Cole Carriers vs eFone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cole Carriers
Track the real-time customs status of shipments handled by Cole International Inc. directly from your iPhone. This app is useful for carriers, drivers, dispatchers, and clients needing immediate updates.
- Real-time PARS/PAPS status
- Shipment tracking
- Accessible on iPhone/iPod
- For carriers, drivers, dispatchers, clients
- Customs broker integration
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Check your PARS/PAPS status on your iPhone anywhere anytime! The Cole Carriers app is designed to provide carriers, drivers, dispatchers, self-carrying clients, or any interested party real-time PARS/PAPS status of shipments where Cole International Inc. is the designated customs broker.
eFone
Manage all your business communications with a single dedicated number. Keep business calls, texts, and voicemails separate from personal ones. Messages sync instantly across your account for easy access.
- Single business identity number
- Separate business voicemails
- Instant message syncing
- Contact privacy
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Single business identity - use your one business number for calling, texting Keep all your business voicemails separate from your personal messages All messages instantly sync with your account, so you can stay on top of your communications We do not upload contacts into server, it is required for your convenience only
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cole Carriers at none against eFone's shown. Cole Carriers also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.2). eFone's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cole Carriers against 5.0 for eFone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Cole Carriers's written reviews are positive against 56% of eFone's.
Cole Carriers ships an update every 5 weeks, eFone every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cole Carriers | eFone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 209 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cole International Inc. | Wireless Xperts Inc |
Customer experience
Cole Carriers
eFone
In-app purchases
Cole Carriers
No in-app purchases
eFone
No in-app purchases
