Vital SMS vs TechAnywhere
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vital SMS
Communicate with customers using your business phone number for texts and picture messages. Access your conversations from multiple devices and allow team members to reply to messages from a shared business number.
- Use business number for texts
- Send/receive texts and pictures
- Access on multiple devices
- Browser access via computer
- Multiple users share one number
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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.
TechAnywhere
This mobile field service software automates workflows for contractors, enabling seamless communication between field technicians and the back office. It allows for electronic job ticket completion, work order updates, and purchase order generation directly from the field.
- Streamline field and back office communication
- Electronically fill out job tickets
- Send and receive work order updates
- Generate purchase orders
- Mobile technician app
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MOBILE WORKFORCE AUTOMATION TechAnywhere is comprehensive mobile field service software developed to help contractors streamline communication between the field and the back office. Through a unique interface, SAMPro’s mobile technician app gives service technicians the power to electronically fill out job tickets, send and receive work order updates, generate purchase orders, and much more, directly from the field. This app is used with SAMPro® Enterprise software - requiring SAMPro v9.1.611.069 or higher and Data-Basics support to assist in setup for its use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TechAnywhere at 5.0 against Vital SMS's 2.0. TechAnywhere also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (5 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.
TechAnywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TechAnywhere has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Vital SMS ships an update every 23 months, TechAnywhere monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Vital SMS | TechAnywhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Textable | Data-Basics, Inc. |
Customer experience
Vital SMS
TechAnywhere
In-app purchases
Vital SMS
No in-app purchases
TechAnywhere
No in-app purchases
