Text Me - Phone Call + Texting vs TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited

Text Me - Phone Call + Texting

TextMe, Inc.
App Store
$3.45M/mo
~$41.43M/yr · 95.9M installs
VS

TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited

TextNow, Inc.
App Store
$5.48M/mo
~$65.76M/yr · 134.8M installs
Revenue winner TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited wins +59% vs other
Installs winner TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited wins +41% vs other
MAU winner Text Me - Phone Call + Texting wins +26% vs other
Rating winner TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited wins +2% vs other

Why TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited earns roughly 2× more per month than Text Me - Phone Call + Texting - $5.48M vs $3.45M.
  2. More monetization surfaces. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited runs 10 IAP tiers vs 3 - more chances to convert users at the right price.

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Side-by-side metrics

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Text Me - Phone Call + Texting
vs
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3.45M
$5.48M
Annual revenue (est.)
$41.43M
$65.76M
Lifetime installs (est.)
95.9M
134.8M
Monthly active users (est.)?
21.4M
17.0M
App Store rating
4.70★
4.79★
Total ratings
639K
899K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
=
$4.99
IAP tiers detected
3 tiers
10 tiers

Text Me - Phone Call + Texting

TextMe, Inc.
App Store
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Released
May 23, 2012
Last updated
Mar 31, 2026
File size
216.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.51.4
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited

TextNow, Inc.
App Store
Category
Social Networking
Price
Free
Released
May 7, 2009
Last updated
May 4, 2026
File size
406.4 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
26.18.0
Languages
English, French, Spanish
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Text Me - Phone Call + Texting or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited earns about $5.48M per month, while Text Me - Phone Call + Texting earns about $3.45M. That is a 1.6× revenue gap (~$2.03M more per month for TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited). Annual revenue: Text Me - Phone Call + Texting ≈ $41.43M/year, TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited ≈ $65.76M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Text Me - Phone Call + Texting or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited leads with about 134.8M estimated downloads vs 95.9M for Text Me - Phone Call + Texting - a 1.4× gap. Text Me - Phone Call + Texting's App Store downloads are estimated from 639K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited's App Store downloads are estimated from 899K ratings.
Are Text Me - Phone Call + Texting and TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Text Me - Phone Call + Texting and TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited offer? v
Text Me - Phone Call + Texting: IAP range 3 tiers detected. TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Text Me - Phone Call + Texting runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited runs "Subscription (~$9.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Text Me - Phone Call + Texting or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited? v
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Text Me - Phone Call + Texting 639K ratings, TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited 899K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Text Me - Phone Call + Texting vs TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3.45M for Text Me - Phone Call + Texting and $5.48M for TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Text Me - Phone Call + Texting or TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited to a different App Store app? v
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