Comparison

Textable vs Twilio Flex

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Use business number for texting
  • Send/receive texts and pictures
  • Multi-device access
  • Browser access on computers
  • Multiple user support
  • Customer texting convenience
Features
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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!

About

Twilio Flex

This app extends your contact center to mobile devices, enabling customer-facing teams to access shared customer data and AI features. It facilitates compliant omnichannel communications, reduces handle times, and improves visibility for quality management.

Highlights
  • Omnichannel communications
  • Shared customer data view
  • AI-powered productivity
  • Reduced handle time
  • Quality management tools
  • Mobile interaction analysis
Features
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Flex Mobile extends your Twilio Flex contact center to connect customers with your employees, wherever they are. Flex Mobile unlocks all Twilio Flex functionality to empower customer-facing teams with a shared view of customer data to reduce handle time, AI features to increase productivity, and compliant omnichannel communications on personal devices. Contact center interactions can now be routed to the right employee, wherever they are, to connect employees in the field, in-store, or at local branches to reduce transfer rates and improve visibility by analyzing interactions over mobile devices. Supervisors can use this enhanced visibility to improve quality management on mobile communications and ensure every customer interaction is delivering value. Flex Mobile requires an existing Twilio Flex account.

Screenshots

Textable4 screens
Twilio Flex3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Twilio Flex at 5.0 against Textable's 3.1. Textable's advantage is review sentiment (42% vs 0%) and ratings volume (30 vs 7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Twilio Flex holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Textable's written reviews are positive against 0% of Twilio Flex's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textable ships an update every 5 months, Twilio Flex every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Textable versus Twilio Flex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextableTwilio Flex
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (30 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTextable LLCTwilio, Inc.

Customer experience

Textable

All ratings30 ratings
Positive43.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative41.7%

Twilio Flex

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Textable

No in-app purchases

None

Twilio Flex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textable free?
Textable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Twilio Flex free?
Twilio Flex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Textable or Twilio Flex?
Twilio Flex is rated higher. Textable averages 3.1 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Twilio Flex averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Textable or Twilio Flex have ads?
Neither Textable nor Twilio Flex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textable or Twilio Flex?
Textable ships an update every 5 months, and Twilio Flex every 3 months. Most recently, Textable was updated on June 11, 2026 and Twilio Flex on August 11, 2026.

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