VIVA vs Receive SMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VIVA
This application offers a free messaging service for sharing instant messages, videos, and pictures with friends and family. It also provides various financial and telecom services, such as bill payments, money transfers, and mobile top-ups, accessible through a linked wallet.
- Instant messaging
- Multimedia sharing
- Profile personalization
- Location sharing
- Telecom services
- Bill payments
- Money transfer
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Viva Description: Viva is a cross-platform application compatible with iPhone and other Smartphone devices. At no cost anyone can become a member of Viva Network. It contains two major sections (Community and Services). The Community section contains a friendly user Messenger designed to share instant messages, Videos, pictures and other information with friends and family and Viva subscribers, it comes at no cost and requires no additional in-application purchases. It also includes a Bulk SMS and Single SMS options. The Services section implies that the user must have a Viva purchase account which could be acquired from any Viva network retail shop. Upon creating a Viva account from the Messenger section, a purchase wallet is automatically created for the user who may at his preference refill his wallet or leave it empty and simply use the Viva application as a Messenger only. At no time, Viva application will request an in-application purchase for the embedded Services. Viva Messenger features: Viva basically supports all Networks and carriers unless limitations are applied and uses the device internet connection including WiFi when available. -Auto synchronize of your phone contacts to identify Viva subscribers -Send instant messages to all your Viva subscribers contact at no cost. -Instant Translation with Voice play back. -Share multimedia -Personalize your profile with photo and status -High privacy level with Logout feature enabled -Share location -Uses push notification to instantly deliver messages. -Manage notification sounds -And many other features. Viva Services features: As mentioned, the use of these options implies that the user’s wallet is not empty For security reasons, the user will be prompted for his account password prior to each use of the below services. -Telecom Services: Buy a Voucher, DTU or Unit Transfer (To Recharge line) -Bill Payment: pay your bills through Viva -Money Transfer: Send and receive money from and into your Viva wallet to your friends and family. -Credit Transfer: Instantly transfer money from your Viva wallet to another one. -M-Payment: Generate payment code to be used on Viva POS Terminals Network. -Events: make your reservation for your preferred event via Viva. Bulk SMS (Requires a balance in Viva Wallet) Send bulk SMS to multiple recipients by setting the search criteria. Send SMS (Requires a balance in Viva Wallet) Send SMS to any of your contacts at lower cost. Transactions History: View transactions History Info Tab: -Check Your Balance. -Change Your Password. -Refill Your Viva Wallet. -Deactivate Account (deletes all user’s information in Viva network including Viva Wallet).
Receive SMS
Receive SMS messages online using real SIMs and dynamic sender IDs to protect your personal number. Get instant SMS delivery and temporary email addresses for anonymous online access.
- Receive SMS online
- Hide personal phone number
- Instant SMS delivery
- Temporary email addresses
- Fake identity generator
- SSN validator
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"Receive SMS - Multiple SIM"" is a free service for receive SMS messages online, based on REAL SIM and shows you the exact information received by the modem with Dynamic Sender ID. On this app you can check if you receive SMS on different routes, or if you receive using the Dynamic Sender ID feature. *** Hide your Personal Phone Number *** Today, Many websites, apps and services require phone number verification for you to start using them which may risk your phone number to be published or shared with third-parties and used to spam you with unwanted advertisements and ads. for this reason you can use "Receive SMS - Temp Number" to hide your own phone number by providing one of our phone numbers listed and gain access to the website, app or service you want without being at the risk of providing sensitive information about you to untrusted or foggy parties. *** Fast & Instant SMS receive *** As soon as the service, website or app send you the SMS it'll be available almost instantly or within seconds and you can check the SMS content easily. * Fake Identity Generator (name set, address, gender, county, extra info) * SSN Validator *** WHAT IS Temp-Mail? *** Temp Mail: is a must-have service that generates a disposable email address designed to replace your original one. Temporary Mail, or simply TMail (also known as disposable mail, temp mail, temporary email, fake mail, ten minutes mail, etc.), is a must-have service that generates a disposable email address designed to replace your original one. It expires after two days and allows you to stay anonymous online while getting unwanted emails on a temporary email address that disappears after a while. In general, using TMail is a perfect way to protect your primary mailbox from worthless spam. *** HOW DOES IT WORK? *** Here you can get a randomly generated email address and even rename it for free. Just copy it to the clipboard and paste whenever you need it for registration. Then automatically will refresh when receive a reply. Please pay attention that you can receive emails with the generated email, not send them. Received messages will be kept only for 48 hours. *** IS Temp Mail ANONYMOUS? *** TMail is the best way to protect your data because the site or app doesn't require any personal details to generate temp mail.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VIVA at 100% against Receive SMS's 40%. VIVA also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Receive SMS's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 14). 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. Receive SMS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VIVA asks for nothing beyond the download.
VIVA holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Receive SMS has 1.1K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of VIVA's written reviews are positive against 40% of Receive SMS's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VIVA | Receive SMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Telepaty Holding | Ayoub El Omrani |
Customer experience
VIVA
Receive SMS
Bugs and requests
VIVA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Receive SMS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Numbers are invalid
- Verification codes not received
- App crashes and freezes
Requested features
2 requests- Add chat functionality
- Improve verification process
In-app purchases
VIVA
No in-app purchases
Receive SMS
- Premium Version$12.99









