Comparison

LEAP Mobile vs Horizon Smartphone App

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

Head to head
About

LEAP Mobile

This legal practice management tool offers mobile access to case details, correspondence, and calendars. It allows for recording voice memos, sending emails, managing time entries, and viewing financial ledgers, empowering legal professionals to work efficiently from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Create and access matter details
  • Record voice memos and dictate emails
  • Manage time entries and fixed fees
  • View calendars and critical dates
  • Access matter ledgers and contact details
  • Integrated maps for appointments
Features
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LEAP helps you work more effectively with the best mobile tools, giving you the freedom to work when and where it suits you. Features: · Create matters and cards · Access matter details including all matter correspondence · Record voice memos · Send emails and forward documents · View critical dates, tasks and calendar entries · Find contact details for all parties on a matter · Find the location of your appointments using integrated maps · View your staff contact details · Create, edit and view time entries on any matter · Make timed calls directly from a matter · Synchronise time entries with your timesheet on the desktop · Create, edit and view fixed fees · Check your office and trust account matter ledgers · Use voice recognition to dictate your time entries and create emails This app is only available to LEAP clients.

About

Horizon Smartphone App

Make and receive calls using your IP telephony service from your smartphone. Stay connected with colleagues through presence and instant messaging, perfect for remote or mobile workers.

Highlights
  • Make and receive IP calls
  • Instant messaging
  • User presence indicators
  • Remote work solution
  • Business communication
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The Horizon Smartphone App allows you to make and receive calls using the Horizon IP telephony service from your iOS device. This is ideal for people who often work remotely or work from different locations where it is not practical to install a handset. In addition, the app also provides presence and instant messaging between users, keeping you connected to work colleagues no matter where you are. ******************************************** Note: A Horizon account enabled for the iOS soft-client is required to use the app. Please contact your Horizon Service Provider for more information. *********************************************

Screenshots

LEAP Mobile4 screens
Horizon Smartphone App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LEAP Mobile at 47% against Horizon Smartphone App's 12%. LEAP Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Horizon Smartphone App's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LEAP Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Horizon Smartphone App every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LEAP Mobile versus Horizon Smartphone App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLEAP MobileHorizon Smartphone App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (208 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.0% of reviews — better11.5% of reviews
Number of ratings208 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEAP Legal Software Pty LimitedGamma

Customer experience

LEAP Mobile

All ratings208 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive47.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative43.9%

Horizon Smartphone App

Written reviews52 reviews
Positive11.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative84.6%

Bugs and requests

LEAP Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Horizon Smartphone App

Reported bugs

89 issues
  • App stops and freezes
  • Lost ability to assess menu on call
  • Cannot transfer, speaker, or end calls
  • History screen does not allow deletion
  • Screen does not automatically refresh
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  • Missed calls not displayed
  • Does not work with AirPod earbuds
  • Delay before call connects
  • Speakerphone option does not always work
  • Password needed for voicemails
  • Do not disturb function does not always work
  • Does not allow answering calls on time
  • Hangs up calls randomly
  • Voicemail password not accepted
  • Cannot clear call log
  • Harder to navigate
  • Cannot always find speaker option
  • Receiving internal calls - no sound
  • Calls constantly drop
  • Cannot use AirPods
  • Zero audio with AirPods
  • Calls pushing through DND
  • Calls drop and not received
  • Needs re-downloading weekly
  • Passwords are too long
  • Doesn't let you log in
  • No support from company
  • Crashing and locking up
  • Massive delays between desktop and mobile ringing
  • Finished call on desktop, mobile rang afterwards
  • Stops working after turning off VOIP
  • Constantly states missed call without allowing pickup
  • Login is completely unreliable
  • Consistently ignores phone settings (DND, driving)
  • Rings through while driving and DND is on
  • Rings through regardless of notification settings
  • 0 voicemail notifications every hour
  • Voicemail notifications turned off, still rings
  • Rarely gets updates to fix bugs
  • Poorly designed
  • Needs to be reinstalled regularly
  • Recent update hasn’t improved it
  • Latest update makes dialling difficult
  • Buttons too small and close together
  • Colours too similar
  • Doesn't respect iPhone system-wide DND settings
  • Requires manual DND setting in app
  • Requires constant deleting and re-downloading
  • Faulty, temperamental
  • Delays between calls
  • Audio drops in and out
  • Half the time calls aren’t received
  • Massive delays in calls ringing
  • Calls constantly drop when trying to transfer
  • Cannot use desktop app to dial out from phone book
  • Drops calls all the time
  • App will not let you answer calls
  • Calls ring out even after answered
  • 0 voicemails notifications constantly
  • Voicemail turned off, still notified
  • 0 pending voicemail message updates regularly
  • Outgoing calls usually work
  • 50/50 chance of call connecting when answering
  • Caller disconnected if call doesn't connect
  • Irritating notifications that there are 0 voicemails
  • Notifications every minute
  • Disconnects Bluetooth audio and reverts to phone
  • Notification every 30 mins saying 0 pending voicemails
  • Notification every 2 hours informing 0 voicemails
  • Notifications throughout the night
  • Notification started again after listening to voicemail
  • Notification of having 0 voicemails every half an hour
  • Call quality very poor
  • Delay while calls diverted from desk phone to app
  • People hang up by the time it goes through
  • Quality of call is poor, can't hear each other
  • Recent update results in reminders of zero voicemails
  • Latest update keeps telling me zero voicemails
  • Latest update tells me zero voicemails every minute
  • App was fine until latest update
  • Latest update causes 0 pending voicemails notification
  • Latest release has irritating notifications for 0 voicemails
  • App completely broken after login
  • Unable to click on any features after login
  • Intermittently take calls if app doesn't cancel
  • App requires serious testing
  • iOS bugs when selecting previous caller
  • Selecting contact from iPhone contacts defaults to first alphabetical
  • No Apple Watch support

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow deletion of call history
  • Automatic screen refresh for missed calls
  • Ability to add work contacts to app directory
  • Direct access to iPhone contacts
  • Ability to switch on do not disturb
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  • Improve user interface for larger buttons
  • Block nuisance numbers
  • Apple Watch support

In-app purchases

None

LEAP Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Horizon Smartphone App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LEAP Mobile free?
LEAP Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Horizon Smartphone App free?
Horizon Smartphone App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LEAP Mobile or Horizon Smartphone App have ads?
Neither LEAP Mobile nor Horizon Smartphone App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LEAP Mobile or Horizon Smartphone App?
LEAP Mobile ships an update every 2 months, and Horizon Smartphone App every 9 months. Most recently, LEAP Mobile was updated on November 1, 2026 and Horizon Smartphone App on November 1, 2026.

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