Startel Secure Messaging Plus vs NotifyMD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Startel Secure Messaging Plus
This app provides a secure and HIPAA-compliant method for sending and receiving text messages. It features end-to-end encryption, expiring messages, and remote wipe capabilities to protect sensitive information.
- HIPAA and HITECH compliant
- End-to-end message encryption
- Expiring messages (up to 30 days)
- Voice and image attachments
- Remote wipe capability
- Device receipt notifications
- Multi-device single login
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The Startel Secure Messaging Plus application is a safe and effective way to send and receive HIPAA compliant text messages. Message content and attachments are encrypted on servers and on smartphones, and in transmission. Fully configurable, senders are in complete control of determining the length of message life within a maximum 30 day period. Selected features include: expiring messages, voice/image attachment capability, remote wipe capability and device receipt notifications. Startel Secure Messaging Plus supports HIPAA and HITECH compliance. Users can receive messages across multiple devices using a single login including tablets, smartphones, and personal computers. If protecting your sensitive text messages is of importance to you, your organization and your industry – choose right and depend on Startel Secure Messaging Plus.
NotifyMD
This secure messaging app offers customizable alerts and protocol-based escalation for unread messages. It includes team chat, reminders, message forwarding, and call management with number masking. All data is stored securely and accessible via a web portal.
- Customizable alert modes
- Protocol-based message escalation
- Secure team chat
- Message reminders
- Call management with number masking
- Secure data storage and web portal access
- Biometric authentication
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New message push with customizable alert modes . • Protocol based escalation for follow-up of unread messages. • Secure chat functionality amongst your team members • Set Reminders for any follow-up tasks • Forward any message to someone else. • Return or return/record calls from the app and mask your number on caller ID. • Comments and callbacks logged with the time and duration of the call. • Messages reside on our secure datacenter with user name and password protection. • Use biometrics for authentication • Complete documentation from message origination to call back. • All message data is saved and available on the Secure customer Web Portal. • Contact your dedicated Customer Service within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NotifyMD at 50% against Startel Secure Messaging Plus's 16%. NotifyMD also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NotifyMD holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NotifyMD has 80 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Startel Secure Messaging Plus's written reviews are positive against 50% of NotifyMD's.
Startel Secure Messaging Plus ships an update every 4 months, NotifyMD every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Startel Secure Messaging Plus | NotifyMD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 3.8 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.6% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 80 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Startel Corporation | TELECOM LLC |
Customer experience
Startel Secure Messaging Plus
NotifyMD
In-app purchases
Startel Secure Messaging Plus
No in-app purchases
NotifyMD
No in-app purchases
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