Comparison

TECOBI App vs ChatMonster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

TECOBI App

Instantly receive and respond to leads with push notifications. This app allows you to view all leads, listen to calls, manage appointments, and review credit applications. It offers customizable display modes for user convenience.

Highlights
  • Instant lead notifications
  • View and respond to leads
  • Listen to phone calls
  • Manage appointments
  • View credit applications
  • Light/Dark mode support
Features
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TECOBI connects dealership customers, conversations and staff. Requires a TECOBI account. Features depend on store setup, permissions and supported devices. 4.0 updates: - Dashboard: arrange/save cards, goals, sales pace and queues, supporting records, inbound call playback, appointment filters and AI Impact. - Pencils: cash/loan/lease editing, target-payment pricing, safer saves/quotes, weight recovery and labeled estimates, PDF controls, blank four-square worksheets and Dashboard pencils. - Appointments: searchable calendar/lineup, closed-hour shading, visit details, corrected statuses and CSV exports. - Auto Bot: enabled stores get page-aware customer catch-up, ongoing chat, live voice, optional Hey Auto Bot while open, historical notes, coaching, Go deeper, supporting records, waiting cues and feedback. - Daily Brief: configured stores can read or listen to a concise sales, AI, appointment, queue, staff and customer-priority recap with supporting records. - Auto Bots: searchable roster, guided setup, wait presets, testing/settings and Specials. - Messaging: Text/Email/Note tools, attachments, emoji/GIFs, saved replies, inventory lists and Pause; clearer bubbles/calls/dates, teammate read/view markers, internal reactions, scrolling and dictation. - Email: dealership branding, subjects/signatures, vehicle/finance/media/document cards, secure file links and sent-email previews. - Videos: Account/My Videos, public YouTube/Drive imports, editable titles/upload progress, blast/preset videos and recipient watch time/sections/sessions/alerts. - Documents: guided setup, field mapping, packages, signed-document viewing and 20 templates, including We Owe, delivery, test drive, trade, insurance, receipts and English/Spanish FTC Buyers Guides. - Credit: clearer applications/Soft Pulls, confirmed Dealertrack results and RouteOne submissions/decisions. Bank sending requires approved setup. - Inventory/Trades/Desk Logs: vehicle/customer cards, sorting/date filters, visit totals, notes/details and unwind dialogs. - Reminders/Notifications: searchable grouped inboxes, quick reminder times, unread/mention filters, mark-all-read, accurate badges, video announcements and recovery. - Reports: charts/filters, searchable My Activity/Team Activity, completed Needs Calls and business-hour call wait, optional CSV emails and separate New Leads/Submissions when capture is enabled. - Users/Surveys/Settings: searchable layouts, per-store job titles/lead preferences, VIN/price/vehicle-link inserts and optional returning-lead/appointment-status call flags. - New Lead/Walk-in: clearer forms, address suggestions that keep suite details, existing-customer results and recovery after canceled ID scans. - Navigation: collapsible menus, saved customer-panel preferences and improved light/dark layouts and keyboard clearance. - Training/Tickets/Monitor: readable lessons/quizzes, ticket priorities/replies and searchable live activity. - API Access: scoped read-only integration tokens, request audits, public AI guide, phone lookup and pagination. - Store Transfers: approved stores preserve permitted history/opt-outs and stop the original store's follow-up. - CRM: better ELead/Fortellis/VinSolutions sync, first-price proof for connected ELead stores, acquisition routing and staff handoffs. - Customer links: mobile forms, Canadian phone validation, newest-year inventory, iPhone video fullscreen, branding and secure pencil previews. Connected website voice/chat uses verified vehicle cards and enabled form suggestions. - Mobile/sign-in: quieter loading, offline/retry/upload/audio states, update recovery, notification settings/calendar controls, email/text security-code choice, autofill and recovery/invitations. - Optional sign-in: Face ID/Touch ID in the new iOS app; desktop passkeys and password/security-code recovery. - Eligible mobile actions: notification replies when biometrics are disabled; app-icon Create Lead/Scan Driver's License shortcuts.

About

ChatMonster

A communication platform designed for automotive dealerships to manage customer interactions. It facilitates both texting and calling to streamline sales and service processes.

Highlights
  • Dealership communication
  • Texting and calling
  • Customer interaction management
  • Sales process streamlining
  • Service process streamlining
Features
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Communication tool for automotive dealerships.

Screenshots

TECOBI App4 screens
ChatMonster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChatMonster at 5.0 against TECOBI App's 4.2. TECOBI App's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChatMonster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TECOBI App has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TECOBI App ships an update weekly, ChatMonster every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TECOBI App versus ChatMonster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTECOBI AppChatMonster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (37 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTECOBI LLCAutoz Network LLC

Customer experience

TECOBI App

All ratings37 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

ChatMonster

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TECOBI App

No in-app purchases

None

ChatMonster

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TECOBI App free?
TECOBI App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChatMonster free?
ChatMonster is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TECOBI App or ChatMonster?
ChatMonster is rated higher. TECOBI App averages 4.2 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while ChatMonster averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TECOBI App or ChatMonster have ads?
Neither TECOBI App nor ChatMonster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TECOBI App or ChatMonster?
TECOBI App ships an update weekly, and ChatMonster every 10 days. Most recently, TECOBI App was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChatMonster on October 12, 2026.

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