Zoho Desk vs Intercom Conversations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoho Desk
This mobile help desk software provides a flexible ticketing system to manage customer service on the go. It offers features like ticket prioritization, contextual information, team collaboration, and real-time notifications to ensure efficient customer support.
- Mobile ticketing system
- Ticket prioritization
- Contextual ticket information
- Team collaboration
- Push notifications
- Time tracking
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Put your customers at the heart of your business, even when you're on the move. Zoho Desk is award-winning, context-aware help desk software that helps you provide great customer service and keep your customers happy! The Zoho Desk mobile app is a flexible and efficient ticketing system that helps you resolve tickets with the same ease and functionality as your desktop version. Here's how Zoho Desk makes your customer support help desk truly mobile: Prioritize easily: Automatically organize your tickets by your chosen criteria using Custom Views and Work Modes, so you can start working on the tickets that really need your attention. See more context with each ticket: Resolve tickets with relevant and actionable information at your fingertips. Literally. Put a face to each ticket by bringing contact information from Zoho CRM into Zoho Desk. Collaborate seamlessly: Work seamlessly with other departments, tag your team on tickets, and collaborate with them on the Team Feed to close tickets faster than ever before. Stay notified: Constantly stay in the loop, wherever you go, with the Notification Center—get notified through push notifications about ticket updates, comments, and mentions. Do more with gestures: Simplify frequently performed ticket actions like editing, closing, and moving tickets with quick and easy swipes. Track tasks and ticket times: Follow up with tasks for each ticket and track how much time your agents spent on tickets with Time Tracking. We're always working to make your Zoho Desk mobile app experience as smooth as possible. If you face any issues, write to us at desk@zohomobile.com and we'll get back to you right away.
Intercom Conversations
Manage customer conversations and access your inbox from your mobile device. Respond to messages, assign tasks, and view customer profiles to build better connections.
- Manage inbox on the go
- View and assign conversations
- Collaborate with team notes
- Start/continue conversations
- Use saved replies
- Search leads and users
- View live user profiles
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The Intercom Conversations app lets teammates access all their Intercom conversations and customers from their iPhone or iPad. Intercom is the first to bring messaging products for sales, marketing & customer service to one platform, helping businesses avoid the stiff, spammy status quo and have real conversations that build real connections. Designed to feel like the messaging apps you use every day, Intercom lets you talk to consumers almost anywhere: inside your app, on your website, across social media and via email. With the Intercom Conversations mobile app you can: Manage your inbox from anywhere View and assign conversations, see where you’re mentioned, and collaborate with your team using internal notes Start or continue a conversation Send a new message or respond to a customer via in-app or email Insert saved replies to resolve common questions faster Search and see your leads and users Gain context by viewing a user or lead’s live profile to reduce frustrating back and forth
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zoho Desk at 4.7 against Intercom Conversations's 2.1. Zoho Desk also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 18%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 171). Intercom Conversations's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, 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.
Zoho Desk holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zoho Desk has 1.6K ratings behind it against 171, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Zoho Desk's written reviews are positive against 18% of Intercom Conversations's.
Zoho Desk ships an update every 11 days, Intercom Conversations every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zoho Desk | Intercom Conversations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better | 2.1 (171 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 18.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 171 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | Intercom |
Customer experience
Zoho Desk
Intercom Conversations
User reviews
Zoho Desk
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient app for managing tickets on the go
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🔒 Secure and reliable
- 💡 Integrates well with Zoho Desk web version
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs, especially with certain ticket features
- 🔍 Limited functionality compared to web version
- 🔔 Notification issues, such as not receiving alerts for new tickets
- 🔧 Poor customer support responsiveness
Intercom Conversations
From 171 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📱 Mobile access to respond on the go
- 🔔 Push notifications for new messages
- ⚡ Quick replies when away from desktop
- 🎯 Easy to use for basic chat responses
- 👥 Good for team collaboration awareness
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant crashes and instability
- ❌ Missing core features from web version
- 💸 Expensive pricing for limited functionality
- 🔔 Unreliable notifications
- ⚙️ Poor performance and slow loading
Bugs and requests
Zoho Desk
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ticket links not opening the app
- Widgets not displaying correct information
- Ticket assignment issues, where assignments revert to unassigned
- Crashes when opening certain ticket tabs
Requested features
5 requests- Drag and drop functionality for inserting images and data
- Inline image editing capabilities
- Knowledge base access and article management
- Deeper customization options for dashboard and views
- Ability to delete or edit sent responses
Intercom Conversations
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes when scrolling through conversations
- App crashes when opening or sending messages
- Crashes when loading conversations
- Notifications not working or delayed
- Message badges not displaying correctly
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- Filter resets from 'Me' to 'All' automatically
- Keyboard randomly hides when switching apps
- Login verification email not sent
- SAML login not supported
- Saved replies not inserting when selected
- Messages not queuing to send
- Text formatting changes after sending
- Conversations not loading
- Macros not functioning properly
- App crashes on rotation
- Slow performance on larger devices
- Filtering by 'Me' shows incorrect ticket counts
- Translation feature not working
- Copilot feature not functional
Requested features
16 requests- Dark mode option
- Ticket attribute management
- Tag and label functionality
- Macro/saved reply improvements
- File attachment capability
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- Hyperlink creation in replies
- Customer event history visibility
- Keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards
- Do not disturb/quiet hours settings
- Conversation snooze feature
- Internal notes functionality
- Multiple conversation type selection
- Web version feature parity
- Advanced formatting options
- Translation feature in app
- Intercom call capability
In-app purchases
Zoho Desk
No in-app purchases
Intercom Conversations
No in-app purchases
Questions
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