Comparison

Cleod9 Texting vs Hey, Buddy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Text from business phone numbers
  • Keep personal number private
  • Send/receive text and picture messages
  • Multi-device access
  • Multiple users per number
Features
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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.

About

Hey, Buddy

Features
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Meet someone once, forget their name five minutes later? Hey, Buddy fixes that. Add a photo and a name for anyone you need to remember — a client, a teammate, a student, someone from Tuesday's game. Tag them however makes sense to you: by team, by event, by company, whatever. Then quiz yourself. Hey, Buddy shows you a face and asks you to pick the right name from a few options, pulled from the same group you're studying — so it's real practice, not trivia. Get it wrong, and that face comes back around sooner. Get it right, and it fades further out. No settings to tune, no algorithm to fight — just a simple rhythm that keeps the names you're shaky on in front of you and lets the ones you know stay out of the way. BUILT FOR THE MOMENT BEFORE YOU WALK IN Set a reminder on any tagged group — a client dinner, a conference, a weekly game — and Hey, Buddy nudges you two hours ahead: "want to run through the faces?" Tap it, and you're straight into a drill on exactly the people you're about to see. HOW IT WORKS • Add people fast — snap a photo or pull one from your library, type a name, add a tag or two • Drill a single tag or mix several together • Multiple-choice quiz with instant right/wrong feedback and a reveal of their name and tags • Wrong answers resurface soon; right answers get pushed further out • A quick stats view shows what you've actually got locked in per group PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device and syncs only through your own private iCloud — no server, no account to create, no ads, nothing shared with anyone. Your roster is yours. Whether you're prepping for a trade show floor, learning a new team roster, or just tired of the awkward "sorry, remind me your name again" — Hey, Buddy is built to make faces and names stick.

Screenshots

Cleod9 Texting4 screens
Hey, Buddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hey, Buddy at daily against Cleod9 Texting's every 6 months. Cleod9 Texting's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cleod9 Texting ships an update every 6 months, Hey, Buddy daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cleod9 Texting versus Hey, Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleod9 TextingHey, Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTextableamshot

In-app purchases

None

Cleod9 Texting

No in-app purchases

None

Hey, Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cleod9 Texting free?
Cleod9 Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hey, Buddy free?
Hey, Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cleod9 Texting or Hey, Buddy have ads?
Neither Cleod9 Texting nor Hey, Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cleod9 Texting or Hey, Buddy?
Cleod9 Texting ships an update every 6 months, and Hey, Buddy daily. Most recently, Cleod9 Texting was updated on November 3, 2026 and Hey, Buddy on October 31, 2026.

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