Comparison

Intercom Conversations vs Live

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Live

Streamline car dealership communications by integrating your CRM with your phone system. Get caller context for calls and texts, send high-resolution media, and log all conversations. Seamlessly integrate with inventory marketing tools.

Highlights
  • CRM integration
  • Caller identification
  • High-res photo/video support
  • Conversation logging
  • Dealership phone system compatibility
  • Inventory marketing integration
Features
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Designed for Car Dealers by a Car Dealer. This app superchargers and simplifies your phone system by integrating your CRM it. Now users know who is calling or sending them a text by using your CRM to give context to the messages. It allows high res photos and videos to be received and sent. And all notes of the conversation are logged in your CRM. It works with the most popular dealership phone systems - CallRevu and InteractiveTel as well as all major CRMs. This app also integrates with Live-capture, allowing you to seamlessly send marketing videos and digital walk arounds of all in-stock inventory.

Screenshots

Intercom Conversations4 screens
Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live at 100% against Intercom Conversations's 18%. Live also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Intercom Conversations's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (171 vs 10). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Live holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intercom Conversations has 171 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Intercom Conversations's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intercom Conversations ships an update every 5 days, Live monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Intercom Conversations versus Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntercom ConversationsLive
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (171 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings171 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIntercomRecovery Racing, LLC

Customer experience

Intercom Conversations

All ratings171 ratings
Positive18.7%
Neutral14.6%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive18.2%
Neutral11.9%
Negative69.8%

Live

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Live

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Intercom Conversations

No in-app purchases

None

Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Intercom Conversations free?
Intercom Conversations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live free?
Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Intercom Conversations or Live?
Live is rated higher. Intercom Conversations averages 2.1 out of 5 from 171 ratings, while Live averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Intercom Conversations or Live have ads?
Neither Intercom Conversations nor Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intercom Conversations or Live?
Intercom Conversations ships an update every 5 days, and Live monthly. Most recently, Intercom Conversations was updated on October 5, 2026 and Live on October 4, 2026.

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