Spok Mobile

Name: Spok Mobile
Rating: 1.6 (133 reviews)
Author: Spok, Inc.

Business

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

133 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Business
Developer

Spok, Inc.
Language

EN
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Size

41.3
MB

Spok Mobile™ is a critical messaging / alerting application for use in healthcare, government, and public safety environments. Some functionality requires a subscription / connection to a supported Spok system.

Ratings & Reviews

1.6

out of 5

133 Ratings

Maybe better than a pager but looks and feels like it’s from 1998
12/03/2025
BenHMin
Overall this application is one of the worst two-way messaging apps I have used. Though it does integrate with our system’s existing paging network and messages do seem to be delivered (bare minimum functionality), the UI is terrible. I have it two stars because 1 is the lowest and it does actually send and receive messages, so it should get some minimal credit. Very clunky to navigate between message “threads”. group message threading is essentially absent. Message history seems to disappear very quickly. No search function. Multimedia support is very bare bones. Certain characters are not supported “/“ and no error message is supplied!Our hospital system pays money for this. We have to use it to communicate. It should be less terrible, and allow us to quickly and easily navigate what are often many and complex messages. Paging is no longer just send a number to get called back. Modern two way asynchronous messaging should be much better than this.
Maybe better than a pager but looks and feels like it’s from 1998
12/03/2025
BenHMin

Overall this application is one of the worst two-way messaging apps I have used. Though it does integrate with our system’s existing paging network and messages do seem to be delivered (bare minimum functionality), the UI is terrible. I have it two stars because 1 is the lowest and it does actually send and receive messages, so it should get some minimal credit. Very clunky to navigate between message “threads”. group message threading is essentially absent. Message history seems to disappear very quickly. No search function. Multimedia support is very bare bones. Certain characters are not supported “/“ and no error message is supplied!Our hospital system pays money for this. We have to use it to communicate. It should be less terrible, and allow us to quickly and easily navigate what are often many and complex messages. Paging is no longer just send a number to get called back. Modern two way asynchronous messaging should be much better than this.
Has not improved in at least 5 years
03/10/2023
alxmyles
We switched from physical pagers to Spok when I started residency in 2017. Fast forward to now, this app has remained essentially unchanged, getting updates to make sure it remains functional with iOS updates, but nothing more. It feels like an app that was designed before the original iPhone even came out. It is clunky, has a terrible UI, and seems to function worse now than when I first had to use it (e.g., you are supposed to be able to tap phone numbers within a page to easily call, but this either doesn’t work now or you have to tap multiple times for the call prompt to come up). It’s just an embarrassment and they likely have no real incentive to improve it because huge healthcare systems often don’t want to switch to a new system.
Has not improved in at least 5 years
03/10/2023
alxmyles

We switched from physical pagers to Spok when I started residency in 2017. Fast forward to now, this app has remained essentially unchanged, getting updates to make sure it remains functional with iOS updates, but nothing more. It feels like an app that was designed before the original iPhone even came out. It is clunky, has a terrible UI, and seems to function worse now than when I first had to use it (e.g., you are supposed to be able to tap phone numbers within a page to easily call, but this either doesn’t work now or you have to tap multiple times for the call prompt to come up). It’s just an embarrassment and they likely have no real incentive to improve it because huge healthcare systems often don’t want to switch to a new system.
Beyond Terrible -Well Beyond
Jul 22
Tazzdr
Recently upgraded to a new phone, but the log in information did not transfer over and the app wouldn’t let me login no matter how I tried. Oddly the app would still notify me of an incoming page but I couldn’t open the app to see the message or even turn off the repeating alerts. Called their technical support and the assistant was the rudest most unpleasant person. She was completely unhelpful and when I indicated that the app was less than satisfactory she said “If you don’t like the app then you should delete it from your phone”. I’m hoping Spok goes out of business so that my hospital is forced to find an alternative.
Beyond Terrible -Well Beyond
Jul 22
Tazzdr

Recently upgraded to a new phone, but the log in information did not transfer over and the app wouldn’t let me login no matter how I tried. Oddly the app would still notify me of an incoming page but I couldn’t open the app to see the message or even turn off the repeating alerts. Called their technical support and the assistant was the rudest most unpleasant person. She was completely unhelpful and when I indicated that the app was less than satisfactory she said “If you don’t like the app then you should delete it from your phone”. I’m hoping Spok goes out of business so that my hospital is forced to find an alternative.
Actually Impressive How Terrible This App Is
06/14/2025
ChrisRNguy
There are no words for how bad this app is. I have used it for years for my job, and it never gets any better. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it countless times because it just stops working. Constantly logs itself out. Misses pages ALL. THE. TIME. Alerts that there’s a new page, shows a badge icon that there is a page, then won’t log in to display the actual page. This app does nothing well. It is hands down the most useless app I’ve ever installed. And yet, I have to keep trying to use to use it for work. Whomever built and maintains this heap of smoldering technological garbage should be embarrassed.
Actually Impressive How Terrible This App Is
06/14/2025
ChrisRNguy

There are no words for how bad this app is. I have used it for years for my job, and it never gets any better. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it countless times because it just stops working. Constantly logs itself out. Misses pages ALL. THE. TIME. Alerts that there’s a new page, shows a badge icon that there is a page, then won’t log in to display the actual page. This app does nothing well. It is hands down the most useless app I’ve ever installed. And yet, I have to keep trying to use to use it for work. Whomever built and maintains this heap of smoldering technological garbage should be embarrassed.

Added support for Active Directory authentication, Cisco Webex call system, Bug fixes and Various Performance Improvements.

Version 4.10.0 Sep 23

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Accessibility

Information

Seller: Spok, Inc.
Size: 41.3 MB
Category: Business
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages: English and 4 more

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Age Rating: 4+

4+

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Contains
Messaging and Chat