Comparison

VirtualPBX Softphone vs 4Voice Communicator

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

Head to head
About

VirtualPBX Softphone

Transform your smartphone into a powerful business phone system. Make and receive calls using your company's Caller ID, record conversations, and manage voicemails from your email. Enjoy high-quality calls over Wi-Fi or cellular data without using your personal minutes.

Highlights
  • VoIP calling over data connection
  • Company Caller ID
  • Call recording
  • Voicemail to email
  • Real-time call logs
  • Custom greetings and hold music
Features
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The VirtualPBX Softphone application turns your iPhone into a full-featured VoIP phone in a VirtualPBX phone system. You can receive and make calls over your data connection that enable all of the high-end features available to VirtualPBX VoIP phones, without using your phone's minutes. Audio compression is included at no added cost, providing high-quality calls with 4G, LTE, 5G, or Wi-Fi. Capabilities include: • Outbound calls use your company Caller ID, instead of your personal phone number. • Record both inbound and outbound calls automatically or on-demand. • Centralized business voice messaging, with voicemails sent to your email address. • Real-time reports, logs, and monitoring of all calls with detailed records. • Customized company greetings, voicemail, hold music, and more. • Dial other extensions directly, using just the extension number. • Instant access to your VirtualPBX main menu by pressing just one key. • Enhanced security through VirtualPBX’s unique provisioning system. This app must be registered to a VirtualPBX VoIP system. VirtualPBX is the award-winning hosted PBX service that can make a business-class phone system out of your cell phones and landlines, or can give your company a complete business VoIP phone system based on Internet phone lines. You can even mix and match business VoIP service with mobile phones and landlines to get a custom setup that works perfectly just for you. Features include a custom auto-attendant, follow-me calling, True ACD queues, call recording, voicemail, internet fax, conferencing, and more.

About

4Voice Communicator

This app provides a full PBX softphone experience on your mobile device. It enables voice calls, instant messaging, and presence updates over WiFi or cellular data. Users can make and receive calls as if they were in the office, facilitating remote work and call center operations.

Highlights
  • Full PBX softphone functionality
  • Voice calls
  • XMPP messaging
  • Presence capabilities
  • Remote office calls
  • Call center integration
  • Call transfers
Features
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The 4Voice Communicator puts a fully functional PBX softphone in your pocket. The Communicate operates over a WiFi or cellular data network, and provides both voice, XMPP messaging, and presence capabilities. With the Communicator, phone users can receive and make calls as if they are in the office,from anywhere. Customer Service agents can participate in Call center activities from home or a satellite location. Call transfers can be made using shorthand extensions to and from office phones and remote mobile users. The Communicator is easy to deploy: download from the App Store, use the provided login credentials and you are in!.

Screenshots

VirtualPBX Softphone4 screens
4Voice Communicator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: VirtualPBX Softphone at 47% against 4Voice Communicator's 0%. 4Voice Communicator's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

4Voice Communicator holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 334 and 263 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of VirtualPBX Softphone's written reviews are positive against 0% of 4Voice Communicator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VirtualPBX Softphone ships an update every 6 months, 4Voice Communicator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
VirtualPBX Softphone versus 4Voice Communicator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtualPBX Softphone4Voice Communicator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (334 ratings)4.7 (263 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings334 — better263
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtual PBXRon Byer

Customer experience

VirtualPBX Softphone

All ratings304 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.3%

4Voice Communicator

All ratings209 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

VirtualPBX Softphone

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Audio doesn't always connect
  • Dial pad not working during calls
  • Calls drop during connection process
  • Incoming calls rarely come through
  • Frequent call cut-offs
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  • Call quality issues
  • App drains battery
  • Cannot log in with correct credentials
  • Group not found error on login

Requested features

5 requests
  • Fix dial pad functionality for automated systems
  • Improve connection reliability for calls
  • Ensure incoming calls come through consistently
  • Address call dropping issues during connection
  • Invest in app development for paid users

4Voice Communicator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

VirtualPBX Softphone

No in-app purchases

None

4Voice Communicator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VirtualPBX Softphone free?
VirtualPBX Softphone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 4Voice Communicator free?
4Voice Communicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VirtualPBX Softphone or 4Voice Communicator?
4Voice Communicator is rated higher. VirtualPBX Softphone averages 4.4 out of 5 from 334 ratings, while 4Voice Communicator averages 4.7 from 263 ratings.
Do VirtualPBX Softphone or 4Voice Communicator have ads?
Neither VirtualPBX Softphone nor 4Voice Communicator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VirtualPBX Softphone or 4Voice Communicator?
VirtualPBX Softphone ships an update every 6 months, and 4Voice Communicator every 4 months. Most recently, VirtualPBX Softphone was updated on October 23, 2026 and 4Voice Communicator on October 25, 2026.

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