Trillian vs Run it Back Networking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trillian
This secure messaging platform offers instant communication for businesses, healthcare organizations, and individuals. It modernizes employee communication, provides HIPAA-compliant messaging for healthcare, and allows free, private communication for personal use.
- Secure business instant messaging
- HIPAA-compliant healthcare communication
- Free individual messaging
- Modern employee communication
- Privacy-focused personal chat
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Trillian is both a free instant messenger for individuals and a powerful business and clinical communication platform used by companies and healthcare systems of all sizes. Here's how we can help you: • FOR BUSINESSES: Does your business still rely on texting or cumbersome email chains? Let Trillian's modern and secure business instant messaging modernize employee communication without compromising on security or control. • FOR HEALTHCARE: Your healthcare organization needs secure instant messaging, and Trillian's HIPAA-compliant secure messaging platform has you covered. We help teams of all sizes improve clinical communication without breaking the bank. • FOR INDIVIDUALS: Stay in touch with family and friends without compromising your privacy. Your unique Trillian username can be used to send unlimited messages free of charge over your existing data plan and/or WiFi. Whether you're looking to empower secure employee instant messaging or just to keep in touch with family and friends, Trillian can help. Thanks for checking us out! Terms of Use: https://trillian.im/legal/customer-agreement/
Run it Back Networking
This app helps you remember and follow up with people you meet at events. It allows you to quickly capture contact details, add notes about your conversation, and tag them by event for easy organization and follow-up reminders.
- QR-based LinkedIn capture
- Event tagging for contacts
- Follow-up reminders
- Private notes for contacts
- One-tap LinkedIn connect
- Offline contact saving
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Never lose a connection again. You keep meeting great people. The mentor. The intro. The "let's grab coffee" that never happened. Without a follow-up, they fade. Run it Back is the nudge that brings them back. HOW IT WORKS Scan. Their LinkedIn QR. One tap. Done. Note. Capture the conversation while it's fresh. Reconnect. We'll remind you to follow up, when it counts. WHAT YOU GET • Scan LinkedIn QR codes, digital business cards and Run it Back codes • Capture what you talked about, how you can help, and what you need from them • Reminders that land while you're still fresh in their mind, at the hour you choose • Snooze a reminder, mark it done, or ask to be reminded again • See who's overdue at a glance, right on your contact list • Your own Run it Back code, carrying your name, title and company. Someone scans it, and you're in their phone • Know the moment someone scans you, and add them with one tap • Search and filter everything you've captured • Sign in with Apple, Google, LinkedIn or email • Face ID and Touch ID unlock NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM Conference halls are where signal goes to die. Open the app with no connection at all, scan, and save. Everything syncs the moment you're back on. YOUR NOTES ARE YOURS Private notes stay private. Your contacts belong to you, not to a network. Delete your account and everything goes with it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Run it Back Networking at 100% against Trillian's 57%. Run it Back Networking also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Trillian's advantage is ratings volume (574 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Trillian sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Run it Back Networking asks for nothing beyond the download.
Run it Back Networking holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trillian has 574 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Trillian's written reviews are positive against 100% of Run it Back Networking's.
Trillian ships an update every 5 days, Run it Back Networking every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trillian | Run it Back Networking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (574 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 574 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cerulean Studios, LLC | Germain Preston |
Customer experience
Trillian
Run it Back Networking
In-app purchases
Trillian
- Trillian Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Trillian Pro - Yearly$47.991 Year
- Trillian Pro - One Month$4.99
- Trillian Pro - One Year$47.90
Run it Back Networking
No in-app purchases
