What is the difference between Blue Reacher and iBlueText?

Blue Reacher supports 50 of the 77 features compared here, and iBlueText supports 43. Blue Reacher adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, phone calls and TypeScript SDK. iBlueText adds sender name and photo, shared numbers, WhatsApp, self-hosting and custom channel providers.

How much do Blue Reacher and iBlueText cost?

Blue Reacher: Lines are $249 a month each plus a $449 activation fee, $199 a month each at 4 or more lines, or $1,949 per line per year with activation waived. iBlueText: Hosted lines cost $99 a month each plus a one-time setup fee from $249, self-hosted Bridge plans run from $29 a month for 1 line to $999 for 100 lines, and lookups cost $0.005 each.

Does iBlueText support group chats?

iBlueText does not list group chats on its site or in its docs.

Does iBlueText support group management?

iBlueText does not list group management on its site or in its docs.

Does iBlueText support group name and photo?

iBlueText does not list group name and photo on its site or in its docs.

Blue Reacher vs iBlueText

Compare Blue Reacher and iBlueText side by side: iMessage features, channels, developer tools, pricing and compliance, checked on each provider's own site.

Blue Reacher

Managed iMessage lines for B2B sales, with API and MCP

Starting price: $199/month per line at 4+ lines; $249/month for 1 to 3 lines
Free plan: Free public sandbox key; simulator only, no real sends

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iBlueText

Hosted or self-hosted iMessage lines with iPhone lookup

Starting price: $29/month (self-hosted, 1 line); $99/month per hosted line
Free plan: No-card trial: 100 lookups, 10 verifications and 10 iMessages; self-hosted 3-day trial

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Blue Reacher supports 50 of the 77 features compared here, and iBlueText supports 43.

Where Blue Reacher is ahead

and 4 more in the table below.

Where iBlueText is ahead

Feature comparison

Feature	Blue Reacher	iBlueText
iMessage messaging
iMessage	SupportedOne-to-one iMessage sends and replies over REST and webhooks.	SupportedHosted lines on iBlueText's Macs and iPhones, or self-hosted on your own Macs
Group chats	PartialAPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet; the site sells group threads opened from the CRM.	Not listedNot mentioned in the API docs
Group management	PartialAdd, remove and leave are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Not listed
Group name and photo	PartialRename and group photo are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Not listed
Mentions	Not listed	Not listed
Tapbacks	PartialInbound reactions arrive as webhooks; sending the six tapbacks is not available on the API yet.	SupportedSend six tapbacks to inbound messages and receive reaction.received. Not on SIP-on rented Macs.
Threaded replies	PartialSite lists threaded replies; the API reply option sends a quoted reply, not an inline thread.	Supportedreply_to quotes an inbound message; falls back to a normal message if Apple refuses
Typing indicators	PartialTyping endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	PartialSend only, in existing iMessage threads; no inbound typing events documented
Read receipts	Partialmessage.read webhooks fire; sending native read receipts is not available on the API yet.	PartialReceive only: message.read and read_at when the recipient has read receipts on
Edit and unsend	Not listed	Not listed
Message effects	Partial8 screen and 4 bubble effects are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	Supported8 screen and 4 bubble effects on /send
Animated text effects	Not listed	Not listed
Stickers	Not listed	Not listed
Formatted text	Not supportedDocs say there is no Markdown rendering on any channel.	Not listed
Attachments	SupportedOne file per message for now. Images and video up to 100 MB, audio and PDF up to 25 MB.	SupportedPhotos, video, voice memos, vCards and PDFs, up to 5 files of 5 MB each
Live Photos	Not listed	Not listed
Rich link previews	SupportedA bare URL renders as a preview card on iMessage, built on the recipient's device.	SupportedGoHighLevel page cites real link previews; no API option documented
Voice messages	PartialNative voice memo endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	SupportedVoice memos sent and received as attachments
Contact cards	PartialDocs and site say lines send contact cards; no endpoint appears in the API reference.	Supported.vcf files sent as attachments
Polls	Not listed	Not listed
Chat backgrounds	Not listed	Not listed
Location sharing	Not listed	Not listed
iMessage apps	Not listed	Not listed
Live app cards	Not listed	Not listed
Sender name and photo	Not listedDocs say recipients see only the number until they save your contact card.	PartialHosted lines can get a business sender name at setup; no API or photo option documented
FaceTime calls	PartialFaceTime audio from the line, started by a person; $99/mo add-on. Calls API not available yet.	PartialFaceTime audio placed from the self-hosted Bridge app, with call webhooks; no call API
Delivery status	Supportedmessage.sent, delivered, read and failed webhooks, plus a status endpoint.	Supportedqueued, sent, delivered, read and failed; plain SMS has no delivery receipt
iMessage availability check	PartialCapability lookup for up to 100 numbers is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.	SupportedLookup API at $0.005 a number, 400 free per line a day; also detects FaceTime
Focus and Notify Anyway	Not listed	Not listed
Numbers and delivery
Managed lines	SupportedEach line is an Apple ID on Apple hardware run by Blue Reacher.	SupportedHosted plan: iBlueText runs the Mac, iPhone, Apple Account and US number
Dedicated numbers	SupportedEvery line is a dedicated number with a custom area code.	SupportedEach hosted line is its own US number on a dedicated, warmed Apple ID
Shared numbers	Not supportedDocs say each line is yours alone, never shared and never recycled.	PartialOnly the 10 free trial messages, which are sent from iBlueText's fleet
Bring your own number	SupportedPricing lists port-in support for an existing number.	SupportedSelf-hosted uses your own iPhones and numbers; hosted lines can use your own Apple Account
Line pooling	SupportedOmit the line on a send and load balancing picks one; the site calls it smart routing.	SupportedCampaigns spread new contacts across your lines and keep existing contacts on their line
SMS fallback	Supported	Supported
RCS fallback	PartialSite says iMessage, then RCS, then SMS; the docs say the platform's own fallback is SMS.	PartialFalls back to green; the carrier decides RCS or SMS and iBlueText reports which
Outbound-first messaging	SupportedCold outreach allowed: 30 cold or 50 opted-in new contacts a day per warmed line.	SupportedCapped at 50 new iMessage and 50 new SMS contacts a day per line, 15 in the first 5 days
Calls on the iMessage number	PartialFaceTime audio from the same line. Phone calls need your own provider using the number as caller ID.	PartialFaceTime audio from the line's Apple ID via the self-hosted Bridge app; no phone calls
Other channels
SMS	PartialOnly as automatic fallback from the same line.	SupportedSMS and MMS from the line's number; self-hosted can add Android phones or your own Twilio
RCS	PartialSite lists RCS fallback; the docs say messages deliver over iMessage or SMS.	PartialGreen messages go as RCS or SMS as the carrier decides; RCS cannot be selected
WhatsApp	Not supportedNot offered	SupportedYour own number paired by QR code ($19/mo add-on) or a hosted number from $49/mo
Telegram	Not supported	Not supportedNot offered
Slack	Not supportedNot offered as a channel; a Slack guide forwards replies into Slack.	Not supported
Email	Not supportedNot offered. Docs say there is no email-address sender option.	Not supported
Phone calls	PartialDocs cover FaceTime audio only; the pricing page lists 2-way calling with SIP routing.	Not supportedNot offered; calls are FaceTime audio only
Apple Messages for Business	Not supportedNot offered; the site describes it as a separate Apple product.	Not supportedNot offered
Unified channel API	SupportediMessage and SMS fallback share one send endpoint and message model.	PartialiMessage and SMS share /send; WhatsApp has its own endpoint; inbound shares one webhook
Developer tools
REST API	Supported	SupportedOpenAPI 3.1 spec published
TypeScript SDK	Supportednpm package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.	Not listedNone found; docs say no SDK is needed
Python SDK	SupportedPyPI package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.	Not listed
Other SDKs	Not supportedDocs suggest generating Go, Java, Ruby or PHP clients from the OpenAPI spec.	Not listed
CLI	Supportedbluereacher-cli on npm: send, status, conversations and capability checks.	Not listed
Webhooks	Supported	SupportedReplies, opt-outs and opt-in status events, per account or per line
Signed webhooks	SupportedHMAC-SHA256 in X-BlueReacher-Signature.	SupportedX-IBT-Signature: HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body
MCP server	SupportedHosted MCP server at api.bluereacher.com/v1/mcp; works with sandbox keys.	Supportedibluetext-mcp on npm, 30 tools
Open source	PartialSDKs, CLI, a stdio MCP server and an n8n node are MIT on GitHub. The platform is closed.	Not supportedBridge is licensed per line and cannot be resold; only the npm MCP package is MIT
Self-hosting	Not listed	SupportediBlueText Bridge runs on your own Macs from $29/mo; messages stay on your hardware
Local testing	SupportedPublic sandbox key runs the API and MCP against a simulator, with simulated inbound replies.	Not listed
Custom channel providers	Not listed	PartialSelf-hosted Bridge can route SMS through your own Twilio account
Event replay	PartialRetries for about a day; undelivered events are kept and support replays them on request.	PartialWebhooks retried 3 times over about 12 minutes; conversations API has a since filter
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	Not listed
No-code integrations	SupportedNative GoHighLevel, plus Zapier, Make and n8n guides and an n8n community node.	SupportedNative GoHighLevel and Wix apps; Zapier, Make and n8n through webhooks
CRM integrations	SupportedNative HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Pipedrive, Follow Up Boss and Jobber (beta).	SupportedNative GoHighLevel only; HubSpot and Salesforce through the API and webhooks
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	PartialBuilt-in AI reply assistant on your own model key, with per-contact controls. No agent SDK.	Not listed
Agent framework integrations	PartialGuide pages for LangChain and the Vercel AI SDK that wrap the API as a tool.	Not listed
Streaming replies	Not listed	Not listed
Agent group chats	Not listed	Not listed
Human handoff	SupportedPause or snooze the AI assistant per contact while a person replies.	SupportedPause or resume the built-in AI per conversation; it steps back 24 hours after a manual reply
Audit logs	PartialDocs mention an exportable opt-out audit trail; no general activity log is documented.	PartialPortal API log lists every API call for 30 days
Message history API	SupportedConversation history per contact, cursor-paginated.	SupportedConversations API returns two-way transcripts
Plans and compliance
Free plan	SupportedFree public sandbox key; simulator only, no real messages sent.	PartialOne-time allowance: 100 lookups, 10 verifications and 10 iMessages, no card
Public pricing	Supported	Supported
No per-message fees	Supported	SupportedFlat per line; lookups and verifications cost $0.005 each
Uptime SLA	Not listed	Not supportedTerms provide the service as is, with no guarantee of availability
Isolated infrastructure	SupportedDedicated lines per customer, never shared; workspaces logically isolated.	PartialSelf-hosted runs on your own Macs; hosted runs many lines per Mac
SOC 2 Type II	Not supportedTrust page says controls map to SOC 2 but the independent attestation is not complete.	Not listed
GDPR	SupportedGDPR page and a published DPA with Standard Contractual Clauses.	Not listedPrivacy policy mentions GDPR rights where applicable; no DPA found

Feature

Blue Reacher

iBlueText

iMessage messaging

iMessage

One-to-one iMessage sends and replies over REST and webhooks.

Hosted lines on iBlueText's Macs and iPhones, or self-hosted on your own Macs

Group chats

PartialAPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet; the site sells group threads opened from the CRM.

Not listedNot mentioned in the API docs

Group management

PartialAdd, remove and leave are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Not listed

Group name and photo

PartialRename and group photo are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Not listed

Mentions

Not listed

Tapbacks

PartialInbound reactions arrive as webhooks; sending the six tapbacks is not available on the API yet.

Send six tapbacks to inbound messages and receive reaction.received. Not on SIP-on rented Macs.

Threaded replies

PartialSite lists threaded replies; the API reply option sends a quoted reply, not an inline thread.

reply_to quotes an inbound message; falls back to a normal message if Apple refuses

Typing indicators

PartialTyping endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

PartialSend only, in existing iMessage threads; no inbound typing events documented

Read receipts

Partialmessage.read webhooks fire; sending native read receipts is not available on the API yet.

PartialReceive only: message.read and read_at when the recipient has read receipts on

Edit and unsend

Not listed

Message effects

Partial8 screen and 4 bubble effects are documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

8 screen and 4 bubble effects on /send

Animated text effects

Not listed

Stickers

Not listed

Formatted text

Not supportedDocs say there is no Markdown rendering on any channel.

Not listed

Attachments

One file per message for now. Images and video up to 100 MB, audio and PDF up to 25 MB.

Photos, video, voice memos, vCards and PDFs, up to 5 files of 5 MB each

Live Photos

Not listed

Rich link previews

A bare URL renders as a preview card on iMessage, built on the recipient's device.

GoHighLevel page cites real link previews; no API option documented

Voice messages

PartialNative voice memo endpoint is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Voice memos sent and received as attachments

Contact cards

PartialDocs and site say lines send contact cards; no endpoint appears in the API reference.

.vcf files sent as attachments

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Not listed

Sender name and photo

Not listedDocs say recipients see only the number until they save your contact card.

PartialHosted lines can get a business sender name at setup; no API or photo option documented

FaceTime calls

PartialFaceTime audio from the line, started by a person; $99/mo add-on. Calls API not available yet.

PartialFaceTime audio placed from the self-hosted Bridge app, with call webhooks; no call API

Delivery status

message.sent, delivered, read and failed webhooks, plus a status endpoint.

queued, sent, delivered, read and failed; plain SMS has no delivery receipt

iMessage availability check

PartialCapability lookup for up to 100 numbers is documented, but aPI docs (22 Oct 2026) say not available yet.

Lookup API at $0.005 a number, 400 free per line a day; also detects FaceTime

Focus and Notify Anyway

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

Each line is an Apple ID on Apple hardware run by Blue Reacher.

Hosted plan: iBlueText runs the Mac, iPhone, Apple Account and US number

Dedicated numbers

Every line is a dedicated number with a custom area code.

Each hosted line is its own US number on a dedicated, warmed Apple ID

Shared numbers

Not supportedDocs say each line is yours alone, never shared and never recycled.

PartialOnly the 10 free trial messages, which are sent from iBlueText's fleet

Bring your own number

Pricing lists port-in support for an existing number.

Self-hosted uses your own iPhones and numbers; hosted lines can use your own Apple Account

Line pooling

Omit the line on a send and load balancing picks one; the site calls it smart routing.

Campaigns spread new contacts across your lines and keep existing contacts on their line

SMS fallback

RCS fallback

PartialSite says iMessage, then RCS, then SMS; the docs say the platform's own fallback is SMS.

PartialFalls back to green; the carrier decides RCS or SMS and iBlueText reports which

Outbound-first messaging

Cold outreach allowed: 30 cold or 50 opted-in new contacts a day per warmed line.

Capped at 50 new iMessage and 50 new SMS contacts a day per line, 15 in the first 5 days

Calls on the iMessage number

PartialFaceTime audio from the same line. Phone calls need your own provider using the number as caller ID.

PartialFaceTime audio from the line's Apple ID via the self-hosted Bridge app; no phone calls

Other channels

SMS

PartialOnly as automatic fallback from the same line.

SMS and MMS from the line's number; self-hosted can add Android phones or your own Twilio

RCS

PartialSite lists RCS fallback; the docs say messages deliver over iMessage or SMS.

PartialGreen messages go as RCS or SMS as the carrier decides; RCS cannot be selected

Not supportedNot offered

Your own number paired by QR code ($19/mo add-on) or a hosted number from $49/mo

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered

Slack

Not supportedNot offered as a channel; a Slack guide forwards replies into Slack.

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered. Docs say there is no email-address sender option.

Not supported

Phone calls

PartialDocs cover FaceTime audio only; the pricing page lists 2-way calling with SIP routing.

Not supportedNot offered; calls are FaceTime audio only

Apple Messages for Business

Not supportedNot offered; the site describes it as a separate Apple product.

Not supportedNot offered

Unified channel API

iMessage and SMS fallback share one send endpoint and message model.

PartialiMessage and SMS share /send; WhatsApp has its own endpoint; inbound shares one webhook

Developer tools

REST API

OpenAPI 3.1 spec published

TypeScript SDK

npm package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.

Not listedNone found; docs say no SDK is needed

Python SDK

PyPI package bluereacher, v0.1.0 (Sept 2026), MIT.

Not listed

Other SDKs

Not supportedDocs suggest generating Go, Java, Ruby or PHP clients from the OpenAPI spec.

Not listed

CLI

bluereacher-cli on npm: send, status, conversations and capability checks.

Not listed

Webhooks

Replies, opt-outs and opt-in status events, per account or per line

Signed webhooks

HMAC-SHA256 in X-BlueReacher-Signature.

X-IBT-Signature: HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body

MCP server

Hosted MCP server at api.bluereacher.com/v1/mcp; works with sandbox keys.

ibluetext-mcp on npm, 30 tools

Open source

PartialSDKs, CLI, a stdio MCP server and an n8n node are MIT on GitHub. The platform is closed.

Not supportedBridge is licensed per line and cannot be resold; only the npm MCP package is MIT

Self-hosting

Not listed

iBlueText Bridge runs on your own Macs from $29/mo; messages stay on your hardware

Local testing

Public sandbox key runs the API and MCP against a simulator, with simulated inbound replies.

Not listed

Custom channel providers

Not listed

PartialSelf-hosted Bridge can route SMS through your own Twilio account

Event replay

PartialRetries for about a day; undelivered events are kept and support replays them on request.

PartialWebhooks retried 3 times over about 12 minutes; conversations API has a since filter

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

No-code integrations

Native GoHighLevel, plus Zapier, Make and n8n guides and an n8n community node.

Native GoHighLevel and Wix apps; Zapier, Make and n8n through webhooks

CRM integrations

Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Close, Pipedrive, Follow Up Boss and Jobber (beta).

Native GoHighLevel only; HubSpot and Salesforce through the API and webhooks

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

PartialBuilt-in AI reply assistant on your own model key, with per-contact controls. No agent SDK.

Not listed

Agent framework integrations

PartialGuide pages for LangChain and the Vercel AI SDK that wrap the API as a tool.

Not listed

Streaming replies

Not listed

Agent group chats

Not listed

Human handoff

Pause or snooze the AI assistant per contact while a person replies.

Pause or resume the built-in AI per conversation; it steps back 24 hours after a manual reply

Audit logs

PartialDocs mention an exportable opt-out audit trail; no general activity log is documented.

PartialPortal API log lists every API call for 30 days

Message history API

Conversation history per contact, cursor-paginated.

Conversations API returns two-way transcripts

Plans and compliance

Free plan

Free public sandbox key; simulator only, no real messages sent.

PartialOne-time allowance: 100 lookups, 10 verifications and 10 iMessages, no card

Public pricing

No per-message fees

Flat per line; lookups and verifications cost $0.005 each

Uptime SLA

Not listed

Not supportedTerms provide the service as is, with no guarantee of availability

Isolated infrastructure

Dedicated lines per customer, never shared; workspaces logically isolated.

PartialSelf-hosted runs on your own Macs; hosted runs many lines per Mac

SOC 2 Type II

Not supportedTrust page says controls map to SOC 2 but the independent attestation is not complete.

Not listed

GDPR

GDPR page and a published DPA with Standard Contractual Clauses.

Not listedPrivacy policy mentions GDPR rights where applicable; no DPA found

Checked on each provider's own site and docs on 2026-10-25. “Not listed” means the provider does not mention it.

Pricing

Blue Reacher

Lines are $249 a month each plus a $449 activation fee, $199 a month each at 4 or more lines, or $1,949 per line per year with activation waived.

Pricing model: flat per line, no per-message fees

Source

iBlueText

Hosted lines cost $99 a month each plus a one-time setup fee from $249, self-hosted Bridge plans run from $29 a month for 1 line to $999 for 100 lines, and lookups cost $0.005 each.

Pricing model: flat per line, plus prepaid credits for lookups and verifications

Source