Text without Addressbook vs Applaz
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.
Applaz
A social media platform for writers to publish their stories and connect with others. Users can create and share notebooks, follow friends and influencers, and discover content based on their interests. The app facilitates daily updates and private messaging.
- Publish notebooks with writing and photos
- Create private notebooks
- Live messaging in private chats
- Follow content creators
- Search community for interests
- Daily updates and entries
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Share today's stories. Applaz is a social media app for writers that enables notebooks to be published. Update your notebooks daily by creating new entries. Read what others are up to, connect with friends, and follow influencer's journeys. Applaz is the place for when inspiration strikes. DISCOVER • Applaz opens right to the newsfeed — find out what your friends are writing about • Create your notebooks with writing and photos and publish on your profile! • Keep some notebooks to yourself, and have private notebooks only you can see CONNECT • Keep up with friends and content you love with live messaging in private chats • Follow content creators you love and share in their journey SHARE • Document your journey multiple times per day in different notebooks • Search the Applaz community for notebooks about your interests • Be the first to see what your friends are up to
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Applaz at 100% against Text without Addressbook's 50%. Applaz also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Text without Addressbook's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Applaz is free to download; Text without Addressbook costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Applaz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Text without Addressbook's written reviews are positive against 100% of Applaz's.
Text without Addressbook ships an update every 2 months, Applaz every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Text without Addressbook | Applaz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohit Khanna | Whirlpost |
Customer experience
Text without Addressbook
Applaz
In-app purchases
Text without Addressbook
No in-app purchases
Applaz
No in-app purchases
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