Comparison

Textline vs Clear Clouds

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

Clear Clouds

This app allows users to maintain a consistent business identity across devices for calls and texts. It offers features like VoIP calling, visual voicemail, and contact management for efficient business communication.

Highlights
  • Maintain business identity on all calls
  • Seamless call transfer between devices
  • Manage contacts, voicemail, and call history
  • Business text messaging
  • VoIP calls over Wi-Fi
  • Visual voicemail with forwarding
Features
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With Clear Clouds Mobile users are able to maintain the same identity when making or receiving calls from any location, regardless of their device. They are also able to seamlessly send an ongoing call from one device to another and continue that call without interruption. Clear Clouds Mobile grants users the ability to manage contacts, voicemail and call history in a single location. This includes the management of answering rules and greetings, which all contribute to more efficient communication. Use the Clear Clouds Mobile app on your phone and tablet to: Show your Clear Clouds business number as your Caller ID when you make calls. * - Business text messaging to send and receive text messages with your Clear Clouds local number. ** NEW ** - Department messaging feature to send and receive text messages to department members. ** (Coming Soon) ** - Make VoIP calls over Wi-Fi without using your carrier minutes. - Use VoIP calling to make local calls to your home country while traveling internationally. * - VoIP calls can be received directly on this app by turning ON the option in Settings. If the call is not answered on the app, it will ring other numbers based on the forwarding rules. *** - Keep all your business voicemails separate from your personal messages. - See who left a message, forward messages, and tap to return calls with visual voicemail - View call time, date, and duration, and return calls directly from your call logs. - Receive push notifications for incoming messages. - Access your company extensions as a contact group. Get a Clear Clouds business phone system that delivers: - Local or toll-free numbers (including 800, 833, 855, 866, 877 and 888 numbers) - Business text messaging ** - Auto-receptionist - Multiple extensions - Advanced call management and answering rules - Multiple voicemail boxes - Visual voicemail - Internet fax - Music on hold - Custom greetings - Call screening - Call queues - Dial-by-name directory - Conferencing **** And 75 more popular features IMPORTANT NOTICE: You must have a an existing Clear Clouds account with a supported service provider in order for Clear Clouds Mobile to work*** * LEGAL DISCLAIMERS 1. Emergency calling will not work outside of the U.S., Canada, or U.K. and works in conjunction with our e911 disclaimer which can be found at https://www.setelecom.ca/e911/ 2. Call quality may be affected when using VoIP outside of the U.S, Canada or U.K. 3. International and roaming charges from your mobile carrier may apply when using RingOut to Cellphone when you are outside of your home country. Please check with your mobile carrier. ** Business text messaging is currently available for Office customers. ** You must enable the option to notify your Softphone and Smartphone in your extension's "Call Handling & Forwarding" menu. We suggest you set it to a minimum of 8 rings. ** Currently available on select Clear Clouds User plans. Tell us what you think at Apps@ClearClouds.ca

Screenshots

Textline4 screens
Clear Clouds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Clear Clouds at none against Textline's shown. Clear Clouds also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 35%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Textline's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textline ships an update every 2 months, Clear Clouds every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Textline versus Clear Clouds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextlineClear Clouds
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTextline, IncSE Telecommunications Ltd

Customer experience

Textline

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

Clear Clouds

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Textline

No in-app purchases

None

Clear Clouds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textline free?
Textline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clear Clouds free?
Clear Clouds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Textline or Clear Clouds have ads?
Textline shows ads; Clear Clouds does not.
Which is updated more often, Textline or Clear Clouds?
Textline ships an update every 2 months, and Clear Clouds every 4 months. Most recently, Textline was updated on June 10, 2026 and Clear Clouds on June 24, 2026.

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