Comparison

Captivated Texting vs Southwind

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

Southwind

This app facilitates team connection and information sharing. It aims to enhance engagement and provide users with essential data for their work.

Highlights
  • Team connection
  • Information sharing
  • Enhanced engagement
  • Relevant information access
Features
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The Southwind App will connect your team and equip them with relevant information! Southwind Engagement at its greatest!

Screenshots

Captivated Texting4 screens
Southwind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Southwind at 100% against Captivated Texting's 0%. Southwind also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

Southwind holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Captivated Texting's written reviews are positive against 100% of Southwind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, Southwind every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Captivated Texting versus Southwind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptivated TextingSouthwind
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (20 ratings)4.7 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2023 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaptivated, LLCSouthwind Network, LLC

Customer experience

Captivated Texting

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

Southwind

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Captivated Texting

No in-app purchases

None

Southwind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Captivated Texting free?
Captivated Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Southwind free?
Southwind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Captivated Texting or Southwind?
Southwind is rated higher. Captivated Texting averages 3.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Southwind averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Captivated Texting or Southwind have ads?
Neither Captivated Texting nor Southwind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captivated Texting or Southwind?
Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, and Southwind every 3 weeks. Most recently, Captivated Texting was updated on October 11, 2026 and Southwind on October 4, 2026.

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