Color My Text vs BestNet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color My Text
Personalize your text messages with a variety of colors and styles. Create unique visual messages to send via text or MMS. Make your conversations stand out with custom-designed text.
- Customize text with various colors
- Apply different text styles
- Send custom messages via SMS/MMS
- Create unique visual messages
- Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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Welcome to ColorMyText! This great app allows you to customise your text in a wide array of colours and styles and then use it to send in a text or MMS message! Compatible with your iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch amaze your friends with some cool styles of text! Make your messaging unique! Enjoy ColorMyText! *This application is for entertainment purposes only and provides the ability to create color pictures to use in your messages - it does not replace or modify the messaging function on your device*
BestNet
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BestNet is the only app to test your network speed! This app not only gives you an accurate breakdown of your upload, download & ping but gives you an indication of how your network will cope with the demands of other popular apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BestNet at none against Color My Text's 1. BestNet also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. Color My Text sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BestNet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color My Text ships an update every 6 months, BestNet every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color My Text | BestNet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iDevver Apps Limited | Metricell Limited |
In-app purchases
Color My Text
- ColorMySMS - Remove Advertisements$1.99
BestNet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Color My Text or BestNet have ads?
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