FREESTYLE vs CrispTel Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FREESTYLE
Earn money by making calls from your mobile device. Get paid for every call, including leaving messages and setting callbacks. Connect validated contacts to corporate clients.
- Work from anywhere
- Make unlimited calls
- Get paid per call
- Leave messages
- Set callbacks
- Transfer validated connections
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Work when-you-want from where-you-want on your mobile device and call as many numbers as you want - you get paid for every call you make including leaving messages, obtaining updated information, setting call back times and transferring validated right-party-connections through to FREESTYLE's corporate clients.
CrispTel Messenger
Send and receive text messages using your dedicated business phone number. This app allows multiple users to access the same number for team replies and enables communication from any computer via a web browser. Customers can text your business number directly, offering convenience.
- Send/receive texts from business number
- Multi-device access with single sign-in
- Web browser access for computers
- Multiple users share one number
- Picture messaging support
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With CrispTel Messenger, you can send and receive texts from your 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 rating: CrispTel Messenger at 5.0 against FREESTYLE's 3.4. FREESTYLE's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
CrispTel Messenger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FREESTYLE has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FREESTYLE ships an update monthly, CrispTel Messenger every 22 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | FREESTYLE | CrispTel Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Freestyle Telecom Technologies Inc | Textable |
Customer experience
FREESTYLE
CrispTel Messenger
In-app purchases
FREESTYLE
No in-app purchases
CrispTel Messenger
No in-app purchases
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