Help Scout vs Missive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Help Scout
Manage customer support requests efficiently from your mobile device. This app allows you to access mailboxes, handle conversations, and reply to customers with saved responses. Stay connected with your team and improve customer relationships on the go.
- Access all mailboxes
- Handle assigned conversations
- Reply with saved replies
- Apply tags to conversations
- Add notes to conversations
- Change conversation status
- Assign conversations (Plus Plan)
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Help Scout's iOS app gives you powerful customer support software in your pocket so you can quickly assist customers from wherever you are. Keep your finger (literally) on the pulse of what's happening with your customers, collaborate remotely, and put the life back into work-life balance — all without compromising your customers’ experience. Build stronger customer relationships through fast, personalized email support — simply log in and get to work! With the Help Scout app, you’ll be able to: • Navigate to any Help Scout mailbox with a tap • Access all conversations and handle those assigned to you • Reply to customers quickly with saved replies - you’ll look like a genius without even trying • Apply tags to categorize conversations or trigger automations like magic • Add notes to conversations to keep everyone in the loop, even in the remote-est location • Change conversation status with a single swipe • Keep conversations moving by assigning them to a team member or teams (Plus Plan only) • Apply custom fields to keep reporting data pristine (Plus Plan only)
Missive
This app helps teams manage shared inboxes, collaborate on emails, and organize conversations. It offers features like canned responses, collaborative writing, and task assignment directly within the inbox, streamlining team communication and workflow.
- Shared inboxes
- Email and chat collaboration
- Task assignment
- Canned responses
- Collaborative writing
- Unified inbox
- Integrations
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Missive lets teams manage shared inboxes and collaborate around emails. Chat, share attachments and assign tasks right from your inbox. Use shared labels to organize conversations by project or department. • Canned Responses - Create reusable templates to save time on repetitive emails. • Collaborative Writing - Compose emails together and get reviewed in real time. • Snooze - Set reminders on emails and chats to clean up your inbox. • Send Later - Draft an email and schedule it to be sent at just the right time. • Pinned Conversations - Drag important conversations to the sidebar for quick access. • Rules - Apply filters to automatically archive or assign conversations to anyone in your organization. • Integrations - Asana, Pipedrive, FullContact, Todoist, Trello, and possibility to develop your own. And much more… • Auto CC / BCC • Snooze only if nobody replies • Push notifications • Rich text and HTML signatures • Connect with Google • Gmail search syntax • Sharable conversation links • Unified inbox
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Missive at 73% against Help Scout's 36%. Missive also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Help Scout's advantage is ratings volume (332 vs 97). 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.
Missive holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 332 and 97 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Help Scout's written reviews are positive against 73% of Missive's.
Help Scout ships an update every 2 weeks, Missive every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help Scout | Missive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (332 ratings) | 4.5 (97 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.6% of reviews | 72.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 97 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Help Scout PBC | Heliom Inc. |
Customer experience
Help Scout
Missive
Bugs and requests
Help Scout
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Login issues and sign-outs
- Unassigned inbox not loading
- Formatting issues with saved replies
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view and manage customer profiles
- Support for live chat
- Improved notification system
- Customizable inbox views
- Integration with other tools
Missive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Help Scout
No in-app purchases
Missive
No in-app purchases






