Comparison

MiCollab for Mobile vs SmartCE

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

Head to head
About

MiCollab for Mobile

This mobile application unifies communication and collaboration tools, allowing employees to talk, chat, meet, and share information from anywhere. It extends office communications to any location, enabling calls, directory searches, instant messaging, and voicemail management directly from a smartphone.

Highlights
  • Unified communication and collaboration
  • Make and receive office calls
  • Corporate directory search
  • Instant messaging and video calls
  • Visual voicemail management
  • Status and call-routing preferences
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The Mitel® MiCollab® Mobile Client 9.6 requires MiCollab Server 9.6 or newer. MiCollab is a mobile first application, designed from the ground up for your iPhone, making it easier for employees to talk, chat, meet and share information from anyplace, at any time. Having communications and team collaboration in a single application, MiCollab extends your office communications to any location enabling you to make phone calls, search your corporate directory, chat with colleagues, check corporate voicemail, collaborate on team-based projects, and more, directly from your iPhone. Increase the ease of sharing information and speed of decision making within your organization by using the MiCollab Mobile client. The MiCollab Mobile client lets you: • Create a list of favorite contacts, speed dial numbers, and websites you can access in a flash • Search corporate contacts, see who is available, and choose how to contact them using voice, IM, point-to-point video, or email • Receive, place, and hand-off voice calls to/from the MiCollab Mobile client SIP Softphone over Wi-Fi® or 4G/5G networks • View your incoming, outgoing and missed call history for your office extension • Access visual voicemail for your office extension and manage messages by preference rather than by sequence • Manage and automatically update your status and call-routing preferences based on your location or time of day

About

SmartCE

Features
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Manage your utility account, pay bills, view usage, and report problems. Receive payment reminders and planned outage notifications.

Screenshots

MiCollab for Mobile4 screens
SmartCE2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MiCollab for Mobile at every 6 weeks against SmartCE's every 33 months. SmartCE's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiCollab for Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, SmartCE every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MiCollab for Mobile versus SmartCE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiCollab for MobileSmartCE
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (41 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMitel Networks CorporationdataVoice International

Bugs and requests

MiCollab for Mobile

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App won't connect or register to server
  • Incoming calls show as missed calls instead of ringing
  • Call overlay doesn't work when phone is locked
  • Calls get stuck in 'IVR Connecting' state
  • App crashes on startup after updates
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  • Softphone won't stay open in background
  • Status changes don't register properly
  • ACD users randomly switched to different states
  • Mute button becomes unresponsive
  • Native phone option forced instead of app calls
  • Chat messages don't sync across devices
  • Chat notifications not received
  • Location services requirement on Android
  • Call quality degrades with certain WiFi networks
  • App hangs on loading screen
  • Battery drain causes phone shutdown
  • Calls lock up desk phone requiring reboot
  • Audio won't route through app speakers
  • Unexpected error crashes with image uploads

Requested features

14 requests
  • Answer calls from locked screen
  • Auto-add 9 prefix for external calls
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • CarPlay integration for vehicles
  • Ability to control ring group membership by status
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  • Pre-call audio device selection
  • Status change synchronization
  • Chat message read receipts
  • File sharing in messenger
  • Spell checker and text prediction
  • Disable work calls during off-hours
  • Better Bluetooth device switching
  • WiFi signal strength indicators
  • Call history sync with desktop app

SmartCE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MiCollab for Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

SmartCE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiCollab for Mobile free?
MiCollab for Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SmartCE free?
SmartCE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MiCollab for Mobile or SmartCE have ads?
Neither MiCollab for Mobile nor SmartCE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MiCollab for Mobile or SmartCE?
MiCollab for Mobile ships an update every 6 weeks, and SmartCE every 33 months. Most recently, MiCollab for Mobile was updated on November 13, 2026 and SmartCE on November 11, 2026.

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