Baya Resident vs Textplug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Baya Resident
This estate management solution simplifies communication and services for residents and facility managers. It allows for visitor booking, utility purchases, service charge payments, and access to estate announcements and emergency alerts.
- Visitor booking management
- Utility vending
- Service charge payment
- Election and survey polls
- Announcements and feed
- Push notifications
- Marketplace
- Emergency alerts
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Do you live in a gated estate and always place a call to the security at the gate for your visitors to gain access to your apartment? Have you found yourself in a situation that you ran out of electricity credit at night, then you must sleep in the dark because you can’t buy electricity token at that time? Why do I have to place a long telephone call to the security, facility manager, etcetera for simple service request? With Baya, you don’t need to worry. Baya is an estate management solution that provides seamless management of an estate for the facility managers and the estate residents. Key features: • Visitor booking management • Utility vending • Service charge payment • Election polls • Survey polls • Announcement and feed • Push notifications • Market place • Emergency
Textplug
Obtain virtual phone numbers from over 180 countries for app and social media verification. This platform offers a reliable way to get a second number without needing a physical SIM card.
- Virtual second numbers
- 180+ countries supported
- App verification
- Social media verification
- Telecommunications platform
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Textplug is a telecommunications platform that provides virtual second number of over 180+ countries for any app or social media verification.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Baya Resident at every 2 weeks against Textplug's every 2 months. Textplug's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 40). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Baya Resident against 4.7 for Textplug. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textplug has 1.5K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Baya Resident ships an update every 2 weeks, Textplug every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Baya Resident | Textplug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (40 ratings) | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 20.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 1.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Open Desk Consult Ltd | TEXTPLUG TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Baya Resident
Textplug
Bugs and requests
Baya Resident
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Textplug
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not opening
- Purchased services not working as expected
- Verification codes not being delivered
Requested features
3 requests- Provide clear information about services
- Improve reliability of verification codes
- Allow users to easily withdraw their money
In-app purchases
Baya Resident
No in-app purchases
Textplug
No in-app purchases
