Operation Outbreak vs MyTextMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Operation Outbreak
Engage in a virtual pathogen outbreak simulation using Bluetooth. Learn about disease spread and prevention through interactive gameplay, quizzes, and teamwork. Requires a code from an organizer to participate.
- Bluetooth-enabled outbreak simulation
- Learn disease prevention strategies
- Interactive quizzes on biology and public health
- Team-based gameplay
- Simulate pathogen spread
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The Operation Outbreak (OO) app uses Bluetooth to simulate the spread of a "virtual pathogen" through phones. Play an outbreak simulation with this app to learn how to stop the spread of disease by adopting preventive measures such as social distancing and mask wearing, answering quizzes about biology and public health, and working together as a team with the rest of the outbreak participants. You will need a code from a simulation organizer in order to play.
MyTextMate
This app sends you daily text message reminders for your upcoming events and deadlines. Connect to your school or manually add appointments to stay organized. Customize your message preferences and preview your texts before they are sent.
- School integration
- Manual event scheduling
- Customizable text messages
- Message preview
- Daily reminder texts
- Canvas connection
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CONNECT Select your school or connect to Canvas manually. CUSTOMIZE Choose when you want your daily text messages, how you want to be greeted, and more. SCHEDULE Add events like meetings and doctor's appointments. PREVIEW See what your upcoming text message will look like. RELAX Get daily text messages showing everything you have coming up! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MyTextMate at 5.0 against Operation Outbreak's 4.3. MyTextMate also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Operation Outbreak's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MyTextMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. Operation Outbreak asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyTextMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Operation Outbreak has 152 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Operation Outbreak's written reviews are positive against 100% of MyTextMate's.
Operation Outbreak ships an update every 5 weeks, MyTextMate every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Operation Outbreak | MyTextMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (152 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 152 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THE BROAD INSTITUTE INC | Lazy Texts, LLC |
Customer experience
Operation Outbreak
MyTextMate
In-app purchases
Operation Outbreak
No in-app purchases
MyTextMate
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.001 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$20.001 Year
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