InEight Explore vs Hi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InEight Explore
Access standard, custom, and shared dashboards, plus embedded content, from your mobile device. Stay updated with changes made in a browser for faster decision-making on the go.
- Access dashboards
- View embedded content
- Real-time updates
- Customizable views
- Shared content
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The InEight Explore mobile app provides access to standard, custom, and shared dashboards, as well as embedded content, on the go. Changes made in a browser are reflected in the app, allowing for faster decision-making.
Hi
Send and receive text and picture messages using your business phone number from any device. Allows multiple users to access the same number for team collaboration. Customers can text your business number easily without needing a separate app.
- Send/receive texts from business number
- Supports text and picture messages
- Use on multiple devices with one sign-in
- Access via web browser
- Multiple users can share a number
- Customer-friendly communication
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With Hi-Link SMS, you can send and receive texts from your Hi-Link business phone numbers. Make and receive text messages using your business phone number! • Use your business phone number to text instead of your personal number • Send and receive text and picture messages to/from any cell phone number in the continental US View your messages on multiple devices: • Use your account on multiple devices with one sign-in • Access your messages from any computer via your browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge) • Multiple users can access the same number so you or your team can reply to any message Now your customers can communicate with you with the ease and convenience that they have when texting with friends and family. No need to download a separate messaging “app” to contact you - they can simply text your business number and get in touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: InEight Explore at every 4 months against Hi's every 27 months. Hi's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for InEight Explore against 5.0 for Hi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
InEight Explore ships an update every 4 months, Hi every 27 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | InEight Explore | Hi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | InEight Inc | Textable |
Customer experience
InEight Explore
Hi
In-app purchases
InEight Explore
No in-app purchases
Hi
No in-app purchases
