Comparison

Textellent vs TruText

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

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.

Highlights
  • Text from landline numbers
  • Customer communication tool
  • Extension of online software
  • Business-focused features
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.

Screenshots

Textellent3 screens
TruText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: TruText at free against Textellent's subscription. TruText also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Textellent's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (127 vs 2). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TruText holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textellent has 127 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Textellent ships an update every 5 days, TruText every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Textellent versus TruText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextellentTruText
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (127 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings127 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTextellent Inc.TruText LLC

Customer experience

Textellent

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

TruText

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Textellent

No in-app purchases

None

TruText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Textellent free?
Textellent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TruText free?
TruText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Textellent or TruText?
TruText is rated higher. Textellent averages 4.7 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while TruText averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Textellent or TruText have ads?
Neither Textellent nor TruText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Textellent or TruText?
Textellent ships an update every 5 days, and TruText every 2 months. Most recently, Textellent was updated on October 24, 2026 and TruText on October 24, 2026.

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