry | EBF Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good.iWare, Inc. | EBF-EDV Beratung Foellmer GmbH |
Customer experience
Secure Reader for BlackBerry
EBF Contacts
Bugs and requests
Secure Reader for BlackBerry
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes and requires reinstall, causing data loss
- Access key email never arrives or is lost
- Login screen persists indefinitely
- Splash screen freezes on startup
- Error messages when entering email address
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- Incompatibility with iOS 11 and later
- PDF annotations disappear when opened
- Unable to access previously saved documents after updates
- App fails to open after device reset
- Registration form validation errors
Requested features
10 requests- Password-protected document support
- Editing and annotation for .doc and .ppt files
- Stamp functionality (Confidential, Sign, etc.)
- Custom image stamps for documents
- Image insertion capability on document pages
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- Dark mode option
- iPhone X GUI optimization
- Korean-English dictionary integration
- Backup and restore functionality for document libraries
- iOS 11+ compatibility update
EBF Contacts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Secure Reader for BlackBerry
No in-app purchases
EBF Contacts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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