SMS Expert vs LiveWire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMS Expert
This app helps professionals manage customer communications via SMS while protecting personal privacy. It offers features like contact grouping, automated replies, and anonymous group messaging for secure client interactions.
- Contact grouping
- Automated replies
- Anonymous group send
- Saved replies (Favorites)
- Customized auto-replies
- Conversation printing
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SMS Expert is for professionals that want to make themselves accessible to their customers via confidential SMS and also need to balance personal privacy with that availability. It will upload your contacts to the application automatically (you can add separate ones directly in the app as well). Why use SMS Expert instead of other texting apps? Our unique features for professionals are Grouping, Rules, and Auto-Replies. First, you group your contacts how you wish, and create auto-reply rules for those groups. Easy drag and drop for configuration of rules and groups. After setting up your groups you can take advantage of some of our unique features including: - Anonymous Group Send, where you can send a text to everyone in a group, but no one can see who else got that message, and replies back are only to you - Favorites, where you can save a reply or part of a reply for future use. - Customized auto-replies to individuals or groups - Printing, where you can print an entire conversation or just the new parts of it, for documentation purposes. This application is ideal for people that maintain confidential client lists and want to communicate via SMS (psychologists, lawyers, financial advisors, rental property owners, salesmen, etc.). **SMS Expert is paired with a free companion app, SMS Expert Lite to facilitate secure communication. ***PLEASE NOTE: A monthly subscription is required after your trial period.
LiveWire
Discover and connect with people in your immediate vicinity in real-time. This app facilitates direct messaging, voice, and video calls, enabling spontaneous meetups. It offers robust privacy controls and secure communication features for users 13 and older.
- Real-time proximity discovery
- Direct messaging
- Voice and video calls
- Customizable privacy controls
- End-to-end encrypted calls
- Block and report tools
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LiveWire is a real-time social discovery app for connecting with people nearby. See who's around, send a message, start a call, or meet up in person. LiveWire is built for the moments when proximity matters — at venues, events, neighborhoods, or anywhere you'd want to know who's nearby. Features: • Real-time proximity discovery • Direct messaging and voice/video calls • Customizable privacy controls — choose who can find you • Block, report, and account deletion tools built in • End-to-end encrypted calls LiveWire is for users 13 and over. By using the app, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at livewire.tech
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiveWire at none against SMS Expert's 1. LiveWire also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. SMS Expert sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. LiveWire asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SMS Expert against 5.0 for LiveWire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
SMS Expert ships an update every 4 months, LiveWire every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMS Expert | LiveWire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | LTCG, LLC | No Number |
In-app purchases
SMS Expert
- Standard Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
LiveWire
No in-app purchases
