Text Delay vs Kyew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Delay
Schedule texts, tweets, and emails to be sent at a later time. Automate message delivery for convenience and to ensure messages are sent at the optimal moment. Offers a premium service for fully automatic sending without user interaction.
- Schedule text messages
- Schedule tweets
- Schedule emails
- Automatic message sending
- Delayed message delivery
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** Over 250,000 messages have been scheduled using Text Delay! Thank you for all the support. ** Delay sending your texts, send when they make sense! Send texts, tweets and emails when it's the right time. This app also offers Text Delay Plus. A service that sends texts automatically when you want them sent. It's not a reminder, you don't have to tap anything, it just sends your text when you want it sent. Terms of Use: https://textdelay.app/terms
Kyew
Schedule text messages to send at a future date and time, with or without attachments. The app also allows for sending individual messages to multiple contacts simultaneously, ideal for personal reminders or business communications.
- Schedule text messages
- Send messages with attachments
- Recurring message scheduling
- Group texting (individual dispatch)
- Contact management
- Appointment reminders
- Birthday & anniversary messages
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Schedule a text message to send later. Kyew saves your message and sends it at the exact date and time you pick. Never forget a birthday. Never miss a follow-up. Write it now, send it later. NEW: AUTO SENDING Set it up once. After that, Kyew sends your scheduled texts on its own — no tap needed. Auto Send works through Shortcuts, the automation app that comes pre-installed on your device. Kyew walks you through the setup step by step. It takes about a minute, and you only do it one time. Once it's on, your texts go out at the exact time you picked. While you're asleep. While you're with a client. While you're in the car. Want to stay in control instead? Leave Auto Send off. Kyew will send you a notification with your message ready to go in one tap. HOW IT WORKS 1. Write your text 2. Add photos, videos, or files 3. Pick one person or many 4. Pick a date and time 5. Turn on Auto Send, or get a reminder Kyew (say it like "Q," as in queue) saves your message and any attachments until it's time. SET IT AND FORGET IT Schedule a text to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Great for birthdays, weekly check-ins, monthly invoices, and standing reminders. GROUP TEXT & MASS MESSAGES Send the same text to a lot of people. You can send these as standard group chats, or as separate, private messages where no one sees anyone else's number or replies. You can save groups for re-use. It works like BCC in email. FOR PERSONAL USE • Birthday and anniversary texts • Holiday messages written early, sent on time • Weekly check-ins with parents and grandparents • Reconnect with old friends • Party invitations and RSVP nudges • Countdown reminders — "10 days until Hawaii" • Time zone friendly — write at 2 a.m., arrives at 9 a.m. their time • Text your future self • Carpool, practice, and pickup reminders • Rent and bill reminders for roommates FOR BUSINESS USE 98% of texts get opened. Most are read within 5 minutes. Email can't do that. Kyew turns texting into a tool you can plan around. • Appointment reminders and confirmations — cut down no-shows • Rebooking reminders: "It's been 6 weeks since your last visit" • Invoice and payment reminders • Renewal and expiration notices • Lead follow-ups and quote follow-ups • Review requests, sent right after the job • New customer welcome messages • Sales, offers, and back-in-stock alerts • Content promotion — new post, episode, or newsletter • Staff shift and schedule reminders WHO USES KYEW Over 10,000 small business owners use Kyew. Salons and barbers. Dentists and med spas. Gyms, studios, and personal trainers. Contractors and home services. Real estate agents. Tutors and coaches. Vets. Auto shops. Nonprofits. Anyone who needs a text reminder app that actually remembers. KYEW PLUS AND KYEW BUSINESS Kyew is free to use. Some features need a subscription. See the app for details. Privacy Policy: https://kyew.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://kyew.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kyew at 4.3 against Text Delay's 2.1. Kyew also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 15%) and ratings volume (301 vs 48). Text Delay's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Text Delay sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Kyew sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kyew holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kyew has 301 ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Text Delay's written reviews are positive against 49% of Kyew's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Delay | Kyew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (48 ratings) | 4.3 (301 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.0% of reviews | 48.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 | 301 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Walter | Saturday Technologies, Inc |
Customer experience
Text Delay
Kyew
User reviews
Text Delay
From 48 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and user-friendly interface
- 💡 Helpful for organizing and scheduling messages
- ⏰ Useful reminder functionality for deferred texts
- 📝 Convenient for composing messages at inconvenient times
- 🎯 Good for those who prefer manual send with reminders
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive monthly subscription required for core functionality
- 🐛 Messages marked as 'overdue' but never sent
- 📱 Texts send from random/different phone numbers
- ❌ Auto-send feature doesn't actually work automatically
- 🚫 No way to cancel subscription or contact support
Kyew
From 301 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface
- 🧠 Great for organizing thoughts and reducing anxiety
- 📱 Uses native SMS carrier for authentic messaging
- ⏰ Effective reminder system for scheduled messages
- 🎯 Solves Apple's lack of native scheduling feature
Room to improve
- 🚫 Requires manual confirmation to send (not fully automatic)
- 💰 Misleading free trial - converts to paid subscription quickly
- 🐛 Multiple notification bugs with scheduled messages
- ❌ Cannot send group messages individually
- 🔔 Excessive push notifications requesting app reviews
Bugs and requests
Text Delay
Reported bugs
12 issues- Scheduled messages fail to send despite appearing sent
- Messages marked 'overdue' without being delivered
- Auto-send feature requires manual send despite paid subscription
- Texts send from random/unknown phone numbers instead of user's number
- App crashes during message composition and sending
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- Support email contact form greyed out and non-functional
- Signature not saving or persisting in app
- No account recovery mechanism for forgotten credentials
- Notification system fails to alert users at scheduled times
- Messages sent with app advertisement footer
- Free version lacks any meaningful functionality
- Premium features still unavailable after purchase
Requested features
13 requests- One-time purchase option instead of monthly subscription
- True automatic text sending without manual intervention
- Send texts from user's own phone number
- Edit functionality for pending/scheduled messages
- Ability to resend previously sent messages at different times
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- iMessage support in addition to SMS
- Email scheduling with auto-send capability
- Social media post scheduling with auto-send
- Proper signature saving and display
- Account recovery options (forgot password/username)
- Multiple contact support options (phone, chat, etc.)
- No signature option for messages
- Expand to other communication platforms
Kyew
Reported bugs
9 issues- Messages forgotten when multiple notifications received simultaneously
- Sent messages remain in queue and cannot be deleted
- Messages replicate/duplicate in recurring schedules
- Notifications fail to trigger for scheduled messages
- App freezes when scrolling through message list
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- Messages send at incorrect times or earlier than scheduled
- UI locks up preventing recipient selection after recent update
- Approval notifications appear even after manual send
- Inconsistent behavior with message deletion and queue management
Requested features
8 requests- Fully automatic message sending without manual confirmation
- Support for other platforms (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp)
- Ability to save drafts and message history for reuse
- Message templates and recurring message improvements
- Image attachment support in scheduled messages
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- Group messaging with individual recipient handling
- Reduce or eliminate review request notifications
- Better message organization and labeling system
In-app purchases
Text Delay
- Text Delay Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Text Delay Plus - 3 Months7 Days trial$26.993 Months
- Text Delay Plus - 6 Months7 Days trial$47.996 Months
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- Text Delay Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Add 1 Month$4.99
- Add 3 Months$12.99
- Add 6 Months$24.99
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- Add 1 Year$44.99
Kyew
- Monthly - Kyew Plus$4.991 Month
- Kyew Business Subscription$19.991 Month
- Discount Sale - Kyew Plus$19.991 Year
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- Yearly - Kyew Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Kyew Plus+$59.99






