Comparison

Bridge SMS vs Bridge Softphone

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

Head to head
About

Bridge SMS

Send and receive text messages using your dedicated business phone number, keeping your personal number private. Access your conversations from multiple devices and allow team members to manage messages from a shared business number.

Highlights
  • Use business phone number for texts
  • Send/receive texts and picture messages
  • Access messages on multiple devices
  • Web browser access
  • Team access to shared numbers
Features
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With Bridge SMS, you can send and receive texts from your Bridge Communications 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

Bridge Softphone

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With Bridge Softphone apps you and your team members can stay connected and more productive on the go while keeping your extension with you, wherever you are. What Bridge Softphone brings to your team: **Complete UC solution that works with your Bridge Communications accounts** • Collaborate with your team wherever you are. • Make video calls, organize audio conferences and group chats, create public channels, share files, and much more. **Easily and securely organize remote work for your employees** • Dial external numbers using corporate identity/phone numbers. Receive calls through your phone system extension. • Keep track of your business communications with the detailed customer profiles and history of communications organized by each contact. **Enhanced connectivity and call quality even with an unstable internet connection** • With push notifications you can stay connected anywhere you are while providing outstanding customer service. • Bridge Softphone enhances the connectivity and the quality of voice implementing the best-in-class audio codecs. **Keeps your conversations and data secure.** • Bridge Softphone apps provide encryption for calls, messages, and data by default using the strongest block cyphers available. To use this app a subscription to Bridge Communications service is required.

Screenshots

Bridge SMS4 screens
Bridge Softphone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bridge Softphone at every 2 months against Bridge SMS's every 15 months. Bridge Softphone also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bridge SMS ships an update every 15 months, Bridge Softphone every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 12, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bridge SMS versus Bridge Softphone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBridge SMSBridge Softphone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTextable LLCBridge Communications Limited Liability Company

In-app purchases

None

Bridge SMS

No in-app purchases

None

Bridge Softphone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bridge SMS free?
Bridge SMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bridge Softphone free?
Bridge Softphone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bridge SMS or Bridge Softphone have ads?
Neither Bridge SMS nor Bridge Softphone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bridge SMS or Bridge Softphone?
Bridge SMS ships an update every 15 months, and Bridge Softphone every 2 months. Most recently, Bridge SMS was updated on June 12, 2026 and Bridge Softphone on September 13, 2026.

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