Text2Drive vs TruVideo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text2Drive
Facilitates communication between dealership employees and customers. Enables sending messages and photos, particularly for repair updates. Requires an existing Text2Drive account to function.
- Employee-to-employee chat
- Customer chat
- Photo sharing
- Repair updates
- Dealership operations
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An extension of the Text2Drive communication platform, the Mobile Operations Module allows dealership employees to chat with each other or with customers and send them photos (typically of a required repair). This free app only works with a Text2Drive account.
TruVideo
Record, send, and track customer videos with this platform. Share narrated video messages with individuals who can't be present, ideal for various service industries.
- Record videos
- Send video links via email
- Send video links via text
- Track video engagement
- Create customer entries
- Upload videos to cloud
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NOTE: This app must be used in conjunction with a TruVideo customer account. TruVideo is a video platform for recording, sending and tracking videos. The TruVideo iOS app allows users to: - Create a customer entry - Record one or multiple videos - Upload recorded videos to the cloud - Email a link to those videos - Text a link to those videos The TruVideo app is effective in sharing narrated video with individuals who are unable to be physically present. Markets for this app include automotive service, automotive sales, pest control, insurance claims, real estate, home inspections and many others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TruVideo at 2.6 against Text2Drive's 1.9. TruVideo also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 22%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TruVideo holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 82 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Text2Drive's written reviews are positive against 41% of TruVideo's.
Text2Drive ships an update monthly, TruVideo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text2Drive | TruVideo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (99 ratings) | 2.6 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.8% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 82 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Text2Drive | TruVideo, Inc. |
Customer experience
Text2Drive
TruVideo
In-app purchases
Text2Drive
No in-app purchases
TruVideo
No in-app purchases
