Comparison

Captivated Texting vs Stinger OneTouch Connect

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

Stinger OneTouch Connect

Manage presets and calibration for your Stinger Gateway Applicator. This business tool allows for seamless control and configuration of your equipment.

Highlights
  • Manage presets
  • Control calibration
  • Stinger Gateway Applicator management
  • Equipment configuration
Features
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Use the Stinger OneTouch Connect app to manage the presets and calibration of your Stinger Gateway Applicator.

Screenshots

Captivated Texting4 screens
Stinger OneTouch Connect3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Captivated Texting at 3.5 against Stinger OneTouch Connect's 3.0. Captivated Texting also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1). Stinger OneTouch Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Captivated Texting has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, Stinger OneTouch Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Captivated Texting versus Stinger OneTouch Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptivated TextingStinger OneTouch Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (20 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCaptivated, LLCStinger Equipment, Inc.

Customer experience

Captivated Texting

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

Stinger OneTouch Connect

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Captivated Texting

No in-app purchases

None

Stinger OneTouch Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Captivated Texting free?
Captivated Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stinger OneTouch Connect free?
Stinger OneTouch Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Captivated Texting or Stinger OneTouch Connect?
Captivated Texting is rated higher. Captivated Texting averages 3.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Stinger OneTouch Connect averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Captivated Texting or Stinger OneTouch Connect have ads?
Neither Captivated Texting nor Stinger OneTouch Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captivated Texting or Stinger OneTouch Connect?
Captivated Texting ships an update every 7 months, and Stinger OneTouch Connect every 2 months. Most recently, Captivated Texting was updated on October 11, 2026 and Stinger OneTouch Connect on October 14, 2026.

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