What is the difference between iBlueText and Miss Blue?

iBlueText supports 43 of the 77 features compared here, and Miss Blue supports 47. iBlueText adds message effects, rich link previews, contact cards, WhatsApp and self-hosting. Miss Blue adds group chats, group management, group name and photo, edit and unsend and location sharing.

Does Miss Blue support message effects?

Miss Blue does not support message effects.

Does Miss Blue support rich link previews?

Miss Blue does not list rich link previews on its site or in its docs.

Does Miss Blue support contact cards?

Miss Blue does not list contact cards on its site or in its docs.

iBlueText vs Miss Blue

Q: How much do iBlueText and Miss Blue cost?

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. Miss Blue: A free sandbox for testing, then $99 per dedicated number per month at the launch price (normally $198), with the usual $479 setup fee waived until October 31; FaceTime Audio ($250), phone calls ($75) or both ($300) are optional add-ons per line, and Enterprise is custom.

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

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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Miss Blue

Dedicated iMessage line with API, team inbox and calling

Starting price: $99/month per number (launch price)
Free plan: Free sandbox; 30-minute live demo line

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iBlueText supports 43 of the 77 features compared here, and Miss Blue supports 47.

Where iBlueText is ahead

Where Miss Blue is ahead

and 3 more in the table below.

Feature comparison

Feature	iBlueText	Miss Blue
iMessage messaging
iMessage	SupportedHosted lines on iBlueText's Macs and iPhones, or self-hosted on your own Macs	Supported
Group chats	Not listedNot mentioned in the API docs	SupportedSend into an existing group by its chat_id and read group threads.
Group management	Not listed	SupportedCreate groups of 2 to 32 and add or remove members; leaving a group is not supported yet.
Group name and photo	Not listed	SupportedRename a group and set or remove its photo.
Mentions	Not listed	Not listed
Tapbacks	SupportedSend six tapbacks to inbound messages and receive reaction.received. Not on SIP-on rented Macs.	SupportedAdd or remove the six tapbacks; tapbacks from customers appear on the message.
Threaded replies	Supportedreply_to quotes an inbound message; falls back to a normal message if Apple refuses	SupportedQuoted replies with reply_to_message_id.
Typing indicators	PartialSend only, in existing iMessage threads; no inbound typing events documented	SupportedSend typing, optional auto-typing on inbound iMessage, and contact typing via webhook.
Read receipts	PartialReceive only: message.read and read_at when the recipient has read receipts on	SupportedExplicit read receipts by API; outbound messages report read.
Edit and unsend	Not listed	PartialUnsend within Apple's 2-minute window. An edit endpoint is documented, but the FAQ says editing is not supported yet.
Message effects	Supported8 screen and 4 bubble effects on /send	Not supportedThe errors page says effects are not a supported API operation yet.
Animated text effects	Not listed	Not supportedThe errors page says expressive text styles and effects are not supported yet.
Stickers	Not listed	Not listed
Formatted text	Not listed	Not listed
Attachments	SupportedPhotos, video, voice memos, vCards and PDFs, up to 5 files of 5 MB each	SupportedImages, video, PDFs, Office files and more up to 100 MiB, one per send, or carousels of 2 to 20 images.
Live Photos	Not listed	Not listed
Rich link previews	SupportedGoHighLevel page cites real link previews; no API option documented	Not listed
Voice messages	SupportedVoice memos sent and received as attachments	SupportedAudio-only sends use the native voice-note bubble by default.
Contact cards	Supported.vcf files sent as attachments	Not listed
Polls	Not listed	Not listed
Chat backgrounds	Not listed	Not listed
Location sharing	Not listed	SupportedSend Find My requests, read the sharing state and watch live fixes over Server-Sent Events.
iMessage apps	Not listed	Not listed
Live app cards	Not listed	Not listed
Sender name and photo	PartialHosted lines can get a business sender name at setup; no API or photo option documented	SupportedSet and verify the number's Name and Photo Sharing profile by API.
FaceTime calls	PartialFaceTime audio placed from the self-hosted Bridge app, with call webhooks; no call API	PartialFaceTime Audio only, as a $250/month add-on per line.
Delivery status	Supportedqueued, sent, delivered, read and failed; plain SMS has no delivery receipt	Supportedpending, sent, delivered, read and failed with a reason, by webhook or per-message callback.
iMessage availability check	SupportedLookup API at $0.005 a number, 400 free per line a day; also detects FaceTime	SupportedLive iMessage and FaceTime registration lookup; a separate lookup reads your own past traffic.
Focus and Notify Anyway	Not listed	Not listed
Numbers and delivery
Managed lines	SupportedHosted plan: iBlueText runs the Mac, iPhone, Apple Account and US number	SupportedEach number runs on a Mac that Miss Blue operates; staff provision numbers within about 48 to 72 hours.
Dedicated numbers	SupportedEach hosted line is its own US number on a dedicated, warmed Apple ID	Supported$99/month per number at the launch price (normally $198).
Shared numbers	PartialOnly the 10 free trial messages, which are sent from iBlueText's fleet	SupportedShared-pool numbers are offered as a separate, labelled option.
Bring your own number	SupportedSelf-hosted uses your own iPhones and numbers; hosted lines can use your own Apple Account	SupportedTransfer an existing number in; staff complete it in about 1 to 2 weeks.
Line pooling	SupportedCampaigns spread new contacts across your lines and keep existing contacts on their line	SupportedAuto round robin spreads new contacts across a project's dedicated numbers, then keeps each on one.
SMS fallback	Supported	SupportedFalls back to RCS, or to SMS where RCS is unavailable, from the same number.
RCS fallback	PartialFalls back to green; the carrier decides RCS or SMS and iBlueText reports which	SupportedFalls back to RCS where the carrier and recipient support it.
Outbound-first messaging	SupportedCapped at 50 new iMessage and 50 new SMS contacts a day per line, 15 in the first 5 days	SupportedNew contacts are paced: 50 per number per day by default and 150 messages a day in total.
Calls on the iMessage number	PartialFaceTime audio from the line's Apple ID via the self-hosted Bridge app; no phone calls	SupportedFaceTime Audio and phone calls from the number customers already message.
Other channels
SMS	SupportedSMS and MMS from the line's number; self-hosted can add Android phones or your own Twilio	SupportedAs fallback from the iMessage number; the docs also describe Twilio SMS lines.
RCS	PartialGreen messages go as RCS or SMS as the carrier decides; RCS cannot be selected	SupportedAs fallback when the carrier and recipient support it.
WhatsApp	SupportedYour own number paired by QR code ($19/mo add-on) or a hosted number from $49/mo	Not supportedNot offered
Telegram	Not supportedNot offered	Not supported
Slack	Not supported	Not supportedNot offered as a channel; the Slack page is an integration guide.
Email	Not supported	Not supportedNot offered as a channel; iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email addresses.
Phone calls	Not supportedNot offered; calls are FaceTime audio only	PartialBrowser phone calls as a $75/month add-on; API keys cannot place regular phone calls.
Apple Messages for Business	Not supportedNot offered	Not supportedNot offered
Unified channel API	PartialiMessage and SMS share /send; WhatsApp has its own endpoint; inbound shares one webhook	SupportediMessage with RCS and SMS fallback, groups and calls share one API and webhook stream.
Developer tools
REST API	SupportedOpenAPI 3.1 spec published	Supported113 endpoints across 13 resources, with an OpenAPI file.
TypeScript SDK	Not listedNone found; docs say no SDK is needed	Not listedThe API is plain HTTP; no SDK package was found.
Python SDK	Not listed	Not listed
Other SDKs	Not listed	Not listed
CLI	Not listed	Supportedmb, with installers for macOS, Linux and Windows.
Webhooks	SupportedReplies, opt-outs and opt-in status events, per account or per line	Supported
Signed webhooks	SupportedX-IBT-Signature: HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body	SupportedHex HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and raw body; per-message callbacks are unsigned.
MCP server	Supportedibluetext-mcp on npm, 30 tools	Supportedmb mcp serves the CLI commands as MCP tools for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others.
Open source	Not supportedBridge is licensed per line and cannot be resold; only the npm MCP package is MIT	Not supportedThe CLI repo holds builds and installers without a license; the service is closed.
Self-hosting	SupportediBlueText Bridge runs on your own Macs from $29/mo; messages stay on your hardware	Not listed
Local testing	Not listed	Supportedmb_sandbox_ keys simulate outcomes and signed webhooks on a virtual number, with no phone.
Custom channel providers	PartialSelf-hosted Bridge can route SMS through your own Twilio account	Not listed
Event replay	PartialWebhooks retried 3 times over about 12 minutes; conversations API has a since filter	PartialPer-endpoint delivery log and history sync; docs say to poll GET /v1/messages to repair missed events.
OpenTelemetry	Not listed	Not listed
No-code integrations	SupportedNative GoHighLevel and Wix apps; Zapier, Make and n8n through webhooks	BetaGoHighLevel connector is in beta; the Zapier, Make and n8n pages are setup guides.
CRM integrations	SupportedNative GoHighLevel only; HubSpot and Salesforce through the API and webhooks	BetaGoHighLevel connector in beta; HubSpot and Salesforce pages describe API builds set up in onboarding.
Built for AI agents
Agent framework	Not listed	PartialNo agent SDK; offers a managed conversational AI add-on and multi-step automations.
Agent framework integrations	Not listed	PartialGuide pages for Vercel AI SDK, Chat SDK, LangChain and Claude Agent SDK; no adapter package found.
Streaming replies	Not listed	Not listed
Agent group chats	Not listed	Not listed
Human handoff	SupportedPause or resume the built-in AI per conversation; it steps back 24 hours after a manual reply	SupportedShared Message Center for human takeover, with internal notes and resolving.
Audit logs	PartialPortal API log lists every API call for 30 days	Not listed
Message history API	SupportedConversations API returns two-way transcripts	SupportedThread history by API and a conversation sync from the line's Mac.
Plans and compliance
Free plan	PartialOne-time allowance: 100 lookups, 10 verifications and 10 iMessages, no card	SupportedFree sandbox with simulated sends, plus a 30-minute live demo line by texting DEMO.
Public pricing	Supported	Supported
No per-message fees	SupportedFlat per line; lookups and verifications cost $0.005 each	Supported
Uptime SLA	Not supportedTerms provide the service as is, with no guarantee of availability	PartialEnterprise only: contracted service terms; no uptime figure published.
Isolated infrastructure	PartialSelf-hosted runs on your own Macs; hosted runs many lines per Mac	SupportedDedicated numbers run on hardware assigned to you; Enterprise adds dedicated equipment.
SOC 2 Type II	Not listed	Not listed
GDPR	Not listedPrivacy policy mentions GDPR rights where applicable; no DPA found	Not listed

Feature

iBlueText

Miss Blue

iMessage messaging

iMessage

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

Group chats

Not listedNot mentioned in the API docs

Send into an existing group by its chat_id and read group threads.

Group management

Not listed

Create groups of 2 to 32 and add or remove members; leaving a group is not supported yet.

Group name and photo

Not listed

Rename a group and set or remove its photo.

Mentions

Not listed

Tapbacks

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

Add or remove the six tapbacks; tapbacks from customers appear on the message.

Threaded replies

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

Quoted replies with reply_to_message_id.

Typing indicators

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

Send typing, optional auto-typing on inbound iMessage, and contact typing via webhook.

Read receipts

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

Explicit read receipts by API; outbound messages report read.

Edit and unsend

Not listed

PartialUnsend within Apple's 2-minute window. An edit endpoint is documented, but the FAQ says editing is not supported yet.

Message effects

8 screen and 4 bubble effects on /send

Not supportedThe errors page says effects are not a supported API operation yet.

Animated text effects

Not listed

Not supportedThe errors page says expressive text styles and effects are not supported yet.

Stickers

Not listed

Formatted text

Not listed

Attachments

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

Images, video, PDFs, Office files and more up to 100 MiB, one per send, or carousels of 2 to 20 images.

Live Photos

Not listed

Rich link previews

GoHighLevel page cites real link previews; no API option documented

Not listed

Voice messages

Voice memos sent and received as attachments

Audio-only sends use the native voice-note bubble by default.

Contact cards

.vcf files sent as attachments

Not listed

Polls

Not listed

Chat backgrounds

Not listed

Location sharing

Not listed

Send Find My requests, read the sharing state and watch live fixes over Server-Sent Events.

iMessage apps

Not listed

Live app cards

Not listed

Sender name and photo

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

Set and verify the number's Name and Photo Sharing profile by API.

FaceTime calls

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

PartialFaceTime Audio only, as a $250/month add-on per line.

Delivery status

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

pending, sent, delivered, read and failed with a reason, by webhook or per-message callback.

iMessage availability check

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

Live iMessage and FaceTime registration lookup; a separate lookup reads your own past traffic.

Focus and Notify Anyway

Not listed

Numbers and delivery

Managed lines

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

Each number runs on a Mac that Miss Blue operates; staff provision numbers within about 48 to 72 hours.

Dedicated numbers

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

$99/month per number at the launch price (normally $198).

Shared numbers

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

Shared-pool numbers are offered as a separate, labelled option.

Bring your own number

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

Transfer an existing number in; staff complete it in about 1 to 2 weeks.

Line pooling

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

Auto round robin spreads new contacts across a project's dedicated numbers, then keeps each on one.

SMS fallback

Falls back to RCS, or to SMS where RCS is unavailable, from the same number.

RCS fallback

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

Falls back to RCS where the carrier and recipient support it.

Outbound-first messaging

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

New contacts are paced: 50 per number per day by default and 150 messages a day in total.

Calls on the iMessage number

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

FaceTime Audio and phone calls from the number customers already message.

Other channels

SMS

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

As fallback from the iMessage number; the docs also describe Twilio SMS lines.

RCS

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

As fallback when the carrier and recipient support it.

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

Not supportedNot offered

Not supported

Slack

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered as a channel; the Slack page is an integration guide.

Not supported

Not supportedNot offered as a channel; iMessage can be sent to Apple ID email addresses.

Phone calls

Not supportedNot offered; calls are FaceTime audio only

PartialBrowser phone calls as a $75/month add-on; API keys cannot place regular phone calls.

Apple Messages for Business

Not supportedNot offered

Unified channel API

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

iMessage with RCS and SMS fallback, groups and calls share one API and webhook stream.

Developer tools

REST API

OpenAPI 3.1 spec published

113 endpoints across 13 resources, with an OpenAPI file.

TypeScript SDK

Not listedNone found; docs say no SDK is needed

Not listedThe API is plain HTTP; no SDK package was found.

Python SDK

Not listed

Other SDKs

Not listed

CLI

Not listed

mb, with installers for macOS, Linux and Windows.

Webhooks

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

Signed webhooks

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

Hex HMAC-SHA256 over timestamp and raw body; per-message callbacks are unsigned.

MCP server

ibluetext-mcp on npm, 30 tools

mb mcp serves the CLI commands as MCP tools for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others.

Open source

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

Not supportedThe CLI repo holds builds and installers without a license; the service is closed.

Self-hosting

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

Not listed

Local testing

Not listed

mb_sandbox_ keys simulate outcomes and signed webhooks on a virtual number, with no phone.

Custom channel providers

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

Not listed

Event replay

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

PartialPer-endpoint delivery log and history sync; docs say to poll GET /v1/messages to repair missed events.

OpenTelemetry

Not listed

No-code integrations

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

BetaGoHighLevel connector is in beta; the Zapier, Make and n8n pages are setup guides.

CRM integrations

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

BetaGoHighLevel connector in beta; HubSpot and Salesforce pages describe API builds set up in onboarding.

Built for AI agents

Agent framework

Not listed

PartialNo agent SDK; offers a managed conversational AI add-on and multi-step automations.

Agent framework integrations

Not listed

PartialGuide pages for Vercel AI SDK, Chat SDK, LangChain and Claude Agent SDK; no adapter package found.

Streaming replies

Not listed

Agent group chats

Not listed

Human handoff

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

Shared Message Center for human takeover, with internal notes and resolving.

Audit logs

PartialPortal API log lists every API call for 30 days

Not listed

Message history API

Conversations API returns two-way transcripts

Thread history by API and a conversation sync from the line's Mac.

Plans and compliance

Free plan

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

Free sandbox with simulated sends, plus a 30-minute live demo line by texting DEMO.

Public pricing

No per-message fees

Flat per line; lookups and verifications cost $0.005 each

Uptime SLA

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

PartialEnterprise only: contracted service terms; no uptime figure published.

Isolated infrastructure

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

Dedicated numbers run on hardware assigned to you; Enterprise adds dedicated equipment.

SOC 2 Type II

Not listed

GDPR

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

Not listed

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

Pricing

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

Miss Blue

A free sandbox for testing, then $99 per dedicated number per month at the launch price (normally $198), with the usual $479 setup fee waived until October 31; FaceTime Audio ($250), phone calls ($75) or both ($300) are optional add-ons per line, and Enterprise is custom.

Pricing model: flat per line

Source