SMS Enabled vs TextByChoice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMS Enabled
Communicate with customers using your business phone number for texts and picture messages. Access your conversations from multiple devices and allow team members to share a single business number for seamless customer interaction.
- Use business number for texts
- Send/receive texts and pictures
- Access messages on multiple devices
- Team access to shared number
- Browser access via computer
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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.
TextByChoice
Manage your business text messages on the go. Send and receive messages, pictures, links, and attachments in real time. Easily switch between multiple accounts and receive instant notifications.
- Real-time SMS management
- Send/receive pictures & links
- Multiple account switching
- Instant message notifications
- Cloud Chat integration
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TextByChoice's most loved feature Cloud Chat is now on your smartphone! - Receive and respond to your account text messages in real time. - Send and receive pictures, links, emojis, & attachments - Switch between multiple accounts with ease. - Get instant notifications when messages are received.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TextByChoice at every 3 months against SMS Enabled's every 13 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SMS Enabled against 5.0 for TextByChoice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SMS Enabled ships an update every 13 months, TextByChoice every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMS Enabled | TextByChoice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 months — 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 | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Textable | TextByChoice |
Customer experience
SMS Enabled
TextByChoice
In-app purchases
SMS Enabled
No in-app purchases
TextByChoice
No in-app purchases
