Comparison

Silent Phone vs BBM Enterprise

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

Head to head
About

Silent Phone

This app offers secure, end-to-end encrypted voice, video, and messaging for businesses. Protect sensitive communications and intellectual property with advanced privacy features. Facilitate confident global collaboration for your team.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted voice, video, and messaging
  • Secure conference calling and group messaging
  • Burn commands and timers to destroy messages
  • Secure file sharing
  • Zero-touch deployment
  • Integrated enterprise user management
Features
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Silent Phone provides enterprise-grade encrypted voice, video, and messaging. Our end-to-end security protects your business, its reputation, and its valuable intellectual property from spying eyes. With Silent Phone, your team can discuss important matters across continents with the same confidence as if you were all in the same room. Silent Phone is developed by Silent Circle, the world leader in enterprise privacy solutions. Features: - Privacy and security trusted by businesses and governments around the world - Simple "zero-touch" deployment across your organization - Integrated enterprise user management with Silent Manager - Secure voice and video calls with our unique Security Words - Secure high-definition conference calling and group messaging - Burn commands destroy all copies of sent messages - Burn timers automatically redact old messages - Voice memos speed communication and replace insecure voicemail - Read receipts and delivery receipts give your teams situational awareness - Securely send documents, videos, images, and other files - Silent World offers calling to/from traditional phone numbers with enhanced security - Standards-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO) - Scheduled training available for your teams

About

BBM Enterprise

A secure, cross-platform messaging and collaboration tool designed for businesses. It offers the familiar BBM experience with enhanced security for corporate data, enabling faster communication, collaboration, and decision-making on mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Secure mobile messaging
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Real-time collaboration
  • File sharing
  • Message read receipts
  • End-to-end security
Features
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BBM® Enterprise is a secure mobile, cross-platform, messaging and collaboration tool. It provides the same user- friendly experience that’s earned BBM millions of fans worldwide – with the end-to-end security enterprise needs. BBM Enterprise allows users to take advantage of the speed, reliability and privacy of BBM for faster communication, collaboration and decision making while providing security conscious organizations enhanced security over corporate data. BBM Enterprise is the ideal business communication tool because it is mobile and immediate. Unlike enterprise IM tools that were originally designed for use on the desktop, BBM Enterprise offers a truly mobile experience, on a variety of devices. With BBM Enterprise, you only need one app to cover your mobile messaging and collaboration needs. Users know when their colleagues have received and read messages, so they can collaborate with confidence, in real-time. One-to-one chats, group discussions and file sharing all happen with the protection required by security-focused organizations – and all with an immediacy and accountability that’s hard to achieve through any other communication channel. BBM Enterprise uses a FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library and leverages BlackBerry’s secure infrastructure, trusted by security-conscious and regulated organizations around the world, to protect data while it’s in transit and at rest.  All the added security offered by BBM Enterprise happens in the background, so there’s no impact on the BBM user experience.

Screenshots

Silent Phone4 screens
BBM Enterprise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Silent Phone at 3.7 against BBM Enterprise's 3.1. Silent Phone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). BBM Enterprise's advantage is ratings volume (562 vs 92). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BBM Enterprise sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.49 per 6 months. Silent Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Silent Phone holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BBM Enterprise has 562 ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Silent Phone's written reviews are positive against 40% of BBM Enterprise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Silent Phone ships an update every 3 months, BBM Enterprise every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Silent Phone versus BBM Enterprise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilent PhoneBBM Enterprise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (92 ratings) — better3.1 (562 ratings)
Positive reviews42.4% of reviews — better39.8% of reviews
Number of ratings92562 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSilent Circle, LLCBlackBerry Limited

Customer experience

Silent Phone

All ratings92 ratings
Positive67.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral7.6%
Negative50.0%

BBM Enterprise

All ratings564 ratings
Positive50.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative43.1%
Written reviews357 reviews
Positive39.8%
Neutral15.1%
Negative45.1%

User reviews

Silent Phone

From 92 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Industry-leading encryption and privacy
  • 📞 Secure calling to non-users via OutCircle
  • 🌍 Works reliably across different countries
  • 🎯 Professional-grade security features
  • 📱 Intuitive interface when properly set up

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model ($9.95-$10/month)
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and instability
  • 📨 Messages delayed or not delivered
  • ☎️ Calls drop frequently
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

BBM Enterprise

From 562 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Secure messaging
  • 🚀 Reliable and efficient
  • 👍 Intuitive user experience
  • 🔒 Privacy-focused

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues
  • 🐛 Delayed message delivery
  • 🐛 Notification problems
  • 🔋 Battery drain
  • 💰 Paid subscription required

Bugs and requests

Silent Phone

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes on launch with iOS updates
  • Login credentials not accepted after reinstall
  • Text input display issues (text cut off or invisible)
  • Messages not delivered despite showing as delivered
  • Call audio problems (no sound, distorted audio)
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  • App crashes when sending text messages
  • Background process doesn't work reliably
  • Incoming calls show busy signal after 30-90 minutes of inactivity
  • App disappears/closes immediately after opening
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Notifications not arriving properly
  • Video conferencing section missing or non-functional
  • Media attachment sharing failures
  • App freezes during connection establishment
  • Billing notification popups appearing unexpectedly
  • Balance information removed from app interface

Requested features

18 requests
  • Account creation option directly in app
  • Group messaging/texting capability
  • Multiple simultaneous accounts support
  • In-app credit balance display
  • Voicemail functionality
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  • Desktop/computer version
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • In-app subscription payment via App Store
  • Wired ethernet connection support
  • Screenshot notification alerts
  • Passcode/PIN app lock
  • Touch ID/biometric authentication
  • Better contact management integration
  • Ability to turn off read receipts
  • Manual key reset option
  • CallKit integration for native iOS experience
  • Background push notification improvements
  • Landscape orientation support on tablets

BBM Enterprise

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after updates
  • Login and account issues
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back old BBM emojis and stickers
  • Add broadcast messaging feature
  • Improve group chat functionality
  • Introduce dark mode and customization options

In-app purchases

None

Silent Phone

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BBM Enterprise

Subscriptions1
  • BBM Enterprise$2.496 Months

Questions

Is Silent Phone free?
Silent Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BBM Enterprise free?
BBM Enterprise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Silent Phone or BBM Enterprise?
Silent Phone is rated higher. Silent Phone averages 3.7 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while BBM Enterprise averages 3.1 from 562 ratings.
Do Silent Phone or BBM Enterprise have ads?
Neither Silent Phone nor BBM Enterprise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Silent Phone or BBM Enterprise?
Silent Phone ships an update every 3 months, and BBM Enterprise every 2 months. Most recently, Silent Phone was updated on October 23, 2026 and BBM Enterprise on October 23, 2026.

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