When comparing Greenify vs Textra, the Slant community recommends Textra for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” Textra is ranked 18th while Greenify is ranked 49th. The most important reason people chose Textra is:
Clean, minimalist design.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Even works without ROOT
Greenify even offers battery savings to non ROOT devices, though it may be limited compared to what can be done with ROOT and Xposed.
Pro Hibernates, instead of freezing apps
Greenify's mane function is to hibernate any installed apps. This allows users to to quell overly active apps that are draining their battery without having to delete them. This can be done with or without ROOT.
Pro Sleek design
Clean, minimalist design.
Pro Allows responding to SMS without opening the app
When a new sms is received, a window will pop up that has the message and allows answering it from there, without having to open the app.
Pro Can schedule messages
SMS & MMS can be set to go out at certain times.
Pro Personalization
Can change colors of apps UI and customize for specific conversations.
Pro Works with Pushbullet for SMS replies
Cons
Con Greenifying without ROOT has to be done manually each time
When using Greenify without ROOT access to hibernate apps, it has to be done manually each time. There is a widget and shortcut that users can set to their home screen to make this action a bit easier though.
Con Only SMS / MMS
Lacks data messaging.