Comparison

Captivated Texting vs MessageView

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
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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

MessageView

This business texting application helps companies engage with customers through features like auto-replies and message blasts. It includes built-in reporting tools for response tracking and archives all messages for security and auditing.

Highlights
  • Customer engagement tools
  • Auto-replies
  • Message blasts
  • Response tracking
  • Message archiving
  • Auditing capabilities
Features
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Allow customers to engage with you, not just communicate. MessageView is a business texting application that has features such as auto-replies, and message blasts. The built-in reporting tools contain response tracking so you remain in full compliance. All messages are archived for security and auditing purposes.

Screenshots

Captivated Texting4 screens
MessageView4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MessageView at 4.3 against Captivated Texting's 3.5. MessageView also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Captivated Texting's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

MessageView holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, MessageView every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Captivated Texting versus MessageView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptivated TextingMessageView
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (20 ratings)4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaptivated, LLCBrightlink Communications LLC

Customer experience

Captivated Texting

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

MessageView

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Captivated Texting

No in-app purchases

None

MessageView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Captivated Texting free?
Captivated Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MessageView free?
MessageView is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Captivated Texting or MessageView?
MessageView is rated higher. Captivated Texting averages 3.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while MessageView averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Captivated Texting or MessageView have ads?
Neither Captivated Texting nor MessageView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captivated Texting or MessageView?
Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, and MessageView every 3 weeks. Most recently, Captivated Texting was updated on October 24, 2026 and MessageView on October 4, 2026.

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