Comparison

Startel Secure Messaging Plus vs ePhoneGo2

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

Head to head
About

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

This app provides a secure and HIPAA-compliant method for sending and receiving text messages. It features end-to-end encryption, expiring messages, and remote wipe capabilities to protect sensitive information.

Highlights
  • HIPAA and HITECH compliant
  • End-to-end message encryption
  • Expiring messages (up to 30 days)
  • Voice and image attachments
  • Remote wipe capability
  • Device receipt notifications
  • Multi-device single login
Features
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The Startel Secure Messaging Plus application is a safe and effective way to send and receive HIPAA compliant text messages. Message content and attachments are encrypted on servers and on smartphones, and in transmission. Fully configurable, senders are in complete control of determining the length of message life within a maximum 30 day period. Selected features include: expiring messages, voice/image attachment capability, remote wipe capability and device receipt notifications. Startel Secure Messaging Plus supports HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Users can receive messages across multiple devices using a single login including tablets, smartphones, and personal computers. If protecting your sensitive text messages is of importance to you, your organization and your industry – choose right and depend on Startel Secure Messaging Plus.

About

ePhoneGo2

This app allows employees to use their personal mobile devices for business calls, maintaining a single office number and voicemail. It ensures business calls display your office caller ID and provides access to corporate contacts, even when on the go.

Highlights
  • Receive office calls on mobile
  • Make business calls with office caller ID
  • Video calls with other users
  • Corporate directory access
  • Call transfer and recording
  • Voicemail notifications
Features
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To stay competitive, an organization’s high-performing employees need flexibility, to maximize their productivity without being tied to a desk. Plus, as a business, you must be able to maintain and protect sensitive company data while ensuring that your employees are fully accessible even while on the road. Employees often use personal devices for business transactions while on the road, which the company has no visibility of. These road warriors need a viable solution that gives them the ability to use their personal phones yet remain connected to the corporate communication system, enabling them to leverage business information with every call. In addition, businesses frequently lose components of the client interaction history when customers are contacted outside of their corporate phone system. Businesses need a solution that offers insight into all employee / client interactions, even those conducted while their employees were on the road. The solution is ESI ePhoneGO2™. Having the ePhoneGO2™ application on the iOS smartphone presents a user experience that mirrors the functionality of the ESI desktop phone, allowing employees who are “on-the-go” to make and receive business calls from anywhere using their personal devices, while still maintaining a single office phone number and voice mail. This also eliminates the need to publish anyone’s private mobile number to clients! Features – Receive calls on your Mobile device which were placed to your Office phone number – Make outgoing business calls remotely which appear to have been placed from your office – Calls made with ePhoneGO2™ will broadcast your office Caller ID, (not your personal phone number). – Establish one-to-one Video calls with other ePhoneGO2™ users. – Established voice-calls can also be upgraded to Video calls with other ePhoneGO2™ users. – View the Corporate directory with availability status of your contacts. – Create a list of frequently called users from the company directory or your phone’s personal contacts. – Established messaging sessions (SMS or IM). – Transfer calls (blind or supervised) as you would do from your desk. – Record calls from your mobile phone. – Turning Do-Not-Disturb ON or OFF for the mobile device. This allows you to pause alerting while you have your desk phone available). – Call routing options fully sync with your platform – Notification of new voicemail messages. – Make calls over WiFi or 3G / 4G / LTE / 5G, regular data rates apply IMPORTANT ESI ePhoneGO2™ for iOS requires an active account on the ESI Cloud PBX™ **Voice quality is highly dependent upon your WiFi or 3G / 4G / LTE / 5G network bandwidth** Warning for 3G / 4G / LTE Usage Some mobile carriers prohibit or restrict the use of VoIP calls over their networks and may interfere with, block, or institute fees for calls made over their 3G / 4G / LTE / 5G data networks. Check the terms of your cell phone agreement to determine the rules for your carrier. ESI cannot guarantee service and is not responsible for any charges or fees assessed in connection with usage of ESI ePhoneGO2™ on your mobile device. If you experience any issues please open a ticket via the ESI Support site at http://support.esi-estech.com or contact ESI Technical Support at 800-850-2151.

Screenshots

Startel Secure Messaging Plus3 screens
ePhoneGo24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ePhoneGo2 at 4.3 against Startel Secure Messaging Plus's 3.3. ePhoneGo2 also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 6) and review sentiment (35% vs 16%). 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

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

ePhoneGo2 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ePhoneGo2 has 1.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Startel Secure Messaging Plus's written reviews are positive against 35% of ePhoneGo2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Startel Secure Messaging Plus versus ePhoneGo2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStartel Secure Messaging PlusePhoneGo2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (6 ratings)4.3 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.6% of reviews35.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings61.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB102 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStartel CorporationEstech Systems, Inc. (ESI)

Customer experience

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive15.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative75.6%

ePhoneGo2

All ratings1,122 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral4.9%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative47.1%

Bugs and requests

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ePhoneGo2

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Text messages section disappeared
  • Desktop version still does not properly work
  • Dropped calls

Requested features

2 requests
  • Clearer instructions on how to receive calls after hours
  • More reliable text notifications

In-app purchases

None

Startel Secure Messaging Plus

No in-app purchases

None

ePhoneGo2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Startel Secure Messaging Plus free?
Startel Secure Messaging Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ePhoneGo2 free?
ePhoneGo2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Startel Secure Messaging Plus or ePhoneGo2?
ePhoneGo2 is rated higher. Startel Secure Messaging Plus averages 3.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while ePhoneGo2 averages 4.3 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Startel Secure Messaging Plus or ePhoneGo2 have ads?
Neither Startel Secure Messaging Plus nor ePhoneGo2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Startel Secure Messaging Plus or ePhoneGo2?
Startel Secure Messaging Plus ships an update every 4 months, and ePhoneGo2 every 4 months. Most recently, Startel Secure Messaging Plus was updated on October 24, 2026 and ePhoneGo2 on October 27, 2026.

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