SlickText vs GoSurge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlickText
This platform helps businesses build customer relationships through targeted, personalized text messages. It offers tools to grow your audience, automate messaging, manage customer support, and monitor engagement analytics.
- Audience growth tools
- Personalized mass texting
- Automated messaging workflows
- Shared inbox for customer support
- Engagement analytics
- Website popups and QR codes
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SlickText is the #1 rated SMS marketing service that helps you create valuable relationships with your audience through targeted, personalized text messages. Our innovative platform powers the messaging for more than 15,000 brands across every industry, from early startups to thriving enterprises. Whether you’re new to SMS or ready to elevate your performance, our customer-obsessed team is here to guide you every step of the way. - Grow your audience fast with built-in marketing tools like website popups, QR codes, tap-to-join links, and keywords. - Send personalized, mass texts that make every person feel like one in a million. - Automate your messaging and eliminate manual tasks with custom Workflows. - Build a reputation for five-star customer support with a fully featured shared Inbox. - Monitor critical analytics on subscriber engagement, resolution times, Workflow performance, and more.
GoSurge
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Surge is the all-in-one CRM and SMS outreach platform built for sales teams that move 10,000 leads a week. Built by sales operators, Surge gives you everything in one place: • Unified inbox — every SMS conversation across your reps in one fast feed. Filter by status, assignment, or flag. • Power dialer — dial through lists, track call outcomes, leave voicemails, and capture notes. • Lead profiles — full message history, call log, custom fields, tags, and team-shared notes for every contact. • AI responder — optional AI rep that handles initial replies and qualifies leads while you sleep. • Push notifications — never miss an inbound SMS, even when you are away from your desk. • Team chat — internal channels and direct messages alongside your customer conversations. • Real-time sync — pick up on mobile where you left off on the web. Built for SMS-heavy sales operations including MCA brokers, lenders, insurance agents, real estate wholesalers, solar and home services, recruiting firms, and outbound sales teams. This mobile app pairs with the Surge web platform. Sign in with your GoSurge credentials to use it. Visit gosurge.ai to learn more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GoSurge at every 3 weeks against SlickText's every 6 months. SlickText's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
SlickText ships an update every 6 months, GoSurge every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlickText | GoSurge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Baglia | BERNARD E PINDEK |
In-app purchases
SlickText
No in-app purchases
GoSurge
No in-app purchases
