Text2Drive vs Speed Judge
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.
Speed Judge
This application serves as an event registration and judging system specifically designed for car shows. It offers a robust platform that has been a part of the industry for decades, providing advantages for event organizers.
- Event registration system
- Judging system for car shows
- Industry-tested since the 1990s
- Account-based access required
- Designed for event organizers
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Speed Judge is the gold standard event registration and judging system for car shows. The system has been active in the industry since the late 1990s, and continues to grow. Car show software is not all equal, come see the advantages of Speed Judge for your event today! Must have an existing account to use the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Judge at 5.0 against Text2Drive's 1.9. Text2Drive's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 2). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Speed Judge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text2Drive has 99 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Text2Drive ships an update monthly, Speed Judge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text2Drive | Speed Judge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Text2Drive | RPI Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
Text2Drive
Speed Judge
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
Speed Judge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text2Drive
No in-app purchases
Speed Judge
No in-app purchases
