We have had a few emails asking what the difference is between TextMessenger and MessageSender.  They are very similar names so I can see how it could be confusing.

I will try to explain the differences.

TextMessenger is  a standalone application that can send text messages to mobile devices such as iPhones, Android phones and so on.  When you want to send a message you just type it into TextMessenger and click Send.  It will be then delivered to the mobile devices that you selected, via the Pushover service.

TextMessenger is completely separate from PhonePad and MessageSender.

MessageSender is an application that automatically forwards your PhonePad messages to email or your mobile device.

PhonePad has an Automatic Message Forwarding feature.  You can add an email address, your cell phone number, or your device name, and if MessageSender is installed it will automatically send your phone messages to you using email, SMS and/or the Pushover service as they are created in PhonePad.

Using MessageSender, your phone messages can be automatically sent to an email address and mobile devices when you are out of the office, or even if you are in the office.  You can set the criteria of when they should be sent.

As you can see, TextMessenger is a separate application for manually sending text messages, whereas MessageSender works in conjunction with PhonePad to automatically forward your phone messages to you using email or text messages (either SMS or Pushover).

I hope that’s a little clearer, but let us know if it isn’t.

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TextMessenger is a Windows application that allows you to send text notifications from your desktop or laptop computer. And you can send them for free.  More about that shortly.

You can send messages immediately, or schedule them to be sent at a later date and time.

When you send a message you can set the priority and even what sound you want played on the receiving device to get their attention!

You can send messages to individual people or blast it out to everyone.  TextMessenger keeps a complete history of all messages sent.

TextMessenger doesn’t use your normal SMS network. It uses the awesome Pushover service.

Messages can be sent to iOS and Android devices. And not just phones either. As the system doesn’t use SMS networks, messages can be sent to any iOS or Android device that has an Internet connection.

And now here’s the great news!  Using TextMessenger with Pushover you get 7,500 free messages every month.

So here’s the bottom line:

• TextMessenger is just $37.  That’s a one-time cost.
• The Pushover iOS and Android apps that you will need to receive the messages are just $5.  What’s really cool is that is per platform. What that means is that once you buy the iOS app, for example, it is free for all subsequent iOS devices to install it on.
• Messages are free as long as you don’t exceed 7,500 per month. That’s a lot of messages.
• All up you’re only paying a one time cost of just $42 – $47 (depending on whether or not you need both iOS and Android).

More details are available on the TextMessenger website.  Download it today for a 10 day free trial.

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There is also a new version of MessageSender coming out.  And of course the next release of PhonePad is also being built.

That’s all for now.

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