易博通eSender vs 55 Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
易博通eSender
This app provides a virtual phone number service, allowing users to receive SMS and voice messages without a physical SIM card. It offers a stable calling experience and enhanced security features with its latest upgrade.
- Virtual phone number
- Receive SMS messages
- Receive voice messages
- No SIM card required
- Stable calls
- Upgraded security
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Thank you for your continued support of eSender services, now the 3.0 version has been fully upgraded! More stable calls and comprehensive services! New experience with new interface! Security system upgraded is protect the account! Please update now to experience the new "eSender"! no SIM card is required, and you can immediately receive SMS and voice messages in the App;
55 Messenger
Communicate with friends through text, voice calls, video, and photos. Enjoy instant video messaging and secure conversations with messages that disappear after being read. Effectively manage group chats with robust features.
- Text, voice, and video calls
- Send photos
- Instant video messaging
- Trace-less messaging
- Burn after reading messages
- Group chat management
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In 55 Messenger, you can: · Talk to your friends by various ways, including text messages, voice calls, videos and photos. · Instant messaging with your friends by video call just like face-to-face. Send message without trace, your chatting record will only be stored in your own phone. · Burn after reading, the message will be destoryed automatically after being viewed. · Manage your multi-person chat effectively with powerful group management features. · Establish chat group and mange it effectively with powerful software functions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 55 Messenger at 65% against 易博通eSender's 14%. 55 Messenger also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
55 Messenger holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 77 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of 易博通eSender's written reviews are positive against 65% of 55 Messenger's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 易博通eSender | 55 Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (55 ratings) | 3.3 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.4% of reviews | 64.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Multibyte Info Technology Limited | OCTOPUS US LLC |
Customer experience
易博通eSender
55 Messenger
Bugs and requests
易博通eSender
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
55 Messenger
Reported bugs
11 issues- Old version cannot log in
- New version cannot be used
- Cannot log in
- Network abnormal error
- Network connection unstable
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- Cannot answer phone calls
- New messages not pushed
- Cannot register, verification code error
- Cannot download new version
- Cannot log in, old version not working
- Cannot log in, verification code not received
Requested features
7 requests- Update the app
- Fix login issues for old versions
- Allow login with new version
- Improve notification delivery
- Add group chat functionality
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- Provide customer service
- Fix network connection problems
In-app purchases
易博通eSender
No in-app purchases
55 Messenger
No in-app purchases
