Salesmsg vs Textellent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salesmsg
This platform enables businesses to connect with leads and customers through SMS marketing, two-way texting, and calling. Manage conversations, send broadcasts, and schedule messages on the go. Integrate with popular CRM tools for seamless data management and automated campaigns.
- Two-way SMS texting
- Ringless voicemails
- SMS/MMS broadcasts
- Scheduled messaging
- CRM integrations
- Branded phone numbers
- Call forwarding
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Salesmsg is the all-in-one SMS marketing, two-way texting and calling platform that makes connecting with your leads and customers effortless. With our iOS app, you can manage conversations on the go through text, calls, and ringless voicemails. Used by 3,500 businesses, Salesmsg makes meaningful, real-time communication as easy as a few taps on your iOS. FAST: Salesmsg delivers your messages instantly, with seamless two-way texting conversations that keep you connected with your customers from anywhere. BROADCAST-READY: Get the word out! Send SMS, MMS and ringless voicemail broadcasts to reach your entire audience in one go. Perfect for announcements, reminders, and promotions. FLEXIBLE: Schedule messages to send at just the right time, ensuring your updates reach customers when it matters most. INTEGRATED: Sync with HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Keap, and more to easily connect Salesmsg to the tools you already rely on to keep your contact data up-to-date, and easily build automated texting campaigns. ON-BRAND: Use local, toll-free, or text-enabled landline numbers to match your brand. Quick-response texting templates keep messaging fast and consistent. RELIABLE: Never miss a lead. Salesmsg provides call forwarding and instant notifications, so every call and text is on your radar. POWERFUL: Salesmsg is built for your sales, marketing and support teams - to cut your sales cycle, capture your leads' attention and maximize customer engagement with every text message. Salesmsg is made for businesses that connect, engage, and grow. Join over 3,500 businesses using Salesmsg and experience how easy it is to communicate smarter, faster, and better. Ready to see what Salesmsg can do for you?
Textellent
Enhance customer engagement by adding a texting channel to your business phone number. Send personalized messages, campaigns, and media to improve customer service and retention. Access conversations and contacts from any device.
- Add texting to business phone number
- Send personalized customer service and marketing campaigns
- Use customizable message templates
- Access media library for engaging messages
- View and respond to previous text conversations
- Send texts from any device
- Automatic syncing of contacts and messages
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Pre-requisite: Designed to work with a Textellent account which is required before downloading this app. Textellent adds texting to your business phone number so you have another powerful channel where customers can engage with your business through their customer experience Don’t have a Textellent Account Yet? With a Textellent subscription, you have the ability to add texting to your business phone line and to use a rich texting channel to allow your customers to text you and for you communicate with your customers from any device, website, web application or CRM system. You can send personalized and relevant customer service and marketing campaigns with one-to one messages or one-to-many to expand your customer experience. 70% of customers would like to text with their businesses, make sure you give them that option. In addition, Textellent gives you have access to your business contacts, customizable message templates and a media library so you can send engaging messages. You can immediately see previous texting conversations and send a new text message to keep the conversation going leading to higher customer retention and satisfaction. The personalized texts will automatically be sent and received via your business number and can be automatically triggered by events in your back-end or CRM systems to make sure they are timely. Textellent makes it easy to add texting to your existing business number (toll-free, landline or VOIP) or get you a new dedicated number for this texting channel. • Send text invite for appointments, confirmations, estimates, shipping details order confirmations • Provide text thank-yous, customer satisfaction surveys, • Generate more reviews and referrals with texting requests that get noticed • Send holiday greetings, sales notices, VIP specials • Includes more than just SMS – include logos and pictures, send links for setting appointments, attach product images, etc. Already have Textellent? Now with this phone app now you have access to those key features from your cell phone as well and all text communications will be sent using your business number so you never reveal your personal cell phone number again. You have access to your business contacts on the go so you can quickly and easily text your customers while seeing previous text conversations too and you can filter customers using tags making it even more convenient. • You will automatically be notified when you receive a new message • Immediately respond to customer inquiries or any text responses • Your contacts and messages will be automatically synced • Text responses from customers can be forwarded to other team members • Text any mobile phone number (no need to be in your contact list)
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Verdict
Salesmsg and Textellent both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Textellent's written reviews are positive against 53% of Salesmsg's. Textellent also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Salesmsg's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 127). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Salesmsg against 4.7 for Textellent. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salesmsg has 1.6K ratings behind it against 127, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Salesmsg's written reviews are positive against 100% of Textellent's.
Salesmsg ships an update every 3 weeks, Textellent weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salesmsg | Textellent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) | 4.7 (127 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 127 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SalesMessage, Inc | Textellent, Inc. |
Customer experience
Salesmsg
Textellent
Bugs and requests
Salesmsg
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes on launch
- Messages disappearing or not visible
- Randomly logging out users
- Automated texts sent even after user disables
- Copy and paste function not working
Requested features
4 requests- Improve stability and reliability
- Add more features and customization options
- Enhance integration with popular business tools
- Improve customer support responsiveness
Textellent
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Salesmsg
No in-app purchases
Textellent
No in-app purchases









