PF Call Control Center vs MessageDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PF Call Control Center
Manage your PhoneFusion ONE phone calls with ease. Place calls on hold, redirect callers to voicemail, and review your call history directly from your device. Requires an active PhoneFusion ONE account to function.
- Place calls on hold
- Send callers to voicemail
- Track call history
- PhoneFusion ONE integration
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Control your PhoneFusion ONE phone calls! Place calls on hold, send callers to voicemail and track your call history - all with the touch of your finger. NOTE: This app will only work if you have an existing PhoneFusion ONE account.
MessageDesk
Integrate SMS messaging into your business phone lines, including VoIP and landlines. This app offers a shared team inbox and broadcast capabilities for efficient communication. Features like scheduled messages, autoresponders, and templates help streamline SMS workflows.
- Add SMS to business phone numbers
- Shared team SMS inbox
- Mass text broadcasts
- Scheduled text messages
- Keyword-based autoresponders
- Automation
- Pre-saved text message templates
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Add texting to any business phone number including VoIP and landlines. Use MessageDesk's shared team SMS inbox and mass text broadcasts to get the right message to the right people at the right time. Streamline your SMS communication and save time with scheduled text messages, keyword-based autoresponders, automation, and pre-saved text message templates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MessageDesk at 80% against PF Call Control Center's 17%. MessageDesk also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 37 months) and rating (3.7 vs 3.4). PF Call Control Center's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
MessageDesk holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of PF Call Control Center's written reviews are positive against 80% of MessageDesk's.
PF Call Control Center ships an update every 37 months, MessageDesk every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PF Call Control Center | MessageDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 3.7 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PhoneFusion, Inc. | Alderwood Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
PF Call Control Center
MessageDesk
In-app purchases
PF Call Control Center
No in-app purchases
MessageDesk
No in-app purchases
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