Tawk.to vs WHMCS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tawk.to
This free live chat application enables website owners to monitor and interact with visitors in real-time. It also offers a free, customizable page for communication. The service is entirely free with no hidden costs or spam.
- Live chat with website visitors
- Visitor monitoring
- Free customizable page
- Real-time communication
- No spam or hidden costs
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tawk.to is a free live chat app that lets you monitor and chat with visitors on your website or from a free customizable page. No catch. No spam. No wares. It's truly free and always will be.
WHMCS
Manage your business on the go with this mobile companion app. Access and respond to support tickets, view business insights, and secure your account with biometric login. Stay connected to your WHMCS system from anywhere.
- Guided onboarding
- Business insights and performance overview
- Browse and manage support tickets
- Rich-text formatting and attachment handling
- Predefined support replies
- Face ID/fingerprint security
- Dark mode support
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WHMCS for iOS is the new iPhone app for WHMCS. Our new app has been re-engineered from the ground up to deliver a richer and more modern mobile app experience. This release includes a full feature set of support ticket functionality. Updates will be coming regularly to add more functionality. Features include: - guided on-boarding - business insights/performance overview - browse tickets by status and department - view and respond to support tickets - rich-text formatting support - display and download of attachments - predefined support replies - open ticket functionality - face id/fingerprint security - support for dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tawk.to at 58% against WHMCS's 36%. Tawk.to also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (215 vs 19). WHMCS's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tawk.to holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tawk.to has 215 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Tawk.to's written reviews are positive against 36% of WHMCS's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tawk.to | WHMCS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (215 ratings) — better | 3.5 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.5% of reviews — better | 35.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tawk.to | WHMCS Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tawk.to
WHMCS
Bugs and requests
Tawk.to
Reported bugs
6 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Unreliable notifications
- Inconsistent chat history
- Login and logout issues
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
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- Visitor tracking not working as expected
Requested features
7 requests- Dark mode
- Multilingual support
- Improved notification system
- Visitor history and analytics
- Attachment support in chat
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- Agent status visibility
- Customizable branding options
WHMCS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tawk.to
No in-app purchases
WHMCS
No in-app purchases
