Mobile Text Alerts review (2026): is it worth $36 a month, billed yearly?
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Mobile Text Alerts report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for business texting sold by message credits
Mobile Text Alerts sells texting by monthly credits, from $36 a month billed annually for 1,000 credits, with a 14-day trial and no card. But the API starts on a $500 plan, and the monthly price isn't shown.
Who Mobile Text Alerts is for
- Fits if you send texts to a list built by keyword or QR code
- Works for small senders who don't need the API
Who Mobile Text Alerts is not for
- Tight if you want the API: Professional, from $500 a month
- Watch out: only the annual price is shown, with no monthly figure
- Watch out: an MMS costs 3 credits, and unused credits don't roll over on annual plans
- Pricey if you outgrow 1,000 credits: extra messages are 4 cents each
Why Mobile Text Alerts gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$36 a month on annual billing for 1,000 credits, the middle of the category.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day trial with 50 messages and no card, and no free plan.
- CFeaturesCampaigns, keywords, a two-way inbox and sign-up tools, with the API held back for $500 a month and up.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and keywords and sign-up tools need setting up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Zapier and a custom API; no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Mobile Text Alerts's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Mobile Text Alerts's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 47 of the 77 other SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 19 of 77) and worst on features (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $36 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 24 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 78 SMS and chat marketing tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Mobile Text Alerts’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 15 of 77, level with 50
- CFree plan and trialAbove 41 of 77, level with 36
- CFeaturesAbove 3 of 77, level with 61
- CEase of useAbove 5 of 77, level with 70
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 19 of 77, level with 58
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 SMS and chat marketing tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Mobile Text Alerts, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Mobile Text Alerts you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $432 a year.
What you could make
- QR codes: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
- Texts from a business number, registered with the carriers.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- It plugs into other products, Zapier and Slack among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Mobile Text Alerts’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Mobile Text Alerts?
Mobile Text Alerts is a business texting service for mass texts, automations, two-way conversations and subscriber sign-up tools such as keywords, QR codes and web forms. Plans are sold by monthly message credits. It has a web dashboard and iOS and Android apps, and it lists Zapier and a custom API for integrations.
Worth knowing
- The 1 SMS to the US or Canada costs 1 credit and an MMS costs 3; international rates vary.
- The API is only on Professional and above, which start at $500 a month.
- Unused messages roll over for one month on monthly plans; on annual plans they do not roll over.
- Only the annual price is shown by default; the page offers a 20% annual saving but not a monthly figure.
Key features
- Campaigns and automations
- Mass texts, message scheduling and automations, with reports and analytics, available even in the free trial.
- Subscriber sign-up tools
- Text-to-join keywords, automatic QR codes, web sign-up forms and spreadsheet import for building a list.
- Two-way inbox
- A 2-way messaging inbox for one-to-one replies, with contact grouping and unlimited groups.
- Dashboard and mobile app
- A web dashboard plus an iOS and Android app for sending and managing the account away from a desk.
- Integrations and API
- Zapier connects to 5,000-plus apps; Professional plans add API access for custom integrations.
Mobile Text Alerts pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mobile Text Alerts is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $36 per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $36 per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial with 50 messages and a dedicated toll-free number; no card needed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $36per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually | Unlimited keywords and users, iMessage sending and MCP server access. Extra messages $0.04 each. Monthly price is not shown. |
| Professional | $500per month and up, billed annually | For up to 1 million messages a month. Adds API access, a launch specialist, branded short links and priority support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | For over 1 million messages a month, with a dedicated account manager, custom reporting, Slack and a 5-digit short code. |
Read from mobile-text-alerts.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mobile Text Alerts before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
The pricing page toggle labeled Annual pricing (save 20%) shows the yearly-billed prices used here.
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Common questions
Does Mobile Text Alerts have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Mobile Text Alerts is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Mobile Text Alerts have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Mobile Text Alerts is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Mobile Text Alerts open source?
Mobile Text Alerts is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Mobile Text Alerts have an API?
Yes. Mobile Text Alerts offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.