Balsio vs Arnacon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balsio
This app provides a dedicated space for work-related conversations, separating them from personal chats. It allows messaging via work email, collaboration within teams, and communication with external contacts like clients and partners. Users can also message WhatsApp contacts in supported regions.
- Separate work and personal messages
- Message via work email
- Team chat workspace
- External communication with clients/partners
- WhatsApp integration (EEA)
- Organize chats by project/client
- Threaded replies and chat management
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Balsio – A chat app for work conversations Work messages often end up in the apps we use with friends and family. Balsio gives work conversations a separate place. With Balsio, you can: - Message anyone using their work email. No phone numbers needed. - Keep work and personal messages in separate apps. - Keep all your team's chats in one shared workspace. Invite a new person once, and they can join any team chat they need. - Talk with people outside your company: clients, partners, and suppliers. They do not have to join your team. - Message your WhatsApp contacts without leaving Balsio (available in the European Economic Area, where contacts have enabled third-party chats). - Organize chats into lists by project or client, reply in threads, and snooze chats or mark them as done. Tools like Slack and Teams are for conversations inside your company. Balsio is for your team and for the people outside your company: clients, partners, and suppliers. If you have used a personal chat app before, Balsio will feel familiar.
Arnacon
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One app. Many ways to communicate. Arnacon brings voice, messaging, telephony, email, Web3 identity, and other communication services together in one app. Instead of installing a different app for every communication service, Arnacon is designed as a flexible communication platform where you can choose the services and identities you want to use. Use Arnacon for a Secondary Number, connect to a LightPBX, communicate using your email or Web3 identity, and connect with other messaging and communication services — all from the same app. - Multiple Communication Services, One App Arnacon is not built around a single communication service. Different providers and applications can operate through the same Arnacon interface. Services can include: • Secondary Number – use an additional telephone number without needing another phone • LightPBX – connect to business telephony, extensions, calling and PBX services • Email-based communication – connect and communicate using your email identity • Web3 Identity – use decentralized identities such as ENS instead of relying only on a phone number • Messaging integrations – connect Arnacon with other messaging and communication platforms • Private or organization-specific services – companies and communities can provide their own communication services through Arnacon - Choose How You Identify Yourself Communication should not have to begin with a SIM card or mobile number. With Arnacon, different services can use different identities. Depending on the service, you can communicate using a phone number, email address, Web3 identity, organizational identity, or another supported identifier. You can use the identity that makes sense for each situation instead of having your entire communication life tied to one phone number. - Choose Your Provider Arnacon separates the communication app from the service provider. Just as a web browser can connect to many different websites, Arnacon is designed to connect you to communication services from different providers without requiring a separate app for each one. Providers can offer their services through Arnacon, while organizations can operate their own communication infrastructure and make it available to their users. - From Personal Numbers to Business Telephony Arnacon can serve very different communication needs. Use it for an additional personal or business number through Secondary Number, connect employees to a LightPBX environment, communicate through decentralized identities, or access services provided specifically by your organization. The same Arnacon app can become a different communication tool depending on the services you choose. - Privacy and Control by Design Arnacon is built around the idea that users should have more control over their communication, identity, and service provider. Supported services can use encrypted communication and privacy-focused technologies while allowing users to choose how they identify themselves and which providers they trust. - An Open Communication Platform Arnacon is designed to connect traditional telecommunications with modern messaging, internet communication, and Web3. Phone numbers, PBX services, email identities, decentralized identities, messaging platforms, and future communication services can all become part of the same environment. Arnacon is not another messaging app. It is one app for your communication services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Arnacon at 15.6 against Balsio's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Balsio ships an update weekly, Arnacon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balsio | Arnacon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fyello Productivity SIA | Cellact BV |
In-app purchases
Balsio
No in-app purchases
Arnacon
No in-app purchases









