Comparison

Textline vs Tresta

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

Head to head
About

Textline

Enable your team to provide customer support and sales through SMS. Customers can text your business directly without needing an app, leveraging the high open rates of text messages for faster responses and improved satisfaction. This mobile app syncs with the web service for on-the-go team collaboration.

Highlights
  • Team SMS for customer support
  • Dedicated business phone numbers
  • Syncs with web service
  • Conversation assignments
  • Message templates
  • Automated responses
  • NPS surveys via SMS
Features
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Deliver innovative, personalized Customer Support and Sales for your Business. Textline lets your whole team chat with customers using SMS, not Short Codes. Your customers won't need to install an app, they can text your business via your dedicated Textline phone number. Since 98% of text messages are opened, customers are 7x more likely to respond to your text compared to a phone call or email. Textline decreases response time and improves customer satisfaction. The Textline iOS app is a companion app to the Textline web service, intended to provide a set of on-the-go features to Textline users. * iPhone App syncs with textline.com for both Mobile and Desktop use * Multiple Phone Numbers for different Departments * Text Message as a Team with accounts for multiple Agents * Assignments: Assign Conversations to Team Members * Whispers: Include notes inline with Customer Conversations * Shortcuts: Store templates for frequently used business text replies * Address Book: Save searchable notes about your loyal customers * Notifications: Get alerts on your Desktop or Mobile device when New Messages arrive * Auto Responses: Send an automated greeting or a special message for offline hours * Availability: Toggle your status from Available to Away * Scheduled Messages: Compose a text message to be sent later * Facebook Messenger: Add your Facebook page as an additional Department * NPS: Send Net Promoter Score surveys via SMS * Integrations: Connect Textline to Zendesk, Slack, and Zapier

About

Tresta

This business phone system offers unlimited calling and texting on a dedicated business number, accessible from your smartphone. It provides essential collaboration features to enhance your company's professional image and communication capabilities.

Highlights
  • Unlimited calling
  • Unlimited texting
  • Business phone number
  • Collaboration features
  • Mobile accessibility
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Tresta is a business phone system that’s as mobile as you are, with all the calling, texting and collaboration features you need to help your business look its best. Install Tresta on your smartphone today and begin taking advantage of unlimited calling and texting on your business phone number - from anywhere. Note: The Tresta app uses call bridging to facilitate outbound calls. This requires voice and data to access with your iPhone service provider.

Screenshots

Textline4 screens
Tresta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tresta at 4.7 against Textline's 2.7. Tresta also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Textline's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 17%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tresta holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Textline's written reviews are positive against 17% of Tresta's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textline ships an update every 2 months, Tresta monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Textline versus Tresta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextlineTresta
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (22 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews — better17.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.5 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTextline, IncTresta

Customer experience

Textline

All ratings22 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral13.6%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral17.6%
Negative47.1%

Tresta

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive17.0%
Neutral2.1%
Negative80.9%

In-app purchases

None

Textline

No in-app purchases

None

Tresta

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textline free?
Textline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tresta free?
Tresta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Textline or Tresta?
Tresta is rated higher. Textline averages 2.7 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Tresta averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Textline or Tresta have ads?
Textline shows ads; Tresta does not.
Which is updated more often, Textline or Tresta?
Textline ships an update every 2 months, and Tresta monthly. Most recently, Textline was updated on June 10, 2026 and Tresta on September 25, 2026.

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