Comparison

TextBox.app vs KEY Texting

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

Head to head
About

TextBox.app

This app allows existing customers to manage business text communications using their company's existing phone number. Read and reply to customer messages directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Send and receive text messages
  • Use existing business phone number
  • Mobile access for existing customers
  • Manage customer communications
  • Log in with account credentials
Features
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This is the new TextBox.app 2.0 version of TextBox for mobile. It works only for EXISTING TextBox customers. TextBox empowers businesses to communicate with customers the way customers prefer -through text using the business's existing telephone number. Using your TextBox account credentials, log in on your phone to read and reply to messages being sent to your TextBox activated landline VoIP or toll-free telephone number.

About

KEY Texting

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Key Texting, the easiest way to for multifamily owners and managers to stay engaged in relevant, personalized text conversations with their residents, applicants, and prospects. Built by multifamily experts for multifamily, features include a built in language translator, real time message alerts, and integration with all major property management systems.

Screenshots

TextBox.app4 screens
KEY Texting4 screens

Verdict

The call

TextBox.app and KEY Texting are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TextBox.app versus KEY Texting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextBox.appKEY Texting
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVOSS CODING, LLCThatKey, LLC

In-app purchases

None

TextBox.app

No in-app purchases

None

KEY Texting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TextBox.app free?
TextBox.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KEY Texting free?
KEY Texting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TextBox.app or KEY Texting have ads?
Neither TextBox.app nor KEY Texting shows ads.

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