ReceptionMonk vs CallStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ReceptionMonk
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ReceptionMonk is a business VoIP softphone for teams. Use your office extension on iPhone to handle calls from anywhere while keeping your business identity.
CallStep
This app provides a dedicated business phone number with AI-powered call handling, texting, and contact management, keeping your professional and personal lines separate. It offers features like call transcription, voicemail summaries, and flexible minute packages.
- Dedicated business phone number
- AI call answering and transcription
- Business texting (SMS/MMS)
- Voicemail with AI summaries
- Contact management and history
- Flexible, non-expiring minute packages
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CallStep gives your business a dedicated phone number with AI-powered call handling, texting, voicemail, and contacts — all in one app, separate from your personal line. FEATURES • Dedicated business number for calls and SMS • AI call answering that can answer, transcribe, and summarize incoming calls and voicemails, so you never miss what matters • Business texting (SMS/MMS), including photos • Contacts, notes, and a full call and message history • Voicemail with transcripts and AI summaries • Flexible minute packages — buy calling minutes that never expire IMPORTANT CallStep is not an emergency calling service. Emergency numbers are not supported — please use your carrier's phone app for emergencies. Depending on your settings, calls and voicemails may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by AI, including third-party AI such as OpenAI. We ask for your explicit consent before any such processing. See our Privacy Policy for the providers we use and how long data is kept. Terms of Use (EULA): https://voice.servicein.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://voice.servicein.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReceptionMonk at none against CallStep's 6. CallStep's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. CallStep sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per month. ReceptionMonk asks for nothing beyond the download.
ReceptionMonk ships an update every 9 days, CallStep every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ReceptionMonk | CallStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | REAK Infotech LLP | ServiceIn Inc |
In-app purchases
ReceptionMonk
No in-app purchases
CallStep
- 1-Number Plan$44.991 Month
- 3-Number Plan$56.991 Month
- 5-Number Plan$68.991 Month
- 100 AI Minutes$19.99
- 500 AI Minutes$99.99
- 1000 AI Minutes$199.99
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