Just ok
Hard to if it actually works. Tons of political messages make it through even though key words are supposed be blocked by the app
Will not stop political sms
This app will not stop all of these annoying political solicitations. No matter how many words are place on the black list in the body it refuses to block them
What filter?
Couldn’t get it to work for me. Words, phrases already taken. Tutorial runs too fast. Is useless. Needs more blacklist tips. Had high hopes. Very low yield. Disappointed. I’m back to just deleting and reporting as spam. Just as effective.
No longer works
As of this writing, last update was >4 years ago. Setting required to activate this in Messages app no longer exist. Boo hiss.
A Must for Election Time
I got Spam Hound during an election year when I was receiving countless texts from random politicians. Spam Hound helps keep me sane.
Works okay, instructions are confusing
This app is good for a free app, but it could be more user friendly. For example , when you select the Blacklisting toggle, the words “Whitelisting” appear (because it’s on the other side of the toggle). For the longest time I was adding rules to the wrong place because it wasn’t clear which area I was in.
The tutorial only tells you how to enable SpamHound on your phone, not how to use it. The FAQ section was written for those already familiar with the program. And some of its rule command are techie in nature.
Right now I’m getting a persistent spammer coming and my blacklist time isn’t working. When I run the check, it shows it’s allowing the sender not stopping it. I can’t figure out why.
The tutorial only tells you how to enable SpamHound on your phone, not how to use it. The FAQ section was written for those already familiar with the program. And some of its rule command are techie in nature.
Right now I’m getting a persistent spammer coming and my blacklist time isn’t working. When I run the check, it shows it’s allowing the sender not stopping it. I can’t figure out why.
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Doesn’t work
I did the test and everything and thought it worked but I’m still getting spam messages.
Perfect app
Somehow, I got on the mailing list of every senator and Congress person candidate. Few choice words and almost all of their SMS text messages (that I never signed up for) have disappeared. Great app. Thank you.
It just doesn’t work
Unnecessarily difficult to use and doesn’t work at all
Seems unable to adall the new system
This is an imperfect but excellent app that has been incredibly useful since I started using it. It filters almost everything I don't want to see and is customizable. However, since my recent upgrade to iOS 26.2, it seems incompatible with the new system. Apple has added a built-in filter, but it's difficult to use compared to SpamHound. And regardless of whether it's enabled in settings, it doesn't replace SpamHound (SH). Therefore, I think this app, which hasn't been updated in four years, probably needs an update. iOS 26.2 is very unusable, and I hope to revert to the older version if possible. I've been using SpamHound ever since. I'll revise my review after an update.
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Has it stopped working?
Messages with words on the blacklist still get through.
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It’s a great app!
Spam
I’ve created rules, which when a text is verified against them, returns spam sms yet they still are delivered.
Does block SMS, unfortunately not iMessages
I tried blocking all messages from email addresses - they still go through. I also added a pattern “+63” but still getting spam from there. I heard that it is because those are iMessages and not SMS, and a lot of spam goes through iMessages, unfortunately.
It does not work
For some reason the app misses a lot of rules
Keeps my iPhone text inbox free of junk
I had been added to spam mass texts from Gmail accounts, I've set a filter for anything from a Gmail account and it solved the problem.
Really good app
Loving this app does the job
Customization Works But Little Else
My worst spam offender uses the name “Rhonda.” It was easy to set a custom filter against any message with “Rhonda” in the text, and that worked, but most of the new spam messages are delivered. I tried another app and it was worse overall, and it did not let me filter on specific words.
Spam killer!
I got spam messages once or twice a day. The phone company can’t do anything about it. All spam messages come from email. I don’t understand why wireless phone companies even allow this happening. Complained to the wireless provider, no help at all. Then I installed this app,all set!!! It is awesome
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Difficult to use
You can not view the list of messages it has marked as spam. You need to be able to see everything it is marking as spam so you can whitelist the things it is marking as spam that you actually want.
