Affinitiv Messaging vs UpdatePromise App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Affinitiv Messaging
Facilitates swift and convenient communication for dealerships, enabling employees to chat with customers and colleagues. Streamline operations and maintain close contact with clients and staff through SMS text messaging.
- Employee-to-employee chat
- Customer communication via SMS
- Streamlined service processes
- Automatic message management
- Instant opt-in for customers
- Integration with Affinitiv Suite
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Dealerships now have the ability for their employees to chat with other employees and customers through our application. The Affinitiv Messaging app provides a means of swift and convenient communication to enhance the day-to-day operation of their dealerships. Get the fastest, most direct line to your service customers and employees with Affinitiv Messaging, a dynamic two-way engagement system built on the most immediate communication platform: SMS text messaging. With Messaging, you can streamline your service process and keep in close Messaging with customers and employees no matter where they are. Immediate and Personal Average open rates for mobile messages are over 90%, most within 2 minutes of receipt. Fastest Response Times Customers send and receive messages faster over text than other media methods—usually in under five seconds. Automatic Message Management All communications are tied to the customer and can made visible to anyone using the system controllable through permission settings. Easy, Instant Opt-In Customers respond to a dealership opt-in communication from their cell phone and are sent a confirmation reply within seconds. Fully Integrated Enhance service communications with the ability to connect with customers from any component of the Affinitiv Suite. Total Customer Engagement at your Fingertips Texting is a powerful—and often preferred—means of communication for customers. With Affinitiv Messaging, you respond to customers right when they message you—no waiting for email lag or playing phone tag. Loyal customers can easily opt-in to receive service updates or parts photos, request appointments or even open a live chat. And since Messaging is fully integrated, you can quickly and easily engage customers and answer questions from anywhere within the Messaging App.
UpdatePromise App
Document inspection results, capture photos and videos of items needing repair, and submit data directly to your desktop inspection form. This mobile tool extends the Digital Multi Point inspection capabilities for technicians.
- Document inspection results
- Capture photos and videos
- Submit data to desktop forms
- Digital Multi Point inspection extension
- Technician-focused tool
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By using your mobile device together with the UpdatePromise App, you can document inspection results, take photos and videos of items needing repair or maintenance, and submit data back to your desktop inspection form seamlessly. This app is intended to be used by existing subscribers of the UpdatePromise Consumer Experience suite and is an extension of the Digital Multi Point inspection tool for technicians only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Affinitiv Messaging at 5.0 against UpdatePromise App's 4.3. UpdatePromise App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Affinitiv Messaging holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpdatePromise App has 6 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.
Affinitiv Messaging ships an update every 6 weeks, UpdatePromise App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Affinitiv Messaging | UpdatePromise App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Loop, LLC | Update Promise |
Customer experience
Affinitiv Messaging
UpdatePromise App
In-app purchases
Affinitiv Messaging
No in-app purchases
UpdatePromise App
No in-app purchases
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