Santa Text vs Santa's Mailbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Santa Text
Engage in a fun text conversation with Santa Claus, answering his Christmas-themed questions. The app includes Santa Radio, free ringtones, a snow globe effect, and shareable postcards. It's designed for family entertainment with no data collection.
- Text chat with Santa
- Santa Radio 24/7
- Free Ringtones & Text Alerts
- Santa's Snow Globe
- Santa Postcards
- Interactive Christmas questions
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Ho ho ho! Santa’s ready for a chat. Bring a little North Pole magic to your Christmas with Santa Text, from Santa Radio. Tell Santa about your favourite movies, food and Christmas wishes. Meet his cheeky sense of humour, discover unexpected replies and see what he makes of your answers! WHAT’S INSIDE • A fun, make-believe text conversation with Santa. • Hundreds of playful replies, including reactions to popular answers. • Different ways of asking each question, making every chat feel a little different. • Help recognising common spelling mistakes. • Unlimited festive chats. • Santa Radio built in—tap to enjoy Christmas music. • Beautiful snowy scenery, Northern Lights and optional falling snow. • Designed for both iPhone and iPad. A LITTLE NOTE FOR GROWN-UPS Santa Text is a playful, simulated conversation. Santa’s questions and replies are written in advance and selected by the app. This is not a live messaging service or a conversation with a real person. You’ll find more information and the snow setting in Settings on the home screen. Made for festive family fun by Santa Radio. Merry Christmas—and remember to leave something tasty for the reindeer!
Santa's Mailbox
Write and send letters to Santa Claus, track gift deliveries, and count down to Christmas. Requires adult email confirmation for sending letters.
- Write letters to Santa Claus
- Adult email registration and confirmation
- Countdown to Christmas
- Track gift deliveries
- Edit letters
- Send letters digitally
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In Santa's Mailbox you can: - Write your letter to Santa Claus - Register with the email of an adult - Confirm the sending of your letter by email - Count the days until Christmas - Make changes in your letter - Follow the delivery of gifts from Santa Claus at Christmas The elves and Santa are working on your gifts Don't be late to send your letter to Santa's Mailbox!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Santa's Mailbox at 100% against Santa Text's 55%. Santa's Mailbox also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). Santa Text's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 80). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Santa Text sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Santa's Mailbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Santa's Mailbox holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Santa Text has 2.4K ratings behind it against 80, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Santa Text's written reviews are positive against 100% of Santa's Mailbox's.
Santa Text ships an update monthly, Santa's Mailbox every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Santa Text | Santa's Mailbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.4K ratings) | 4.9 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 80 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VoiceoverGuy | Joel Andre Hernandez Infante |
Customer experience
Santa Text
Santa's Mailbox
Bugs and requests
Santa Text
Reported bugs
2 issues- Black screen or loading issues
- Inconsistent wait times between messages
Requested features
3 requests- More personalized responses from Santa
- Ability to create profiles for multiple children
- Option to disable personal information requests
Santa's Mailbox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Santa Text
- Unlock the Santa Text$1.99
Santa's Mailbox
No in-app purchases
Questions
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