Podium vs Teros App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Podium
Manage all customer communications in one inbox, from payments and reviews to marketing messages. This platform helps local businesses streamline interactions, collect payments, and improve their online reputation.
- Unified customer inbox
- Automated review invitations
- Bulk text marketing
- Centralized business phone number
- Text-to-pay functionality
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Podium® is a communications and marketing platform that helps small local businesses manage all customer communications in one easy-to-use inbox, from collecting payments to managing your online reputation and reviews. Podium is changing the way local business gets done everywhere. More than 100,000 businesses rely on Podium to grow and do more as a team. Key features include: - Inbox: Bring every customer conversation from every channel into a single, easy-to-use inbox. See and respond to every chat, review, text, social media message, and phone call in a single thread. - Reviews: Double your monthly review volume in less than 60 days and increase website and foot traffic to your business by sending review invitations via text through Podium. - Bulk Messaging: With a 98% open rate, Podium’s text marketing software allows you to send tailored messages to your customer base that turn into customer sales in minutes. - Phones: Don't let missed calls fall through the cracks, with a singular business number for calls and texting you can keep all communications in one place and avoid everyone give out their personal number to customers. - Payments: Get paid with just a text. Payments through Podium gather more reviews, generate higher quality leads, and centralize your customer data to communicate and market in a more targeted way.
Teros App
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Packed with multiple features, access to the mobile app allows the staff to seamlessly check-in/out, clock in and submit incident report. On the other hand, Managers access to the mobile app empowers to view staff profile, view the staffs' attendances and view the incident reports submitted by the staffs. Teros feature highlights: Manage Staff & Company Profiles. Time Clock - Eliminate the need to carry multiple devices by staffs or supervisors. Access Incident Reports - Get full access to all reports sent by staffs or supervisors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Teros App at none against Podium's 2. Teros App also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16). Podium's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, 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. Podium sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $45.00 per month. Teros App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Podium ships an update every 3 days, Teros App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Podium | Teros App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 288 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Podium Corporation, Inc. | Roy Andyson Alias |
Bugs and requests
Podium
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Login issues and logout problems
- Inconsistent review posting
- Unreliable SMS/text functionality
- Syncing issues between web and mobile
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit auto-replies
- Access to custom templates on mobile
- Improved media handling (photos, videos)
- Easier contact import from phone
- Word search functionality
Teros App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Podium
- Monthly Mobile Plan$45.001 Month
- Podium Mobile Annual Plan$400.001 Year
Teros App
No in-app purchases









