Comparison

Textellent vs Textdrip

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

Head to head
About

Textellent

Enhance customer engagement by adding a texting channel to your business phone number. Send personalized messages, campaigns, and media to improve customer service and retention. Access conversations and contacts from any device.

Highlights
  • Add texting to business phone number
  • Send personalized customer service and marketing campaigns
  • Use customizable message templates
  • Access media library for engaging messages
  • View and respond to previous text conversations
  • Send texts from any device
  • Automatic syncing of contacts and messages
Features
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Pre-requisite: Designed to work with a Textellent account which is required before downloading this app. Textellent adds texting to your business phone number so you have another powerful channel where customers can engage with your business through their customer experience Don’t have a Textellent Account Yet? With a Textellent subscription, you have the ability to add texting to your business phone line and to use a rich texting channel to allow your customers to text you and for you communicate with your customers from any device, website, web application or CRM system. You can send personalized and relevant customer service and marketing campaigns with one-to one messages or one-to-many to expand your customer experience. 70% of customers would like to text with their businesses, make sure you give them that option. In addition, Textellent gives you have access to your business contacts, customizable message templates and a media library so you can send engaging messages. You can immediately see previous texting conversations and send a new text message to keep the conversation going leading to higher customer retention and satisfaction. The personalized texts will automatically be sent and received via your business number and can be automatically triggered by events in your back-end or CRM systems to make sure they are timely. Textellent makes it easy to add texting to your existing business number (toll-free, landline or VOIP) or get you a new dedicated number for this texting channel. • Send text invite for appointments, confirmations, estimates, shipping details order confirmations • Provide text thank-yous, customer satisfaction surveys, • Generate more reviews and referrals with texting requests that get noticed • Send holiday greetings, sales notices, VIP specials • Includes more than just SMS – include logos and pictures, send links for setting appointments, attach product images, etc. Already have Textellent? Now with this phone app now you have access to those key features from your cell phone as well and all text communications will be sent using your business number so you never reveal your personal cell phone number again. You have access to your business contacts on the go so you can quickly and easily text your customers while seeing previous text conversations too and you can filter customers using tags making it even more convenient. • You will automatically be notified when you receive a new message • Immediately respond to customer inquiries or any text responses • Your contacts and messages will be automatically synced • Text responses from customers can be forwarded to other team members • Text any mobile phone number (no need to be in your contact list)

About

Textdrip

Manage your Textdrip.com phone numbers to send and receive text messages. This app allows you to handle all your business communications from a single platform.

Highlights
  • Send and receive text messages
  • Manage Textdrip.com phone numbers
  • Business communication platform
Features
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Send and receive text messages with your Textdrip.com phone numbers.

Screenshots

Textellent3 screens
Textdrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Textdrip at free against Textellent's subscription. Textellent's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Textellent against 4.8 for Textdrip. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 127 and 149 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 99% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textellent ships an update weekly, Textdrip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Textellent versus Textdrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextellentTextdrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (127 ratings)4.8 (149 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better99.1% of reviews
Number of ratings127149 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB63 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTextellent Inc.Textdrip LLC

Customer experience

Textellent

All ratings127 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral0.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Textdrip

All ratings149 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.9%

Bugs and requests

Textellent

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Textdrip

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezing or double-texting issues
  • Notification clutter from opt-outs

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to filter opt-out notifications
  • Improved error handling and stability

In-app purchases

None

Textellent

No in-app purchases

None

Textdrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textellent free?
Textellent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Textdrip free?
Textdrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Textellent or Textdrip?
Textdrip is rated higher. Textellent averages 4.7 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while Textdrip averages 4.8 from 149 ratings.
Do Textellent or Textdrip have ads?
Neither Textellent nor Textdrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textellent or Textdrip?
Textellent ships an update weekly, and Textdrip every 3 weeks. Most recently, Textellent was updated on September 20, 2026 and Textdrip on August 13, 2026.

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