Comparison

Text Request vs Care Net Events

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Care Net Events

Enhance your event experience with this app, providing schedules, speaker information, and interactive features like gamification and surveys. Navigate venues easily with maps and stay organized with personalized breakout session details.

Highlights
  • Event schedules
  • Speaker biographies
  • Gamification features
  • Surveys
  • Venue maps
  • Breakout session details
Features
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Care Net’s events, including the Care Net National Conference, are for refreshment, networking, education, and encouragement. This app helps attendees navigate Care Net's events for a more wholesome and fun experience. From breakout descriptions, speaker bios, and scheduling, to our gamification, surveys, and maps, this app will take you from just attending to fully participating. Don’t get lost in the exhibit hall again, or forget what breakouts you registered to attend – we have put it all Together for you to make your experience as easy and stress-free as possible!

Screenshots

Text Request4 screens
Care Net Events3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Care Net Events at 5.0 against Text Request's 4.0. Text Request's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Care Net Events holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Request has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Request ships an update fortnightly, Care Net Events every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text Request versus Care Net Events: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText RequestCare Net Events
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (54 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperText Requestcarenet

Customer experience

Text Request

All ratings54 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative26.8%

Care Net Events

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Text Request

No in-app purchases

None

Care Net Events

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Request free?
Text Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Care Net Events free?
Care Net Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Text Request or Care Net Events?
Care Net Events is rated higher. Text Request averages 4.0 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Care Net Events averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Text Request or Care Net Events have ads?
Neither Text Request nor Care Net Events shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Request or Care Net Events?
Text Request ships an update fortnightly, and Care Net Events every 3 months. Most recently, Text Request was updated on September 18, 2026 and Care Net Events on August 13, 2026.

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