Comparison

Tychron Chat vs autoforward

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tychron Chat

Communicate with customers using your dedicated business phone number for texting. Send and receive text and picture messages from any US cell number. Access your conversations across multiple devices with a single sign-in, allowing teams to manage messages together.

Highlights
  • Send/receive texts from business number
  • Support for text and picture messages
  • Use across multiple devices
  • Browser access from any computer
  • Team access to shared numbers
Features
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With Tychron Chat, you can send and receive texts from your Tychron business phone numbers. 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.

About

autoforward

Automatically forward incoming SMS messages from your iPhone to an email address or another phone number. Never miss important alerts like two-factor authentication codes or delivery updates.

Highlights
  • SMS to Email Forwarding
  • SMS to SMS Forwarding
  • Reliable Message Delivery
  • Forward 2FA Codes
  • Forward Delivery Updates
  • Free to Use
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autoforward forwards text messages to email automatically. Every incoming SMS or iMessage on your iPhone, or only the ones from a sender or with a keyword you choose, goes straight to any email address. Whether you’re managing two-factor authentication codes, delivery updates or appointment reminders, text message forwarding to email means you never miss one, and you can read your texts on a PC or Mac. Key Features: • SMS to Email Forwarding: Receive your text messages directly in your email inbox, perfect for archiving or managing SMS alongside emails. • Every Text or Just Some: Forward everything, or filter by sender or keyword right in the automation. • Sender in Subject: Show who texted you in the email subject, so your mail app groups every message from the same sender into one conversation. • Reliable Delivery: Messages are processed securely and are never stored longer than necessary for forwarding. • Your Own Mail Server: Optionally send through your own SMTP server (Gmail, iCloud or any mail server), so messages go directly through your infrastructure. Credentials stay encrypted on your iPhone. • History Without Contents: See recipient, time and status of every forward. The message itself is never logged. • Free to Use: autoforward has a free tier with daily and monthly limits. Common Uses: • Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Reliably forward OTP and login codes by email, to yourself or a coworker. • Delivery & Appointment Updates: Forward delivery notifications and appointment reminders. • Texts on Your Computer: Read and search your SMS in your inbox on any device. How It Works: autoforward adds a “Forward as email” action to Apple Shortcuts. A Message automation runs it on every incoming text; set it up once, in a couple of minutes, with the guide and video in the app. No account, no jailbreak, nothing to keep open. If you have been looking for an SMS forwarder for iPhone, this is it. Privacy First: Your privacy is our priority. Messages are processed securely and are never stored longer than necessary for forwarding. With your own SMTP server, forwarding runs entirely on your iPhone. Privacy Policy: https://autoforward.app/en/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tychron Chat4 screens
autoforward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tychron Chat at none against autoforward's 2. Tychron Chat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). autoforward's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. autoforward sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tychron Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tychron Chat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: autoforward has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tychron Chat ships an update every 12 months, autoforward fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tychron Chat versus autoforward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTychron Chatautoforward
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews—93.3% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTychron Corporationabove the fold GmbH

Customer experience

Tychron Chat

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

autoforward

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

In-app purchases

None

Tychron Chat

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

autoforward

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Tychron Chat free?
Tychron Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is autoforward free?
autoforward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tychron Chat or autoforward?
Tychron Chat is rated higher. Tychron Chat averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while autoforward averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Tychron Chat or autoforward have ads?
Neither Tychron Chat nor autoforward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tychron Chat or autoforward?
Tychron Chat ships an update every 12 months, and autoforward fortnightly. Most recently, Tychron Chat was updated on September 15, 2026 and autoforward on September 27, 2026.

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