Comments on: VoIP Softphone Shootout for iPhone, iPad, & iPod Touch

By: AnabolicHippo

AnabolicHippo — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:36:25 +0000

Do any of the reviewed program allow for outputting audio, which is pre-recorded onto the phone, and outputting that into the call?

By: John Gordon

John Gordon — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:17 +0000

I was just searching for this information for some time. After six hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your site. I wonder what’s the lack of Google strategy that do not rank this kind of informative websites in top of the list. Normally the top websites are full of garbage.

By: cheng

cheng — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:47:32 +0000

Yes, voip apps are doing a great job in increasing the practicality of iPad. I am using Freephoo to make calls and am very impressed with it. Its simplicity, smoothness, clarity are awesome. I also like its free calls to users and connecitivity.

By: bacon

bacon — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:24:17 +0000

Why is counterpath charging for G.729 when my ITSP already offers G.729?

It is my understanding (from CSIPsimple and elsewhere) that should one’s ITSP offer G.729 one need not also pay a client license.

[WM: Not sure you’re paying for a client license. You’re just paying more to the developer for more functionality. 🙄 ]

By: dave saxon

dave saxon — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:07:07 +0000

For Android try: CSipSimple. It is by far the most reliable + super easy to setup!

By: BigTex

BigTex — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:51:01 +0000

Check out the latest Bria update – supports multiple accounts, background support(though it does drain the battery more), and dialplan support.

By: OJ

OJ — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:36:31 +0000

Bria doesn’t support multiple profiles/ providers. This is a shame! I would have expected more from the Developers of Xlite.

[WM: Hmmm. The recently developed beta of Xlite disappeared thanks to a time-bomb in the code. Suffice it to say, we’ve parted company with CounterPath, business practices that make us hold our nose.]

By: Al Harding

Al Harding — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:39:31 +0000

Hi Ward,

I bought the Bria for iPhone after your post. It sort of works. I can call but people cannot hear me. I think it’s because I switched the router to accept 6060 and translate to 5060 when it reaches my PBX in a flash. The Bria setup has my ip:6060 so that it connects on port 6060.

Since this didn’t work, I tried setting my extension to port 6060 and router pointing from 6060 externally to 6060 at the PBX in a flash for my extension 605. Bria won’t register at all this way.

Any thoughts? I have two PBX in a Flash systems running at my office, so I can’t use 5060 for the extension 605 port #.

By: raoulw

raoulw — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:01:51 +0000

Can’t believe none of these apps support iOS4 multitasking. With iOS4 now released, I was looking forward to finally dishing out some cash on an iPhone VOIP app that would actually be useful.

[WM: iOS4 has only been released for a couple of days, and the development tools have only been available to most folks for a month or two. Give it a little time.]

By: Ben Green

Ben Green — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:07:50 +0000

I’m still waiting for the ios 4 version of these voip apps that take advantage of the multitasking/background services, so it actually becomes useful for incoming calls.

By: Devin

Devin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:37:46 +0000

I’ve been using Media5-fone for a while too. Wideband Audio (G.722) is awesome! Since v2.2 SIP-URI dialing is fully supported. Just press the small keyboard icon on the top right of the keypad view and the keyboard will appear. I know that G.729 is coming very soon and also Call Transfer, 3-way call and iOS4 with Multitask! Cannot wait…

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:19:25 +0000

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but who is the winner? If you were only going to purchase one would you buy the bria or the acrobits? Thanks

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:16:22 +0000

Nothing for Android? Only thing found out there is from Sipdroid and they really don’t provide a good product 🙁

By: ward

ward — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:50:31 +0000

We’ve updated yesterday’s article to include coverage of CounterPath’s new Bria offering. It’s that good!

By: ward

ward — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:04:55 +0000

To get Bria working with Asterisk, go into Settings, Advanced Settings, Network Traversal Strategy, User Specified, ICE:Off. Really poor default choice!

By: Sergio Cury

Sergio Cury — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:14:50 +0000

Ward;
I’ve been using Whistle on my iPad 3g and I am very happy with it. It would be great to hear your opinion on it as you will be able to compare it to these other softphones you just tested.
Now, I was surprised to see AT&T allowing softphones at the App Store. I think it has to do with the new data plan they are offering…..
Best regards.

By: ward

ward — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:54:34 +0000

CounterPath introduced Bria for the iPhone/iPad today. Unfortunately, we have been unable to place calls with the software. Inbound calls work fine. For a complete writeup on the new software, follow this link. We'll post more details once the outbound calling issue is resolved.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:03:42 +0000

I have been using Acrobit and could’t be happpier. There are a few features I would love though. An exception rule whereby everytime I call the same DID Acrobit is registered to using my cell would be useful so that while I call I don’t hear Acrobit ringing. Also, I am not sure I would trade the push with Acrobit running in the background in future iPhones (read: battery usage). We’ll see. The push can be tricky though depending on how many sec you set your call to go to voicemail. I have mine set to about 23sec and often don’t catch the call on time. Overall is great

By: theagent

theagent — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:14:44 +0000

I’ve been pleased with Media5-fone and have a kludge for the SIP URI issue. You can add a sip uri into your contacts email field and copy and paste that into the dialer. I do this without issue on a daily basis. I agree that a cleaner implementation would be nice. STUN is an obvious miss in my opinion and hope to see that soon. That being said the softphone runs great on my 1st generation iPhone with G.722 over wifi and it’s the only one of the bunch that does G.722

By: John Balogh

John Balogh — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:20:07 +0000

Looking forward to an equivalent for Android. 🙂

[WM: Coming soon!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:17:39 +0000

dude… how did you miss the weephone!!!!