Textable vs VirtualText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textable
Enable your business phone number to send and receive text and picture messages from multiple devices. Your customers can text your business number directly, and your team can manage conversations from any computer or device.
- Use business number for texting
- Send/receive texts and pictures
- Multi-device access
- Browser access on computers
- Multiple user support
- Customer texting convenience
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Is your business textable? Textable allows your business phone number to send and receive messages from multiple devices. • 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. Supported SIP Providers: Twilio Flowroute VOIP.ms Bandwidth.com Telnyx Skyetel VoIP Innovations ...and many more!
VirtualText
This business texting app allows teams to send and receive messages using main business or individual phone numbers. It facilitates customer engagement through features like saved replies, automated responses, and photo messaging. Seamlessly integrate with other tools for efficient communication.
- Send/receive texts on business numbers
- Share phone numbers across team
- Integrate with favorite tools
- Save and automate replies
- Send/receive picture messages
- Use with browser version
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Keep your business in motion with powerful business texting on the VirtualText App for your VirtualPBX phone numbers. • Send and receive text messages on your main business phone number and let users text from their individual local or toll-free phone numbers • Share phone numbers across team members to share the workload • Integrate with your favorite tools and services to send the right message at the perfect moment • Save common replies to guarantee excellent customer experiences and even reply automatically on keywords like CONFIRMED or YES • Send and receive picture messages to/from any cell phone number in the continental US Solve business needs like: • Sending appointment reminders • Managing curbside delivery notifications • Confirming delivery orders with location photo • Sending campaign or event updates • Capturing photos for service quotes or inspections Use this app by itself or in conjunction with the browser version so you can work across devices without skipping a beat. The VirtualText App brings the ease, convenience, and increased engagement of texting into your business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Textable at 3.1 against VirtualText's 1.0. Textable also leads on ratings volume (30 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.
Textable holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textable has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Textable ships an update every 5 months, VirtualText every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textable | VirtualText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (30 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Textable | Virtual PBX |
In-app purchases
Textable
No in-app purchases
VirtualText
No in-app purchases
