Flash Text Message vs Live text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flash Text Message
Send full-screen SMS messages that appear directly on the recipient's screen, bypassing the usual message history. This offers a unique and fun way to communicate with contacts, though delivery may vary by operator and device.
- Full-screen message delivery
- Messages not stored in history
- Dismiss button only
- Fun communication tool
- SMS messaging
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Flash Text+ allows you (in most cases) to send full screen real text messages (SMS). A good way to have amazing fun with your contacts. Flash text messages are handled differently regarding recipient operator and smartphone. So in most cases a Flash-Text will be: -> Delivered directly on full screen -> Not stored in the history -> Only with a "Dismiss" Button In the worst case, it will be handled as a regular text messages.
Live text
Create dynamic and attention-grabbing text messages with customizable colors, fonts, and animations. Save your creations for later use. Perfect for making your messages stand out.
- Customizable background and text colors
- Wide color palette and custom color editor
- Multiple font choices
- Animated effects (bounce, rotate, etc.)
- Save and revisit previous texts
- Marquee sign style
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Live Text helps you create eye-catching messages in seconds. Type your text, customize the background and text colors, pick a font, and add animations like bounce and rotate to bring your message to life. What you can do with Live Text • Create custom text messages with background and text color control • Use a wide color palette and a custom color editor • Choose from multiple fonts • Add animated effects (bounce, rotate, and more) • Save and revisit your previous texts with text history Make your text look like a marquee sign—or create your own style.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Live text at 100% against Flash Text Message's 0%. Live text also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Flash Text Message's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 6) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Flash Text Message sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Live text asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live text holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Flash Text Message's written reviews are positive against 100% of Live text's.
Flash Text Message ships an update every 8 months, Live text every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flash Text Message | Live text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.1 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blacktelio OÜ | Stanimir Petrov |
Customer experience
Flash Text Message
Live text
In-app purchases
Flash Text Message
- 5 Flash Texts$5.99
- 10 Flash Texts$9.99
- 25 Flash Texts$18.99
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- 60 Flash Texts$36.99
- 200 Flash Texts$94.99
Live text
No in-app purchases
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