Text2Drive vs eAdvisor History
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.
eAdvisor History
This app streamlines the vehicle service process for advisors. It allows for the transfer of vehicle data via Bluetooth to create service visits and generate detailed reports, including DTCs and capacities.
- Bluetooth vehicle data transfer
- Create service visits
- Generate service reports
- View DTCs
- View vehicle capacities
- Streamline write-up process
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We have developed a proven system, the eAdvisor Consistently Correct Check-In, that covers every aspect of the write up from the time the customer pulls onto the drive until the advisor has escorted the customer to the lounge - and everything in between. The eAdvisor app allows service advisors to receive vehicle data via Bluetooth to create service visits and generate reports. For each service visit, service advisors will have the ability to view DTCs, alerts, capacities, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: eAdvisor History at 5.0 against Text2Drive's 1.9. Text2Drive's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 1) and update cadence (monthly 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.
eAdvisor History 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Text2Drive ships an update monthly, eAdvisor History every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text2Drive | eAdvisor History |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Text2Drive | B&G Technologies |
Customer experience
Text2Drive
eAdvisor History
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
eAdvisor History
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text2Drive
No in-app purchases
eAdvisor History
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Text2Drive free?
Is eAdvisor History free?
Which has better reviews, Text2Drive or eAdvisor History?
Do Text2Drive or eAdvisor History have ads?
Which is updated more often, Text2Drive or eAdvisor History?
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