Comparison

Approvals vs Texting with Approved Contact

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

Head to head

Texting with Approved Contact

Free

💼 Business

★ 5.01 ratingsView app →

About

Approvals

Features

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Approve Work Order and Work Request

About

Texting with Approved Contact

Send SMS/MMS messages to customers and partners directly from your existing phone numbers. This business tool enables secure storage and review of texts within collaboration platforms like Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex, facilitating integration with CRMs.

Highlights

Send SMS/MMS from existing numbers
Data loss and prevention storage
Review texts in Teams and Webex
Import texts into CRM
Use existing phone numbers

Features

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Texting with Approved Contact will allow you to send SMS/MMS to your customers and partners from your existing numbers! Allow your organization's texts to be stored for input into data loss and prevention. Open, review, and respond to texts in products like Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex - the same texts you'd receive on your phone through this app. Make texts available to import into your CRM or other business applications. Contact sales@approvedcontact.com to set up your number today!

Screenshots

Approvals1 screens

Texting with Approved Contact3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Approvals at 7.0 against Texting with Approved Contact's 15.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Approvals ships an update every 9 months, Texting with Approved Contact every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level

Approvals versus Texting with Approved Contact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Approvals	Texting with Approved Contact
Price	Free	Free
Rating	—	5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings	—	1 — better
Update frequency	Every 9 months	Every 5 months — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	—	Free
Devices	iPhone, iPad, iPod	iPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS	7.0 — better	15.0
Further details — not scored
Size	13 MB	97 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	AVEVA GROUP PLC	Approved Contact, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Approvals

No in-app purchases

None

Texting with Approved Contact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Approvals free?

Approvals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Is Texting with Approved Contact free?

Texting with Approved Contact is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Approvals or Texting with Approved Contact have ads?

Neither Approvals nor Texting with Approved Contact shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Approvals or Texting with Approved Contact?

Approvals ships an update every 9 months, and Texting with Approved Contact every 5 months. Most recently, Approvals was updated on November 6, 2026 and Texting with Approved Contact on November 3, 2026.