Text Message Sounds + vs Festivus Grievances
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Text Message Sounds +
Access a collection of over 65 popular and funny sound effects and ringtones. Easily set these sounds for text message notifications, alerts, or alarms. This app groups popular downloaded notification sounds into one convenient place.
- Over 65 funny ringtones
- Sound effects for notifications
- Alerts and alarms
- Easy to use interface
- Grouped popular sounds
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Text message sounds includes some of the most popular text message sounds and ringtones at the tap of a button. Tap to listen to over 65 funny ringtones and sound effects perfect for a text message notification, alert, alarm and more. Text message sounds features some of the most downloaded funny text message notification sounds grouped together in one easy to use application. - text message sounds - easy to use - simple interface - new sounds
Festivus Grievances
Record your annoyances throughout the year to prepare for Festivus. Includes a countdown to the holiday and companion apps for Apple Watch and widgets.
- Record grievances
- Festivus countdown
- Apple Watch app
- Widget support
- Track year-long annoyances
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Festivus Grievances lets you keep track of everything that has angered you over the year, giving you all the ammunition you need when Festivus rolls around. Includes an Apple Watch app and a widget to count down the days to Festivus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Festivus Grievances at 100% against Text Message Sounds +'s 27%. Festivus Grievances also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 19 months). Text Message Sounds +'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price 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. Festivus Grievances sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Text Message Sounds + asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Message Sounds + ships an update every 19 months, Festivus Grievances every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Text Message Sounds + | Festivus Grievances |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (318 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 318 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Torres | Andrew Flemming |
Customer experience
Text Message Sounds +
Festivus Grievances
Bugs and requests
Text Message Sounds +
Reported bugs
6 issues- Not Working ???
- Literally, nothing happens.
- All I saw was an ad for a game, closed the ad and got a blank screen
- As soon as the app is opened it pops up with an add. Normally adds don’t bother me but when the x appears you can’t click on it, all is does is pop up with ‘copy’.
- Goes straight to a solitaire game app
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- There is no way to see apps in iTunes any more so instructions are useless. Unless the developer has a new way of downloading these this app does not work.
Requested features
3 requests- Provide clear instructions for downloading tones
- Offer a way to download tones without a computer
- Improve ad functionality (clickable 'x')
Festivus Grievances
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Text Message Sounds +
No in-app purchases
Festivus Grievances
- Fake Festivus$9.99
Questions
Is Text Message Sounds + free?
Is Festivus Grievances free?
Do Text Message Sounds + or Festivus Grievances have ads?
Which is updated more often, Text Message Sounds + or Festivus Grievances?
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