MessageFilter Pro vs SMS Filter+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MessageFilter Pro
This utility app helps iPhone users block unwanted spam SMS messages. It allows for unlimited custom filter rules based on keywords and phone numbers, ensuring privacy by not requiring network access. The app includes tools to test and share your filtering configurations.
- Unlimited custom filter rules
- Keyword and phone number filtering
- Blacklist and whitelist modes
- No network access required
- Filter rule testing tool
- Export and import filter rules
- 3D Touch shortcuts
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Introducing MessageFilter app, a spam SMS filter app designed for iPhone. MessageFilter app identify and filter spam messages by keywords and phone numbers. Features: • Unlimited custom filter rules • No network access required, filter spam messages securely, and keep your privacy safely • Blacklist and whitelist duo lists filter mode, let you filter spam messages while keep important message not be filtered unintentionally • Build-in tool to test and verify your filter rules • Export and share filter rules via iOS share sheet • Import filter rules shared by other users • 3D Touch Home screen shortcuts
SMS Filter+
This app provides professional SMS filtering to block spam and unwanted MMS messages. Customize filters based on phone numbers, keywords, or regular expressions to automatically sort messages. Enjoy uninterrupted focus by silencing junk messages without notifications.
- Automatic message classification
- Customizable spam filters
- Filter by phone number, text, keywords, regex
- Block unwanted MMS messages
- Silent junk message notifications
- Privacy-focused processing
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This is a safe, efficient and professional SMS filter. You can customize your own filters to help you filter spam and MMS messages from unknown phone numbers. What it does: Automatically classify your messages, filter junk messages, let you avoid being disturbed by spam during work, rest or when you are on your phone(such as gaming or reading). Privacy matters: All verification activities occur in a closed and secured process provided by iOS, without the need to connect to the network throughout, and SMS Filter+ will not read, collect or tag your messages. Customize your filters: Filter your messages like a pro, support check phone numbers, text, containing multiple keywords, start/end with keywords, match with Regular Expression and other advanced features. How it works: When a message comes, SMS Filter+ will always go through your Allow, Transaction and Promotion filters. Once there is any filter made a match, messages automatically classified into the corresponding folder. If those filters can not make a match, then SMS Filter+ will go through your Junk filters, message will be filtered if it matched as spam. Notifications & Badge If a message classified as Allow, Transaction and Promotion, you will still get notifications and unread badge on the Message app icon, if a message filtered as spam, you won’t get any notifications and there is no unread badge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MessageFilter Pro at Free against SMS Filter+'s $0.99. MessageFilter Pro also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). SMS Filter+'s advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 38). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
MessageFilter Pro is free to download; SMS Filter+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for MessageFilter Pro against 4.2 for SMS Filter+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS Filter+ has 216 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 57% and 58% positive.
MessageFilter Pro ships an update monthly, SMS Filter+ every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MessageFilter Pro | SMS Filter+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) | 4.2 (216 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 57.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 216 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Junyu Kuang | 奕才 杨 |
Customer experience
MessageFilter Pro
SMS Filter+
In-app purchases
MessageFilter Pro
No in-app purchases
SMS Filter+
No in-app purchases
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