SARA Plus vs LTD Messaging
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SARA Plus
This app empowers installers to manage inventory and complete jobs more efficiently. Users can access reports, place online orders, and generate leads even without an internet connection.
- Inventory management
- Job completion tools
- Reporting access
- Online order entry
- Offline lead generation
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The SARA Plus mobile app integrates seamlessly with the SARA Plus web application and enhances the users experience and capabilities; Allowing installers to more efficiently complete their jobs and manage their inventory. Allowing users to view reporting, enter orders online and generate leads in an offline order entry environment.
LTD Messaging
Facilitate team communication with multimedia messaging, including voicemails, photos, and videos. Offers quick chat, unlimited character email-style messaging, and live streaming for on-the-go collaboration.
- Multimedia messaging
- Voicemail, photo, and video sharing
- Quick chat
- Unlimited character email-style messaging
- Live streaming
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LTD Messaging is an exclusive team communication app for LTD IBOs which allows the user to send multi-media messages which can include voicemails, photos, and/or videos on the go. The app features quick chat, email-style messaging with unlimited characters, and live streaming. This app uses a unique LTD ID number and password to identify you as a user.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LTD Messaging at 86% against SARA Plus's 21%. LTD Messaging also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
LTD Messaging holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 430 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of SARA Plus's written reviews are positive against 86% of LTD Messaging's.
SARA Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, LTD Messaging monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SARA Plus | LTD Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (157 ratings) | 4.8 (430 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.7% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 | 430 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DSI Distributing, Inc. | Direct Sales Mobile |
Customer experience
SARA Plus
LTD Messaging
User reviews
SARA Plus
From 157 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Gets the job done
- 👍 Useful tool
- 👍 Simplistic and straightforward
- 👍 Great app for DTV & AT&T Orders
- 👍 Works well
Room to improve
- 🐌 Extremely slow performance
- 💥 Frequent crashes and technical difficulties
- 📉 Lost sales due to app issues
- outdated and buggy
- 📱 Not compatible with mobile phones
LTD Messaging
From 430 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Smooth performance with audio and video
- 💼 Excellent for business communication and team coordination
- 🎯 Consolidates multiple communication types in one app
- 📱 Reliable and consistent functionality
Room to improve
- ⏰ Outdated interface and design (no updates since 2013)
- 🐛 Glitchy chat system compared to competitors
- 😕 Not user-friendly compared to modern messaging apps
- 🚫 Cannot copy and paste text
- 📥 Cannot download videos from the app
Bugs and requests
SARA Plus
Reported bugs
18 issues- App is down at end of sale, requiring re-do
- Servers frequently go down
- App is bogged down and glitchy
- App bugs out while processing orders
- System crashes or has issues
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- App has bugs 24/7
- App shuts down on busiest days
- Cannot rotate screen to use keyboard
- Randomly logs out and forgets password
- Randomly has port issues
- App is always lagging and slow
- Doesn't let me change the address at the end of an order
- Report sections are laggy
- App lacks landscape mode
- App lacks ability to go back and add an extra line
- Unable to sign up new lines due to authentication prompt
- App won't open after update
- Crashing in the order generation process
Requested features
9 requests- Enable screen rotation for iPads (landscape mode)
- Full functionality on mobile phones
- Improve app speed and performance
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Add ability to change address at end of order
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- Allow adding extra lines mid-process
- Fix dark mode text visibility issue
- Hire a UX designer
- Make compatible with Android
LTD Messaging
Reported bugs
3 issues- Chat system is glitchy
- Copy/paste function missing (fundamental flaw)
- Video download feature unavailable
Requested features
6 requests- Copy and paste functionality
- Video download capability
- GIF support in quick chat and messaging
- Modern UI/UX redesign
- Improved chat stability and performance
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- Features comparable to Slack, WhatsApp, and Telegram
In-app purchases
SARA Plus
No in-app purchases
LTD Messaging
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SARA Plus free?
Is LTD Messaging free?
Which has better reviews, SARA Plus or LTD Messaging?
Do SARA Plus or LTD Messaging have ads?
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