# Junkman: AI Spam SMS Blocker — user reviews > 186 indexed App Store user reviews of Junkman by Kerem Erkan, rated 4.40/5 from 117 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/junkman-ai-spam-sms-blocker/id1591815272/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/junkman-ai-spam-sms-blocker/id1591815272.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 92 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of Junkman? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✅ Effectively filters spam and junk messages - 🎯 Customizable filtering rules with regex support - 🚀 Works locally on-device without data collection - 💰 Affordable pricing compared to competitors - 🤖 Smart AI filter catches political and scam texts - 📁 Separates junk into dedicated folder - ⚡ Simple and intuitive user interface - 👨‍💻 Responsive developer with quick bug fixes - 🔄 Frequent app updates and improvements - 📊 Significantly reduces daily spam volume **Cons** - 🐛 Stops working after iOS updates without warning - ⚠️ False positives filter legitimate messages - 🔐 Apple's privacy warning misleads users - 🔄 Frequent updates cause intermittent failures - 📝 Multi-step process to report spam is tedious - ❌ Cannot move misclassified messages out of junk - 🎛️ Smart filter lacks transparency and documentation - 💾 Data loss between app updates and restarts - 🚫 Overly aggressive filtering on default settings - ⚙️ Complex setup for optimal rule configuration **Commonly reported bugs** - App stops filtering after iOS updates without user notification - Filtering fails silently with no indication to user - Unread message count shows incorrectly - Rule checker feature was removed in recent updates - Transaction filter overrides junk filter incorrectly - App requires manual restart after updates to resume filtering - False positives on legitimate delivery and payment notifications - Compatibility issues with iOS 26.1 and later versions - Messages remain in junk even after adding sender to allowed list **Most requested features** - Ability to move or recover misclassified messages from junk folder - Automatic local notifications when filtering stops working - Whitelist/allowlist feature for trusted contacts - Option to automatically delete spam instead of just filtering - Simplified one-click spam reporting process - Better documentation of smart filter behavior - Unified filter rule list with priority/precedence system - Separate filter profiles for different filtering levels - Support for additional languages and regional spam patterns - Sandbox rule testing without requiring actual messages ## Newest reviews (15 of 186) ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-30, version 15.0* I tried this with the Pro plan to filter out political spam texts. I was disappointed. - It only works on the phone, but I have iMessage synced to my Mac, and still got all the messages there. - The “report spam” integration mostly did not work, with the name and number fields being blank. ### 2/5 — Not so great anymore *2026-04-28, version 15.0* I use to love this app and tell everyone to use it, now it’s not so great….actually it kinda sucks. Daily spam coming it and lots of it. All the settings are as instructed(and having to check daily, well I should t have to keep checking over and over to see if my Junkman setting are set correctly, and yes I have rebooted a million times. Time to find something else. ### 2/5 — Ne filtre plus rien *2026-02-20, version 14.2* Depuis le passage payant du filtre intelligent les Spams ne sont plus filtrés. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Tried the trial version with internet on punching. Deleted it instead. It let 8 scam texts through in the first day. I typed in a word to block but it blocked nothing. This app doesn’t work at all. ### 1/5 — İşe yaramıyor *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Son bi kaç aydır hiçbir işe yaramıyor ### 1/5 — Güncelleme rezaleti *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Güncellemeden önce çok güzel olan uygulamayı para uğruna hiç etmişler. Uygulama 5 yıldızdan 1 yıldıza düştü. Çöp uygulamalardan birisi oldu. Yorumdan sonra uygulamayı sileceğim. ### 1/5 — Ücretliye çevirmişler *2026-02-16, version 14.2* ÜCRETŞİ OLMUŞ ESKİDEN ÜCRETSİZDİ SORUNSUZ ÇALIŞIRDI ŞUAN PARA VERMEZSEN ÇALIŞMIYOR ### 1/5 — Mükemmel *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Ücretsizken banka sms kodlarını vs engellemesini gayet hoş karşılıyorduk ancak şuan aylık bir dizi film platformu parası talep etmesi ve hizmetin aynı kalması para gözlükten başka birşey değil. Açsan gel evimde sana pirzola pişirmezsem namerdim. ### 1/5 — Güncelleme sorunu *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Son ıos güncellemesinden sonra engellediklerim geri gelmeye başladı. Tekrar engellemeye uğraşıyorum ### 1/5 — Çalışmıyot *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Gereksiz arkadaşlar indirmeyin ### 1/5 — Güç yozlaştırır *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Uygulama twitter kitlesi sayesinde bir yerlere geldi fakat geliştirici oraya buraya saldırıp duruyor. Uygulamanın ücretli olmasıyla alakası yok bu tutum hoşuma gitmedi. ### 1/5 — Kötü *2026-02-15, version 14.2* Uygulamayı ücretli yaparak ne kadar fırsatçı olduğunuzu gösterdiniz. Mesajları tek tek silerim yine de sizin gibi fırsatçılara para vermem siliyorum uygulamayı ### 1/5 — Ücret meselesi *2026-02-15, version 14.2* Ücretli hale geldikten sonra hiçbir smsi filtrememeye başladı. Ücretli kullanmayacaksanız boş yere indirmeyin. ### 1/5 — İşe yaramıyor *2026-02-15, version 14.2* Ücretsiz iken çok kaliteliydi. Ücretliye geçiş güncellemesinde içine etti. Ömürlük 2,000₺ gibi de bir fiyat koymuş, maşallah herkese de laf yetiştiriyor. ### 1/5 — SONRADAN DEĞİŞİM *2026-02-12, version 14.2* Başta ücretsizdi talep çoğalınca hemen paralı oldu akıllı filtre (basılı tutup yararlıya basın) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Payant *2026-06-12, version 15.0* Rien est gratuit donc inutile.. ### 1/5 — Données traitées localement ou chez le développeur *2026-06-09* Lorsque vous installez l’application, elle dit que tout est traité localement Lorsqu’on ouvre l’application après l’installation, l’application indique que les données seront transférées automatiquement au développeurs Quelle est la bonne indication s’il vous plaît ? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Actually Block Anything *2026-04-10* If it doesn’t actually block spam messages, what good is it? If the sender doesn’t know they’re being "blocked", aka filtered, why would they even stop messaging? If Apple doesn’t let these apps actually block messages, what good are they? If spam is just moved to another location on my iPad by keyword and the sender doesn’t know it, what stops the sender from spamming me again and again? Makes Apple complicit in this message blocker app scam. I canceled my subscription immediately. The built-in "Delete message and report junk" already does that for free. At least on my phone, the Number Shield app "answers" these calls by posting "stopped by Number Shield". All I have to do is access the missed calls screen and select BLOCK CALLER. I never get another call from that phone number. Does the sender know they’re being blocked? No idea. But I never get another call from that number ever again. I never set up voice mail on my phone so spammers don’t get to leave me a voice message. That’s good enough for me. ### 1/5 — Tilki *2026-04-04, version 14.7* Güzel kurnazlıkmış yıllarca insanları kendine bağlayıp bir anda ücretsiz kullanıcıya her özelliği kapatıp herkesten para istemek. Stratejik olarak saygı duydum, müşteri olarak iğrendim. ### 1/5 — Uyanık Geliştirici *2026-03-01, version 14.3* Geliştirici arkadaş kullanıcı verileri ile oluşturduğu database sayesinde hizmet veriyordu çakallık yapıp paralı yapmış genel hizmeti. O zaman kimden data çektiysen onlara da ödeme yapmalısın dostum sonuçta güncel bi db onların sayesinde var. Hayrını görme ne diyeyim. ### 1/5 — Charging $125 for this *2026-02-20, version 14.2* Was free, now it’s $125. Nope!!!!! ### 1/5 — Artık ücretsiz çalışmıyor *2026-02-18, version 14.2* Yeni güncellemeden sonra ücretsiz çalışmıyor. Tam bir para tuzağı! (Yorum üstüne tıklayın öne çıkarın) ### 1/5 — Yazık *2026-02-16, version 14.2* Yazık ### 1/5 — işe yaramıyor *2026-02-16, version 14.2* hiçbir halta yaradığı yok bedavayken bütün spam mesajları engelliyodu paralı oldu gittim yine satın alıp kurdum kurduğumdan beri daha fazla spam mesaj geliyor ### 1/5 — Ücrete bak!! *2026-02-16, version 14.2* 2000 tl mi ??? Bu ne ya… ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Unique Outstanding Design App! *2026-06-10, version 15.0* Once in awhile in our life time we might get lucky and find something that is unique. The Design of this App is one of those times! The Developer has coded this software so Unique that it truly helps you myself and our family. It’s a 5 Star ⭐️ app that puts the Junk text where it belongs in the Junk File. This app works for me and has since the day that I downloaded it. So if you’re taking the time to read this then Download this app and give it a try! Will you be disappointed? I believe in the long run you will not be. ( really ) the Developer has put a great deal of time hard work sweat and yes love into the coding of this software! How do you know? Look at the number of updates that have been made! There are crooks out there who want our money and identity if given to them the opportunity. The Developer has created an amazing Unique Outstanding Design App that puts Junk crooked mail where it belongs. Sometimes the Developer gets his hands tied by Apple. Why I can’t answer but that doesn’t mean this is a bad App it means the Developer is out there trying to code this software to get around the restrictions! So with that I want to Thank the Developer for putting out this Unique Outstanding Design App. I truly Tip my Hat 🎩 to you and say thanks. Mr. Developer I am proud to say you have truly created a 5 Star ⭐️ App. One that for this ole man you can truly take a bow 🙇‍♂️. ### 5/5 — Works so well! *2026-05-21, version 15.0* This app works so well. It’s very rare that I get any spam texts. This app stop almost all of them. It did have some false positives but I used the custom filters to let through that content. I highly recommend this. ### 5/5 — Extremely effective & Works with iOS26 spam folder *2026-04-07* I’m very impressed with this app and it works much better than the built-in iOS 26 spam detection or Verizon Call Filter+. Neither of those would actually place messages into the spam folder most of the time. At best iOS spam blocker would put SPAM in promotions and it would still miss some spam. After using this for about two months with the paid pro pack smart filter, it’s catching absolutely all spam and putting it into the spam folder where I never even have to see a count bubble. ### 5/5 — Political texts *2026-03-20* By making your own rules all political texts that come in your messaging app have about 32 different variations on the last line of their text and that makes it very easy (like "stop to end") to make rules to eliminate all of them! How long that I spent a couple years constantly trying to get rid of about 100 text a day! Destroying my normal life just because I donated! ### 5/5 — Totally works *2026-03-01* This is the first and only app that really ever worked for me. I almost never get spam texts anymore. It does catch a false positive once in a while so to do need to check the spam folder if you’re not getting something you expect but never an actually text form a real person or contact. I can’t recommend this enough and tell all of my friend about it. ### 5/5 — Hail Junkman! Keep up the good work! *2026-02-05* Update: Five stars. Reported a minor bug; it was fixed within a couple of hours via an app update. Excellent customer support. Highly recommend this app! I also recommend their Begone Spam Call filter. Happy to be a paying customer for both apps. Junkman is awesome. One political donation and I was hit with 25–30 spam texts a day. Unsubscribing did nothing. This app shut down the political and home‑buying spam instantly. Excellent junk blocker. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your review. It was such a fun read and I am happy to be able to help. 😊 ### 5/5 — Junkman Works Extremely Well *2026-01-30* I used Junkman when I was still was on iOS 18.7 and was very effective at blocking unwanted text messages (mostly political stuff). The question now is whether the Junkman app is competitive with the iOS 26 text screening feature that is built into the operating system. ### 5/5 — Very effective *2026-01-21, version 13.5* Exactly what you’re hoping for ### 5/5 — Unique Outstanding Design App! *2026-01-10, version 13.5* Once in awhile in our life time we might get lucky and find something that is unique. The Design of this App is one of those times! The Developer has coded this software so Unique that it truly helps you myself and our family. It’s a 5 Star ⭐️ app that puts the Junk text where it belongs in the Junk File. This app works for me and has since the day that I downloaded it. So if you’re taking the time to read this then Download this app and give it a try! Will you be disappointed? I believe in the long run you will not be. ( really ) the Developer has put a great deal of time hard work sweat and yes love into the coding of this software! How do you know? Look at the number of updates that have been made! There are crooks out there who want our money and identity if given to them the opportunity. The Developer has created an amazing Unique Outstanding Design App that puts Junk crooked mail where it belongs. Sometimes the Developer gets his hands tied by Apple. Why I can’t answer but that doesn’t mean this is a bad App it means the Developer is out there trying to code this software to get around the restrictions! So with that I want to Thank the Developer for putting out this Unique Outstanding Design App. I truly Tip my Hat 🎩 to you and say thanks. Mr. Developer I am proud to say you have truly created a 5 Star ⭐️ App. One that for this ole man you can truly take a bow . ### 5/5 — Great message filter *2025-11-22, version 13.4* App does a nice job of filtering and providing warnings for unwanted texts. The developer is super responsive to questions and issues that may arise. Highly recommended! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-12.*