ChargeDesk vs AudienceTap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChargeDesk
Manage multiple payment gateways like Stripe, PayPal, and Shopify from your mobile device. Receive instant notifications for payments and subscription changes. Perform actions like refunds, cancellations, and customer updates on the go.
- Manage multiple payment gateways
- Real-time payment notifications
- Process refunds and cancellations
- Create new charges and subscriptions
- Edit customer details and payment methods
- Integrates with existing e-commerce platforms
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Manage your Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Recurly, Chargify, NMI, Zuora, GoCardless, WooCommerce, Shopify & Square customers on the go with ChargeDesk. Our powerful notification system lets you know immediately when important actions happen in your account. Find out straight away when a new customer pays you or upgrades their subscription. - Refund charges - Cancel subscriptions - Create new charges (either by invoicing the customer or charging a card on file) - Create new subscriptions - Edit subscription plans - Authorize and capture payments - Manage coupons - Send payment reminders - Edit customer details including adding VAT numbers - Securely update a customer's credit card on file ChargeDesk works with your existing e-commerce setup - in most cases no coding or changes are needed. Just connect your gateway to ChargeDesk and you'll be managing your customers in seconds.
AudienceTap
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AudienceTap is a comprehensive text marketing and commerce platform designed for effortless audience engagement and conversion. Grow: Capture leads through text-to-join, QR codes, and customizable signup forms. Offers automated drip sequences and broadcasting capabilities. Engage: Advanced automations for timely messaging, pocket coaching with multimedia content, and 2-way texting for personal interaction. Sell: Facilitates text-to-buy transactions, quick cart creation for a streamlined e-commerce experience, and a robust billing engine. The platform boasts a high open rate for text marketing and easy integration with popular tools like Mailchimp, Shopify, and Zapier. Ideal for live event conversions and online audience engagement, AudienceTap offers various pricing plans to suit different business needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AudienceTap at every 2 months against ChargeDesk's every 33 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.
ChargeDesk ships an update every 33 months, AudienceTap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChargeDesk | AudienceTap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Industries Pty Ltd | TextRetailer, Inc. |
In-app purchases
ChargeDesk
No in-app purchases
AudienceTap
No in-app purchases
