Text without Addressbook vs Haikumi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text without Addressbook
Easily start WhatsApp conversations with individuals or multiple contacts without saving their numbers to your address book. Features an updated menu for selecting ISD codes to ensure correct dialing.
- Start single contact chats
- Start multiple contact chats
- Select contacts from dropdown
- ISD code selection menu
- No contact saving required
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This app allows you to start a whatsapp conversation without adding contacts to your addressbook. Two Options are granted: Single Contact: You can enter a mobile number and click Whatsapp button to start a conversation with that mobile number on your whatsapp messenger app. Multiple Contacts: You can enter multiple mobile numbers and then select each number from a dropdown select menu and start a conversation with these mobile numbers on your whatsapp messenger app. Design updated with a menu to select ISD codes from. These ISD codes are helpful when the phone numbers don't have an ISD code. It's a useful app for people who want to whatsapp unknown numbers without adding them to their mobile address book.
Haikumi
This social networking app facilitates communication exclusively through haiku. Users can send and receive messages composed of 5-7-5 syllable poems. It offers a unique and mindful way to connect with others.
- Haiku-based messaging
- Unique communication style
- Mindful social connection
- Poetry-focused platform
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Welcome to Haikumi, a messenger that only sends and receives haiku. Created by Albert Choi https://haikumi.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Haikumi at 4.7 against Text without Addressbook's 4.0. Haikumi also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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.
Haikumi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Haikumi has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Text without Addressbook's written reviews are positive against 86% of Haikumi's.
Text without Addressbook ships an update every 2 months, Haikumi monthly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Text without Addressbook | Haikumi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohit Khanna | Mimio LLC (U.S.) |
Customer experience
Text without Addressbook
Haikumi
In-app purchases
Text without Addressbook
No in-app purchases
Haikumi
No in-app purchases
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