SimpleTexting vs PulseText Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleTexting
This app enables businesses to send mass SMS and MMS campaigns to large groups or engage in one-on-one conversations. It offers features for scheduling messages, managing contacts, and tracking campaign analytics to streamline business communication.
- Mass SMS/MMS campaigns
- Two-way threaded inbox
- Scheduled texts and drip campaigns
- Contact list management
- Text-to-join keywords
- Campaign analytics
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Everyone reads their texts. SimpleTexting helps you send them. With our app, your business can reach large groups with mass texts or connect one-on-one with two-way messaging. Use SimpleTexting to: Send texts to large groups • Create and send mass SMS and MMS campaign to a list of contacts • Add images to your campaigns right from your Camera Roll • View replies rates, click-through rates, and other analytics Have two-way conversations • Text individual contacts from in an intuitive, threaded inbox • Assign conversations to other teammates • Snooze conversations or mark them as done to keep your inbox tidy • Sort conversions by open, scheduled, snoozed, closed, and unread Set up automated texts • Schedule mass texts or individual replies ahead of time • Create drip campaigns to keep subscribers engaged • Add an away message to get back to messages right away Manage your contacts • View, add, or update your lists and segments • Create text-to-join keywords to build your list of contacts • Keep an eye on subscriber growth and unsubscribes About SimpleTexting SimpleTexting simplifies communication for small businesses. With over 17,000 customers, we send millions of texts every day. From team updates to marketing campaigns, we provide all you need for seamless texting. SimpleTexting is part of Sinch, a leading global Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider, offering messaging, voice and video communication solutions to a global customer base.
PulseText Messenger
Send and receive business text messages using your dedicated company phone number. Communicate with customers from any device, allowing multiple team members to access the same number for seamless customer service.
- Send/receive texts from business number
- Supports picture messages
- Use account on multiple devices
- Web browser access
- Team access to shared numbers
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With PulseText Messenger, you can send and receive texts from your Pulse Technologies business phone numbers. Make and receive text messages using your business phone number! • Use your business phone number to text instead of your personal number • Send and receive text and picture messages to/from any cell phone number in the continental US View your messages on multiple devices: • Use your account on multiple devices with one sign-in • Access your messages from any computer via your browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge) • Multiple users can access the same number so you or your team can reply to any message Now your customers can communicate with you with the ease and convenience that they have when texting with friends and family. No need to download a separate messaging “app” to contact you - they can simply text your business number and get in touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PulseText Messenger at free against SimpleTexting's free with in-app purchases. PulseText Messenger also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SimpleTexting's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PulseText Messenger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleTexting has 3.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SimpleTexting ships an update every 3 months, PulseText Messenger every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleTexting | PulseText Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Made Simple Ventures LLC | Textable LLC |
Customer experience
SimpleTexting
PulseText Messenger
Bugs and requests
SimpleTexting
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes
- Blank screens and loading issues
- Persistent notification badges
- Inconsistent message delivery
Requested features
4 requests- Improved app stability and reliability
- Better notification system
- More transparent pricing and plans
- Enhanced integration with other platforms
PulseText Messenger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SimpleTexting
No in-app purchases
PulseText Messenger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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