Comparison

ReyText vs STELLA Insights

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

Head to head
About

ReyText

This app enables dealership personnel to communicate with customers via text messages for service updates, sales follow-ups, and repair notifications. It integrates with a retail management system to store conversation history and enhance employee productivity by allowing off-station communication.

Highlights
  • Customer text messaging
  • Service update notifications
  • Sales lead follow-up
  • Repair completion alerts
  • Conversation history storage
  • Enhanced employee productivity
Features
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ReyText from Reynolds and Reynolds allows dealership personnel to engage with customers through text messages. For example, employees can text vehicle service updates to customers, follow-up with a sales lead after a test drive, or let a customer know when his vehicle repair is complete. Designed and built as part of Reynolds Retail Management System, ReyText stores conversation history with the customer profile to maintain a relationship throughout the ownership experience. ReyText also enhances productivity and efficiency as employees are no longer tied to workstations when communicating with customers. This mobile application gives users the functionality of standard text messaging applications, while offering the elite security and capabilities of operating within Reynolds Retail Management System. *ReyText is only available for ERA-IGNITE.

About

STELLA Insights

Access your dealership's performance insights and alerts on the go. Monitor service department metrics, receive real-time notifications for critical issues, and manage multiple locations from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Dealership performance insights
  • Real-time alerts
  • Service department metrics
  • Multi-location management
  • Secure sign-in
  • Customizable notifications
Features
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STELLA Insights puts your dealership’s performance insights and alerts right in your pocket. Stay connected to the numbers that matter, see how your service department is performing, and know when something needs attention wherever you are. SIGN IN THE SAME WAY YOUR DEALERSHIP ALREADY DOES Enter your work email and STELLA will connect you to your dealership’s sign-in experience. Use single sign-on when configured, or securely sign in with your STELLA password. If your account is not connected to a rooftop yet, you can request access directly from the app. SEE ONE STORE OR YOUR ENTIRE GROUP Manage multiple rooftops? Easily switch between an individual dealership and a consolidated group view. Your dashboards automatically update to reflect the location or group you’re viewing. SERVICE PERFORMANCE AT A GLANCE Get a clear view of how STELLA is performing for your service department, including: • Total calls • Call handling rate • Autonomous rate • Appointments booked • Booking conversion rate • Average STELLA talk time Compare performance across periods and choose the date range that works for you — from Today to a Custom Range. GET THE ALERTS THAT MATTER Stay ahead of issues and opportunities with real-time alerts. Get notified when something needs your attention, including low survey scores, repeated callers, booked or cancelled appointments, recalls, and more. Choose which alert types you want to receive on your device, while keeping your dealership’s existing alert configuration intact. BUILT FOR DEALERSHIP LEADERS ON THE GO STELLA Insights is designed for service managers, BDC teams, and dealer group leadership who need visibility into performance without being tied to a desktop. Deep reporting, campaign building, and configuration can be found in the desktop version. Requires an active STELLA Insights account provisioned by your dealership.

Screenshots

ReyText4 screens
STELLA Insights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: STELLA Insights at 5.0 against ReyText's 2.4. STELLA Insights also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 9 months). ReyText's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

STELLA Insights holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ReyText has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ReyText ships an update every 9 months, STELLA Insights daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ReyText versus STELLA Insights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReyTextSTELLA Insights
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Reynolds and Reynolds Company and its affiliatesSTELLA Automotive AI

Customer experience

ReyText

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

STELLA Insights

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ReyText

No in-app purchases

None

STELLA Insights

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ReyText free?
ReyText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STELLA Insights free?
STELLA Insights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ReyText or STELLA Insights?
STELLA Insights is rated higher. ReyText averages 2.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while STELLA Insights averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ReyText or STELLA Insights have ads?
Neither ReyText nor STELLA Insights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ReyText or STELLA Insights?
ReyText ships an update every 9 months, and STELLA Insights daily. Most recently, ReyText was updated on October 10, 2026 and STELLA Insights on October 16, 2026.

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