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24 alternatives to Happytext

A daily shot of happiness via SMS in 160 characters ☺️

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Happytext launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Random Tweet of Kindness▲108

   Anonymously make someone's day in 140 characters or less!

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Slate▲167

   A simple animated text meme generator

   2015 · bitshadow.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Textra▲70

   A beautiful way to text (Android)

   2015 · textra.me · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sentiments▲120

   Mobile First, Swipe and Emoji based feedback

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MojiGram▲155

   Giant Emoji postcards 😂 💩

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Silicon Feelings▲62

   Real time display of Emoji being tweeted across Earth

   2014 · silicons.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Shine Text▲126

   Personalized daily text to help you thrive, now on Messenger

   2017 · shinetext.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Rando▲96

   Send a random photo, GIF, or quote. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Snowball▲195

   All your messages in one place (on Android)

   2014 · trysnowball.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Text It▲94

    Visually build interactive SMS applications.

    2014 · textit.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swooper▲126

    News with emojis 😂

    2016 · swooper.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    OneThing▲99

    An SMS chatbot to help you set and complete daily goals

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Trigger Happy▲89

    An open-source clone of IFTTT

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Real Emoji▲56

    Bringing life to emoticons!

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Shower Texts▲68

    Inspirational thoughts from the shower, via SMS.

    2015 · showertexts.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Animal Text▲77

    Get a cute animal text on a random day

    2019 · animaltext.space · its alternatives →

17. 17
    TextGrabber▲161

    Image to text, with translation

    2016 · abbyy.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Bonsai▲71

    SMS-based daily reflection tool

    2013 · heybonsai.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Textcast▲128

    Messaging meets blogging

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    My Happy▲81

    Free quote generator and messaging app

    2016 · myhappy.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Steven▲167

    Your Emoji Life

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    MorningPics▲145

    Random Instagram memories, delivered daily.

    2014 · morningpics.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Text Memories▲77

    The simplest way to journal life's special moments

    2015 · textmemories.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Leo▲100

    v2 / ephemeral group photo chat w/ text that last 24 h

    2014 · noxpeptides.ca · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →