Text Request vs Emitrr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Request
This app allows businesses to manage customer conversations and send messages on the go. It provides real-time notifications for new messages, enables mass messaging for promotions, and offers team collaboration features. Users can also manage contacts, settings, and request payments via SMS.
- Mobile customer conversations
- Inbound message notifications
- On-the-go conversation initiation
- Mass messaging for promotions
- Team collaboration features
- Contact and group list management
- SMS payment requests
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Connect with customers whenever you want, wherever you work using Text Request’s mobile app. * Take customer conversations with you wherever you go * Get notified of new inbound messages * Spark new conversations on-the-go * Send mass messages for promotions or updates anytime * Keep your team in the loop with shared dashboards, type-alerts, and other team-friendly features * Manage individual contacts and group lists inside the app * Manage your account, settings, and users all from your mobile device * Request payments via SMS Get the power of text messaging to ignite customer engagement. All it takes is an active Text Request account. Already using Text Request? Click Install now. Not using Text Request yet? See what the hype’s all about at textrequest.com/demo. * Take customer conversations with you wherever you go * Get notified of new inbound messages * Spark new conversations on-the-go * Send mass messages for promotions or updates anytime * Keep your team in the loop with shared dashboards, type-alerts, and other team-friendly features * Manage individual contacts and group lists inside the app * Manage your account, settings, and users all from your mobile device Get the power of text messaging to ignite customer engagement. All it takes is an active Text Request account. Already using Text Request? Click Install now. Not using Text Request yet? See what the hype’s all about at textrequest.com/demo.
Emitrr
This platform provides an automated answering service for small businesses, ensuring no customer inquiries are missed from calls or websites. It helps businesses increase revenue, retain customers, and improve team efficiency.
- 24/7 automated answering
- Missed opportunity prevention
- Increased revenue
- Recurring customer acquisition
- Team efficiency improvement
- Account login
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Emitrr is a 24/7 automated answering service platform for small businesses around the globe. Using Emitrr small businesses like dental practices, plumbing, maid services and more can stop worrying about missing opportunities through calls and websites. Emitrr helps achieve more revenue, earn recurring customers, and do more as a team. Emitrr is trusted by hundreds of small businesses. NOTE:- Only those with Emitrr account can log in to the app and use it. You can still request for an account in the app or through our website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Emitrr at 4.8 against Text Request's 4.0. Emitrr also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Text Request's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 4). 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.
Emitrr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Request has 54 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Text Request's written reviews are positive against 100% of Emitrr's.
Text Request ships an update fortnightly, Emitrr every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Request | Emitrr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (54 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Text Request | Scalebiz Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
Text Request
Emitrr
Bugs and requests
Text Request
Reported bugs
31 issues- Aggressively logs out every couple of hours
- Login process is horrible
- Notifications of received texts but app logs out
- Contact management features barely work
- Can't add tags in contact management
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- Can't save name or phone changes in contact management
- App glitches and needs re-downloading
- Constantly have to force close the app for new messages
- App is blank and messages won't load
- App hangs/freezes
- Requires repeated logging in
- App crashes
- Blank screens
- Messages won't load
- Force quit app a couple of times a day
- App is sub mid
- Over the last few months, the app has been nothing but trouble
- Seems to lock up or load slowly on occasion
- Constantly freezes
- Sound and banner notifications are seemingly random
- Miss texts from customers
- Notifications don’t alert when they come thru
- Badge counts won’t go away
- Wont send messages have the time
- Pictures are distorted
- Half the time the app won’t open at all
- Cannot start a new conversation from the app
- Get notifications when logged out
- On iPhone XS, the app header does not appear properly
- When login information is auto-filled with a password manager, the login attempt is thwarted by the error “enter password.”
- For the contact, the “custom” field is called “email address.”
Requested features
7 requests- Improve responsiveness when returning to app
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Improve search feature
- Improve preview to show most recent text
- Fix app header overlap on iPhone
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- Allow auto-filled passwords without workaround
- Clarify 'custom' field name
Emitrr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text Request
No in-app purchases
Emitrr
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Text Request free?
Is Emitrr free?
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Do Text Request or Emitrr have ads?
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