Comparison

Captivated Texting vs Mobile Live

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

Head to head
About

Captivated Texting

Communicate with customers via text message using your business landline. Send and receive messages, photos, videos, and collect payments. Organize contacts, schedule messages, and automate workflows for efficient business communication.

Highlights
  • Send/receive texts, photos, videos
  • Contact management and organization
  • Payment collection via text
  • Message scheduling and automation
  • Internal team chat
  • Appointment booking and management
Features
Read full description

Your business already has a phone number. Captivated turns it into a real conversation channel — no app for customers to download, no new number to remember. They just text you, the same way they text everyone else in their life. From the thread, your team does the actual job. Send real-time messages loaded with photos and videos when a phone call won't cut it. Keep every contact organized with editable profiles, tags, and internal notes only your team can see. Dig up any conversation instantly with search. Running behind on something? Schedule a message and it goes out exactly when you meant it to. Payments, paperwork, and appointments live in the same thread. Collect payments by credit card or ACH, send forms and surveys, request a customer's location, and book appointments straight onto your calendar — synced with Google or Microsoft, so nothing falls through the cracks. Send your business contact card and a customer has your number saved in one tap. Growing your list is just as simple with built-in opt-in links and QR codes. And when volume picks up, Captivated scales with you. Unlimited keyword replies route conversations automatically, automations send the right message to the right department without anyone lifting a finger, and workflows keep your whole team following the same playbook. Need to loop in a coworker without leaving the app? Internal team chat keeps that conversation right next to the customer one. Your customers are already texting everyone else in their life. Give them a reason to text you too.

About

Mobile Live

This app connects field staff to office operations, enabling real-time data collection, navigation, and job management. It allows for on-site estimate generation, invoice printing, and adding new jobs directly from the field.

Highlights
  • Live data connectivity
  • Real-time production upload
  • Latest navigation maps
  • Route and dispatch stops
  • Generate estimates in field
  • Add new jobs on-site
  • Print customer invoices
Read full description

Mobile Live extends your Service Assistant application by bringing the field staff into the 21st Century with live data connectivity. Collect production to upload back to the office as soon as its complete Access the latest navigation maps without having to check for updates Route and dispatch stops to the field as they come in Generate and print estimates in the field Add new jobs without having to enter them in Service Assistant Print customer invoices, including upsell coupons on site Perform block leading and add customers to generate new sales (Service Assistant and Mobile Live licenses required) *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Captivated Texting4 screens
Mobile Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Captivated Texting at 3.5 against Mobile Live's 1.8. Captivated Texting also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). Mobile Live's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (152 vs 20). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

Captivated Texting holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mobile Live has 152 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Captivated Texting's written reviews are positive against 7% of Mobile Live's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, Mobile Live every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Captivated Texting versus Mobile Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptivated TextingMobile Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (20 ratings) — better1.8 (152 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews6.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20152 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaptivated, LLCReal Green Systems

Customer experience

Captivated Texting

All ratings20 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

Mobile Live

All ratings152 ratings
Positive17.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative79.6%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive6.9%
Neutral2.8%
Negative90.3%

Bugs and requests

Captivated Texting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mobile Live

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes 2-10+ times per day
  • Forced logouts after every stop or job
  • Slow loading times for routes, customers, and production data
  • App freezes when navigating between tabs
  • Attachment/photo uploads take 20-25 minutes then crash
Show 11 more
  • GPS constantly showing wrong locations
  • App logs out users randomly during work
  • Jobs fail to close out properly
  • Requires full restart and login after brief periods of inactivity
  • Force closes 7-10 times per day on some devices
  • Text input not visible while typing descriptions
  • Android version has significant mapping issues
  • App overheats phones and drains battery rapidly
  • Connection/slow load speed issues persist for 5+ years
  • Buttons require 3-4 taps to select properly
  • App runs in background consuming battery when closed

Requested features

9 requests
  • Personal notes feature for customer accounts (internal notes not visible to customers)
  • Ability to back out of customers from address line without crashing
  • Background data refreshing instead of forced logouts
  • Address location saving for difficult-to-find customer locations
  • Production value totaling during the day
Show 4 more
  • Visible text input when typing descriptions on tickets
  • Better font size scaling for login screens
  • Multiple stops handling capability
  • Improved customization options for company-specific needs

In-app purchases

None

Captivated Texting

No in-app purchases

None

Mobile Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Captivated Texting free?
Captivated Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mobile Live free?
Mobile Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Captivated Texting or Mobile Live?
Captivated Texting is rated higher. Captivated Texting averages 3.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Mobile Live averages 1.8 from 152 ratings.
Do Captivated Texting or Mobile Live have ads?
Neither Captivated Texting nor Mobile Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captivated Texting or Mobile Live?
Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, and Mobile Live every 3 weeks. Most recently, Captivated Texting was updated on September 9, 2026 and Mobile Live on September 19, 2026.

Other comparisons