Short Messages

SMS Scheduler

2025-03-05

Auto Text: Bulk SMS Scheduler (4.1@27,454) Ǥ 34 6 Video Intro 7/2019; schedule SMS, mail, reminder, tweet, phone call
AUTO MESSAGE send response sms (4@7,908) Ǥ 28 6
SMS Scheduler (3.8@27) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-08-20 Github

Write SMS

2025-03-11

Silence (4.7@4,484) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-27 Github; Vorstellung 7/2016; TextSecure fork
Fossify Messages (4.7@993) 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Signal Private Messenger (4.6@2,647,768) Ǥ 50 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 8/2018-3/2024 | Video-Vorstellung 1/2020; ausführlicher Test 12/2020; "Crypto-SMS" und verschlüsselte Telefonie (ehemals TextSecure + RedPhone)
Google Messages (4.5@20,948,434) Ǥ 48 1
QKSMS (4.5@18,073) Ǥ 26 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-01-22 Github; Intro 8/2015; Review 4/2018; Android Wear support
Mood SMS - Messages App (4.4@203,618) Ǥ 54 13 are you in the mood to share your texts with 15 advertizers plus a bunch of analytics? Then this is for you…
Simple SMS Messenger (4.4@57,961) Ǥ 24 9 Github
Textra SMS (4.3@435,293) Ǥ 32 8 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Handcent Next SMS messenger (4.3@68,941) Ǥ 54 8
mysms - Remote Text Messages (4.3@42,789) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SMS Texting from Tablet & Sync (4@9,830) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2022-11-03 contacts & SMS are uploaded to the cloud / SMS for Tablet & Desktop
Chomp SMS (4.2@350,716) Ǥ 40 8 plugins
Messaging Classic (4.1@19,664) Ǥ 49 15
Send SMS/MMS Messages from PC (4@146,689) Ǥ 28 5 / SMS & MMS from Tablet (4@19,911) Ǥ 13 7 SMS from within any browser; keep in mind this will need to upload your contacts and SMS to the cloud to work
Pulse SMS (Phone/Tablet/Web) (4@80,143) Ǥ 36 18
Advance SMS (3.9@1,517) 25 2
GO SMS Pro - Messenger, Free T (3.7@2,923,415) Ǥ 40 13 many plugins like Emoji & more
Multi Sms (3.7@421) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-06-29 Send SMS to many contacts
SMSdroid (3.5@7,939) 12 3 LastUpdate: 2019-04-04 Github
Deku SMS (0@0) Ǥ 18 2 Github; supports end to end encryption and photo sharing
QUIK SMS (0@0) 28 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

SMS Forwarder

2025-03-11

SMS Forwarder (4.3@11,436) Ǥ 26 9
SMS forwarder (4.2@8,575) Ǥ 19 3
SMSSync SMS Gateway (3.8@185) Ǥ 17 3 LastUpdate: 2018-07-02 Github
SMS Forwarder and SMS Reply (3.3@2,928) Ǥ 20 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ SMS/MMS to SMS/MMS or mail
NotifyMe (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; SMS & calls to Bark
SMS Forward (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-02-09 GitLab
Telegram SMS (0@0) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-16 Github; forward SMS and more to Telegram
SmsMatrix (0@0) 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-12-05 Github
SMS to URL Forwarder (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; forwards to user-specified URL

Cheaper SMS

2025-03-16

Text Free: Second Call Number (4.1@558,721) Ǥ 38 30
TextMe Up Calling & Texts (3.7@90,242) Ǥ 47 24
TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited (3.6@1,482,611) Ǥ 65 17
textPlus: Text Message + Call (3.4@542,209) Ǥ 39 15
VoIP.ms SMS (3.4@581) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$

Various SMS tools

2025-03-11

SMS Organizer (5@50,061) Ǥ 35 2
SMS Filter (4.5@2) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-10-10
mysms - Remote Text Messages (4.3@42,789) Ǥ 31 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / SMS Texting from Tablet & Sync (4@9,830) Ǥ 16 2 LastUpdate: 2022-11-03 contacts & SMS are uploaded to the cloud / SMS for Tablet & Desktop
Call & SMS Blocker - Blacklist (4.2@305,442) Ǥ 26 6
Klaxon (4.2@382) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-26
Traccar SMS Gateway (4@19) Ǥ 20 2 Github
Spam Blocker, SMS Blocker Mezo (3.9@76,080) Ǥ 31 3
Deduplicate SMS (3.9@194) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-04-28 Github
Auto-Away (3.8@41) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-10-13 Github; Auto respond calls and messages
NekoSMS (3.7@18) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-08 Github; Pattern-based text message blocking
Paranoid Sms Blocker (3.6@39) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-11-12
Forward SMS texting w/ 2phones (3.4@1,578) Ǥ 14 1 LastUpdate: 2022-11-05 Sync SMS between devices
Nextcloud SMS (3.4@112; ~EUR 1.50) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-14 Github
SMS Auto Reply /Autoresponder (3.3@4,107) Ǥ 31 9 / SMS Auto Reply - Autoresponder (3.7@509; ~EUR 6.50) 20 4 Review 3/2020
CodeCatcher (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; actions on incoming SMS: TTS, auto-forward and more
S2MSP (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; send and receive SMS for android applications on single phone number base
SmsCode (0@0) 11 1 LastUpdate: 2020-01-12 / XposedSmsCode (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; recognize, parse SMS code and copy it to clipboard / Github
Block6 (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-09-28 Github; block SMS from specified numbers
Priority Alerts (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-05 Github; informs you when receiving SMS matches with configured keywords
Sms2Call (0@0) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; automatically call a configured number when an SMS with specific content is received
Grouping Messages (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-12 Github; Auto categorization of your SMS
Copy SMS Code - OTP Helper (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
RestSMS (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Use-Case 1/2020; REST service on your phone so send SMS via HTTP

Further Readings:

Category Messenger with encryption
The 6 Best SMS Apps for Android (5/2022 - 9/2023)
The 6 Best Free and Open-Source SMS Apps for Android (9/2021)
How to Automatically Forward SMS to Your Email on Android (8/2021)
5 free text apps for Android that send real SMS messages (5/2021 - 5/2023)
Android Apps for Sending SMS Messages in Bulk (8/2020 - 8/2023)
How to Send and Receive Text Messages on Android Tablets (4/2020)
How to Send Automatic Replies to Text Messages on Android (3/2020 - 2/2023)
4 Ways to Block SMS Spam Text Messages on Android (8/2019)
3 Ways to Schedule SMS Text Messages on Android (8/2019 - 12/2019)
Make SMS Useful Again: 7 Services That Use SMS Messages Cleverly (5/2019)
How to Schedule Text Messages on Android (12/2018 - 2/2021)
The best SMS apps for Android (3/2014 - 1/2023)
Die besten SMS-Apps für Android (11/2013 - 7/2019)

2025-03-17

IzzyOnDroid

Short Messages

SMS Scheduler

Write SMS

SMS Forwarder

Cheaper SMS

Various SMS tools