TextLater vs Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextLater
Schedule SMS, emails, and WhatsApp messages in advance. Never forget birthdays, appointments, or important reminders. Offers flexible scheduling, multi-recipient sending, and recurring messages.
- Scheduled SMS
- Delayed emails
- WhatsApp message scheduling
- Flexible date and time selection
- Multi-recipient sending
- Recurring messages
- Predefined templates
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Never miss an important message again! TextLater lets you schedule SMS, emails, and WhatsApp messages in advance. Perfect for never forgetting a birthday, a business reminder, or any important message. Key Features: Scheduled SMS: plan your text messages in advance Delayed emails: write now, send later WhatsApp messages: schedule your WhatsApp messages Flexible scheduling: choose the exact date and time Multi-recipient sending: send to several contacts at once Recurring messages: repeat messages daily, weekly, etc. Predefined templates: save time with ready-to-use messages Multilingual interface: available in English, French, and Spanish Perfect for: Sending birthday wishes in advance Reminding clients or colleagues about appointments Following up with customers Never forgetting something important Communicating across time zones Security & Privacy: Your data stays on your device No scheduling without your confirmation Edit or delete your messages at any time No automatic sending without your approval Download TextLater now and always send your messages at the right time!
Text
Schedule text messages to be sent at a future date and time. This utility allows you to plan your communications in advance. It's designed for users who need to send reminders or messages at specific moments.
- Schedule text messages
- Send messages in the future
- Message scheduler
- Planned communications
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Text-You-Later is the best app to use if you want to text someone later. You can schedule messages to be sent in the future with the scheduler feature and do so much more. Download Text-You-Later now to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TextLater at 55% against Text's 0%. TextLater also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Text's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ratings volume, ads 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
Text is free to download; TextLater costs $3.99 up front. Text sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextLater asks for nothing beyond the download.
TextLater holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of TextLater's written reviews are positive against 0% of Text's.
TextLater ships an update every 6 weeks, Text every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextLater | Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better | 2.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eytan taieb | Mobile App Fund |
Customer experience
TextLater
Text
In-app purchases
TextLater
No in-app purchases
Text
- One time purchase$0.99
