Cleod9 Texting vs TruText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cleod9 Texting
Enable texting capabilities for your business phone numbers. Keep your personal number private while sending and receiving messages on your business lines. Access your conversations from any internet-connected device, with multiple users able to manage a single number.
- Text from business phone numbers
- Keep personal number private
- Send/receive text and picture messages
- Multi-device access
- Multiple users per number
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With Cleod9 Texting, we make your business phone numbers textable! • Keep your personal mobile number private by texting on your business lines • 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 device connected to the internet • 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.
TruText
Enable businesses to text customers using their existing landline numbers. This mobile application serves as an extension of the company's online software, streamlining customer communication.
- Text from landline numbers
- Customer communication tool
- Extension of online software
- Business-focused features
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This app provides businesses to use their landline numbers to text their customers. This is an extension of our online software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TruText at every 6 weeks against Cleod9 Texting's every 6 months. TruText also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TruText holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Cleod9 Texting ships an update every 6 months, TruText every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Cleod9 Texting | TruText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Textable | TruText LLC |
Customer experience
Cleod9 Texting
TruText
In-app purchases
Cleod9 Texting
No in-app purchases
TruText
No in-app purchases
