Comparison

Text Request vs HZCare

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

HZCare

Features
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HZCare helps home care agencies and registries manage their business better with the following functionality: Track detailed profiles for clients and caregivers, as well as the clients’ funding sources and contacts. Filter clients’ and caregivers’ descriptors, requirements, and availabilities to quickly find the optimal scheduling fit. Manage rates, post invoices, process payments, and perform essential accounting tasks. View a robust library of reports, ranging from basic client and caregiver information to financial breakdowns. Scheduling is highly intuitive and only takes a few taps to set the appointment time and add a caregiver. While basic appointments are simple enough to schedule, the app is powerful enough to schedule unusual repeating patterns and manage intricate billing waterfalls for funding sources that limit weekly hours. The app is highly customizable in the Admin Section. You can control everything from big picture concepts like different caregiver categories and requirements, all the way down to the minutiae of whether overnight appointments bill on the first or second day. HZCare will work the way you want it to! If you’ve licensed the HZCaregiver application, caregivers will be able to communicate with you in HZCare as well. You can also view their appointment check-ins and completed checklist items.

Screenshots

Text Request4 screens
HZCare1 screens

Verdict

The call

Text Request and HZCare are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Request ships an update fortnightly, HZCare every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Text Request versus HZCare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText RequestHZCare
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperText RequestHangZone

In-app purchases

None

Text Request

No in-app purchases

None

HZCare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Text Request free?
Text Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HZCare free?
HZCare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Text Request or HZCare have ads?
Neither Text Request nor HZCare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Request or HZCare?
Text Request ships an update fortnightly, and HZCare every 3 weeks. Most recently, Text Request was updated on September 18, 2026 and HZCare on September 10, 2026.

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