SimpleTexting vs Texting with Approved Contact
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.
Texting with Approved Contact
Send SMS/MMS messages to customers and partners directly from your existing phone numbers. This business tool enables secure storage and review of texts within collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex, facilitating integration with CRMs.
- Send SMS/MMS from existing numbers
- Data loss and prevention storage
- Review texts in Teams and Webex
- Import texts into CRM
- Use existing phone numbers
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Texting with Approved Contact will allow you to send SMS/MMS to your customers and partners from your existing numbers! Allow your organization's texts to be stored for input into data loss and prevention. Open, review, and respond to texts in products like Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex - the same texts you'd receive on your phone through this app. Make texts available to import into your CRM or other business applications. Contact sales@approvedcontact.com to set up your number today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Texting with Approved Contact at free against SimpleTexting's free with in-app purchases. Texting with Approved Contact also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SimpleTexting's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Texting with Approved Contact 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, Texting with Approved Contact every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleTexting | Texting with Approved Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Made Simple Ventures LLC | Approved Contact, LLC |
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
Texting with Approved Contact
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SimpleTexting
No in-app purchases
Texting with Approved Contact
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SimpleTexting free?
Is Texting with Approved Contact free?
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