Bridge SMS vs Fuse.Text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Fuse.Text
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With Fuse.Text, you can send and receive texts from your Fuse.Cloud 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.
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Verdict
Bridge SMS and Fuse.Text are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Bridge SMS ships an update every 15 months, Fuse.Text every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bridge SMS | Fuse.Text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Textable | Broadband Voice LLC |
In-app purchases
Bridge SMS
No in-app purchases
Fuse.Text
No in-app purchases
