Comparison

Text2Drive vs TruVideo

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

Head to head
About

Text2Drive

Facilitates communication between dealership employees and customers. Enables sending messages and photos, particularly for repair updates. Requires an existing Text2Drive account to function.

Highlights
  • Employee-to-employee chat
  • Customer chat
  • Photo sharing
  • Repair updates
  • Dealership operations
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Text2Drive4 screens
TruVideo4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text2Drive ships an update monthly, TruVideo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text2Drive versus TruVideo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText2DriveTruVideo
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (99 ratings)2.6 (82 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.8% of reviews41.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings99 — better82
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperText2DriveTruVideo, Inc.

Customer experience

Text2Drive

All ratings99 ratings
Positive20.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative76.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive21.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative76.4%

TruVideo

All ratings82 ratings
Positive36.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative59.8%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive41.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.8%

Bugs and requests

Text2Drive

Reported bugs

44 issues
  • Removed reviews
  • App takes up gigabytes of storage
  • Selectivity of photo/video uploads
  • Videos upload with no sound
  • Videos don't go through
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  • Need to restart phone to record video again
  • Cancel button in place of send button
  • Videos send but feedback says otherwise
  • Videos are never clear
  • App is laggy
  • Notification interruption causes video loss
  • Cannot log in
  • Videos do not upload after recording
  • Gray screen when finishing video
  • Freezing when starting video
  • Accidentally deleted videos due to cancel button placement
  • App crashes a lot
  • Camera never focuses
  • Adding photos/videos from media library fails or duplicates
  • White screen when recording
  • No landscape mode
  • Horrible compression
  • App constantly uses more storage
  • No cache clearing option
  • Cannot record on newer phones (iPhone 14 Max)
  • Photos are compressed gibberish
  • Screen is white indefinitely when adding photo manually
  • App is slow and sometimes doesn't load
  • Desktop site shows out of order responses
  • Screen going white when recording
  • Won't upload despite showing uploaded
  • Customers can't open videos
  • App has issues with Bluetooth devices active
  • Metrics produced are flawed
  • Unable to upload photos from gallery (white screen)
  • Crashes every time since update
  • App keeps all videos with no way to delete
  • Opens camera screen then freezes
  • Face recognition cycles multiple times
  • Upload video/picture doesn't go through if phone is closed
  • App doesn't close if phone is left open
  • Super slow, pictures don't load properly
  • App freezes on login screen
  • App shuts down when entering username

Requested features

16 requests
  • Allow deletion of saved videos/data
  • Improve video/photo quality
  • Fix camera focus issue
  • Add landscape mode for iPads
  • Add option to unsend videos
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  • Fix UI update issues (cancel button placement)
  • Show all messages, not just selected ones
  • Allow editing of videos
  • Fix Bluetooth device interference
  • Improve face recognition reliability
  • Allow app to close when phone screen is off
  • Improve upload speed
  • Add cache clearing option
  • Fix issues with older phones (iPhone 5s)
  • Filter notifications between advisors
  • Improve app performance for notifications

TruVideo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Text2Drive

No in-app purchases

None

TruVideo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text2Drive free?
Text2Drive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TruVideo free?
TruVideo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text2Drive or TruVideo?
TruVideo is rated higher. Text2Drive averages 1.9 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while TruVideo averages 2.6 from 82 ratings.
Do Text2Drive or TruVideo have ads?
Neither Text2Drive nor TruVideo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text2Drive or TruVideo?
Text2Drive ships an update monthly, and TruVideo every 10 days. Most recently, Text2Drive was updated on October 13, 2026 and TruVideo on October 17, 2026.

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