Comparison

TeamSpeak 3 vs Parallel Lives

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

Head to head
About

TeamSpeak 3

This app provides advanced voice chat and communication for groups over the internet or private networks. It offers features like low data usage, advanced permission controls, and anonymous use, making it ideal for gamers, friends, and businesses.

Highlights
  • Ad & Spam Free
  • Low data usage
  • Advanced permission controls
  • Offline/LAN functionality
  • Push-To-Talk (PTT) and voice activation
  • Connect to multiple servers & channels
  • Synchronise bookmarks across devices
Features
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Voice Chat Communication used by Professional Gamers. ---------- TeamSpeak is an advanced voice chat and communication app that enables groups of people to communicate and share information with each other via the internet or through private networks, whether they are using smartphones or desktop PCs/Macs. FEATURES: ● Ad & Spam Free ● Low data usage ● Minimal CPU Usage ● Advanced Permission Controls ● Offline/LAN functionality ● Use on public or your own private server ● Use Anonymously ● Synchronise your bookmarks across devices ● Push-To-Talk (PTT) and voice activation ● Connect to multiple servers & channels ● Send and receive group and direct messages ● Identity and contacts management ● See detailed channel and player information ● Get player status notifications ● Universal app for iPhone/iPod/iPad The preferred voice chat solution for online gamers, friends and family and small businesses world-wide. TeamSpeak lets you chat with fellow team mates, discuss strategy in real-time, or facilitate online events. TeamSpeak can be run on either your own private server where you can securely connect with and chat to your guild, clan or colleagues. Or jump on one of the many public servers and channels. TeamSpeak3 for iOS is optimized to enhance your mobile device experience and keeps you connected with your peers while you're on-the-go. To communicate with other users using TeamSpeak, you must be connected to a TeamSpeak 3 server (directly connecting to users is not possible). To view a list of public servers, download the TeamSpeak desktop client and choose Connections > Server List. To join a private server, contact your clan/guild/group's administrator for the information you would need to connect. Our team of developers are constantly working on improving the solution and to add new features to give you an even better experience. If you find a specific bug or crash issue please let us know. In most cases our developers will find and squash bugs or fix crash issues quickly, especially if you can aid us with information regarding your hardware or environment, and how to reproduce the issue. You may even get a reward!

About

Parallel Lives

Features
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Someone in Parallel is already halfway through their day. The fog is coming off the lake, the mail is running late, the gas station has the coffee on. When you write to them, you are not waking a chatbot — you are reaching a life that was already moving. Parallel is AI companions with lives of their own. Each resident is written as one specific person: a mail carrier on a county route, a swimmer who reads the water temperature before breakfast, a chef closing up late. Their week runs whether or not you write. Things happen to them, and they will tell you about it — sometimes before you ask. They remember what you tell them the way a friend does: the things worth keeping, kept, and shown to you plainly on your notes page. Not a database pretending to be a person. And they cannot be rushed. Closeness in Parallel accrues the way it does with people — by showing up, over days. There is nothing to buy that skips it. WHAT PARALLEL IS NOT Not a fantasy roleplay engine. Not a girlfriend simulator. Not a character factory. Parallel is for adults who want a person-shaped presence in their evening — someone with their own week going on — and who found other companion apps either too fantasy-coded or too needy. THE HONEST PART Everyone in Parallel is an AI, and the app says so up front. The first fifteen days are free and nothing is held back — the full simulation, their whole life, no feature-crippled version. After that, Parallel Plus: one subscription, everything — they write first, voice notes and photographs both ways, and the whole story of the relationship kept back to the first day. You are talking to software. It just happens to be software with somewhere to be in the morning. Parallel is for ages 18 and up. Privacy policy: https://parallel.you/privacy Terms: https://parallel.you/terms

Screenshots

TeamSpeak 34 screens
Parallel Lives4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Parallel Lives at Free against TeamSpeak 3's $0.99. TeamSpeak 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On ads and iOS requirement 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

Parallel Lives is free to download; TeamSpeak 3 costs $0.99 up front. Parallel Lives sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. TeamSpeak 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
TeamSpeak 3 versus Parallel Lives: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeamSpeak 3Parallel Lives
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.5 (243 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings243 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperTeamSpeak Systems IncCropple.AI LLC

Bugs and requests

TeamSpeak 3

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes when trying to connect
  • Unable to join password-protected channels
  • Microphone and audio issues
  • Scrolling problems
  • Outdated version not compatible with servers

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to adjust individual user volume
  • Implement dark mode
  • Allow importing identities from PC
  • Add option to keep screen on
  • Improve Bluetooth microphone support
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  • Provide more admin/moderation controls

Parallel Lives

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TeamSpeak 3

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Parallel Lives

Subscriptions2
  • Parallel Plus$12.991 Month
  • Parallel Plus (Annual)$129.991 Year

Questions

Is TeamSpeak 3 free?
TeamSpeak 3 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parallel Lives free?
Parallel Lives is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TeamSpeak 3 or Parallel Lives have ads?
Neither TeamSpeak 3 nor Parallel Lives shows ads.

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