Activ Answer vs TAS Messages
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Activ Answer
Manage your Activ service remotely. Receive message alerts, listen to, transcribe, and translate communications. Initiate callbacks or send automated replies to stay connected and productive.
- New message notifications
- Listen to messages
- Transcribe messages
- Translate messages
- Initiate Live Callback
- Send automated SMS responses
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Take your Activ service on the go with Activ Answer by Audio Images. Get new message notifications, listen to, transcribe, and translate messages, initiate Live Callback or send automated SMS responses--all from the app. It's exactly what you need to do your job and keep connected with your community.
TAS Messages
Access and manage your phone messages from a live answering service. Receive instant push notifications for new messages sent by operators. This app requires credentials from the Virtual TAS platform.
- View phone messages
- Receive push notifications
- Access Virtual TAS platform
- Manage operator messages
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TAS Messages is a companion app for the Virtual TAS Telephone Answering Service Platform. If your telephone answering service uses the Virtual TAS platform and you have been issued a username and password, you can use this app to view your phone messages taken by live operators and receive a push notification when an live operator sends you a message. Developer Credits: Todd Routhier, Nick Boucher
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TAS Messages at 3.0 against Activ Answer's 2.7. TAS Messages also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Activ Answer's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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.
TAS Messages holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Activ Answer has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Activ Answer ships an update every 2 months, TAS Messages every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Activ Answer | TAS Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Audio Images International, Inc. | Firestream Cloud Solutions Inc |
Customer experience
Activ Answer
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In-app purchases
Activ Answer
No in-app purchases
TAS Messages
No in-app purchases
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