MyRepChat vs Altruist Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyRepChat
This app provides compliant text messaging for financial professionals. It ensures conversations are retained, reportable, and archivable, while offering a familiar texting experience for clients without requiring them to install new software.
- Compliant text messaging
- Client and colleague communication
- Conversation retention
- Reporting and archiving
- Client-side familiarity
- No client app installation
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MyRepChat enables financial professionals to text with clients and colleagues while meeting the strict compliance requirements of the financial industry. All conversations are securely captured, retained, and available for reporting or integration with leading third-party archiving providers — giving your firm the oversight it needs without changing how you communicate. Best of all, your clients don’t need to download anything new. They simply text you the way they always have, using the native messaging app on their phone. Compliant messaging, without the friction.
Altruist Client
Manage your investments and track financial advisor progress. View account balances, returns, and transactions. Gain insights into your investment allocations and see exactly what you own.
- View account balances and returns
- Track transactions and transfers
- Analyze investment allocations
- See detailed asset breakdown
- Access financial advisor
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Altruist gives you full access to your investments and your Altruist financial advisor. Download the Altruist Client app to view and track the progress of your investments so you can feel good about your money. • View performance with key metrics like account balances, time-weighted returns, and earnings • Stay on top of transfers, deposits, withdrawals, and other important transactions • Gain insight into your investment allocations, including a detailed breakdown of exactly what you own Altruist is only available by invite from your financial advisor. If you’ve already created your account, download the Altruist Client app and log in to get started today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Altruist Client at 4.8 against MyRepChat's 2.7. Altruist Client also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 13%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 50). 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.
Altruist Client holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altruist Client has 1.6K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of MyRepChat's written reviews are positive against 51% of Altruist Client's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyRepChat | Altruist Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (50 ratings) | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.2% of reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fmg Suite, LLC. | Altruist |
Customer experience
MyRepChat
Altruist Client
User reviews
MyRepChat
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Improved UI/UX (recent updates)
- 🚀 Smoother performance (recent updates)
- 👍 Good balance of compliance and practice management
- 💡 Useful for client/advisor engagement
- ✅ Compliant texting solution
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 👎 Poor usability and user experience
- 🐌 Slow performance
- ❌ Unreliable message delivery
- 🚫 Lacks group texting functionality
Altruist Client
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy and intuitive to use
- 🚀 Stable and fast performance
- 💻 Clean and modern UI
- 🤝 Excellent personal care and management
- 💰 Great investment returns
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 📱 Compatibility issues with newer OS versions
- 🔍 Limited functionality and data
- 🔑 Frequent login/authentication issues
- 🧭 Lack of account nicknames and search
Bugs and requests
MyRepChat
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes frequently
- Notifications not clearing (ghost notifications)
- Messages not sending or not being received
- App freezes or goes blank
- Login issues (white screen, single sign-on loop)
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- Calls dropping or not ringing
- MMS not supported
- Duplicate contacts
- Cannot compose new messages directly
- Inconsistent message updates
- Typing blindly when sentence exceeds screen width
- Badge notifications not updating
- Cannot send pictures or images
- Unread message indicators persist after reading
Requested features
7 requests- Ability to block spam calls easily
- Support for group texts
- Improve contact integration with Outlook
- Allow changing login duration
- Dedicated mobile app with texting focus
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- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Altruist Client
Reported bugs
5 issues- Black screen issues
- Face ID/biometric login not working
- Graphs and data displaying incorrectly
- Frequent app updates required
- Inability to access accounts on non-app platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Intraday charts and performance data
- Detailed portfolio analytics and breakdowns
- iPad-optimized app
- Improved account management features
In-app purchases
MyRepChat
No in-app purchases
Altruist Client
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Altruist Client free?
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