Maps by Vision vs MessageDesk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maps by Vision
Visualize your Salesforce data geographically to plan visits and discover nearby opportunities. This app integrates with your Salesforce app for direct record access and offers GPS navigation for efficient daily activities.
- Visualize Salesforce records on a map
- Plan daily visits with trip integration
- GPS turn-by-turn navigation
- Identify nearby opportunities
- Direct Salesforce app integration
- Map Accounts, Contacts, and Leads
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Map your Salesforce account data. Bring your data to life graphically and geographically with Maps by Vision-e. You will plan smarter and be more productive when you visualize data on a Map. When visiting a client, use your current location to identify nearby opportunities to experience up to 75% more daily activities. This mapping solution is designed to be a companion to your Salesforce app. Open a record with one click to open in your Salesforce app for direct account access for global actions, like updating tasks, opportunities and access to the complete record details. Visualize your Salesforce Account, Contact, or Lead records on a map and Add to Trips to plan your daily visits with GPS integration for voice turn-by-turn directions, enhance your territory reach and more! Do you want to map more records or need additional features, please let us know so we can consider them in a future quarterly release.
MessageDesk
Integrate SMS messaging into your business phone lines, including VoIP and landlines. This app offers a shared team inbox and broadcast capabilities for efficient communication. Features like scheduled messages, autoresponders, and templates help streamline SMS workflows.
- Add SMS to business phone numbers
- Shared team SMS inbox
- Mass text broadcasts
- Scheduled text messages
- Keyword-based autoresponders
- Automation
- Pre-saved text message templates
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Add texting to any business phone number including VoIP and landlines. Use MessageDesk's shared team SMS inbox and mass text broadcasts to get the right message to the right people at the right time. Streamline your SMS communication and save time with scheduled text messages, keyword-based autoresponders, automation, and pre-saved text message templates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Maps by Vision at 5.0 against MessageDesk's 3.7. Maps by Vision also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). MessageDesk's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Maps by Vision holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MessageDesk has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Maps by Vision ships an update every 6 days, MessageDesk every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maps by Vision | MessageDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infield Salespro | Alderwood Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Maps by Vision
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In-app purchases
Maps by Vision
No in-app purchases
MessageDesk
No in-app purchases
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