VeroSMS vs SMS Spam Block
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VeroSMS
This app filters unwanted SMS messages by using user-defined keywords and crowdsourced regional data. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all data locally, ensuring messages remain confidential. Offers both free and premium features for enhanced spam blocking.
- User-defined keyword filtering
- Crowdsourced regional keyword data
- Local message analysis for privacy
- Auto-block texts with URLs
- Block texts from unknown senders
- SMS Spam Reporting (India)
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VeroSMS is a SMS Spam filter app focused on maintaining users privacy, it filters spam texts using keywords that you set and using crowdsourced data of keywords that other people in your region set. This way none of the SMSs are sent to any server for analysis and your messages remain confidential. # Free Features: - Unlimited keywords for blacklisting. - Unlimited keywords for whitelisting. - Auto-block texts containing URLs from unknown people. - Only blocks texts from people not in your contact list. - SMS Spam Reporting to TRAI (India only). # Premium Features: - Machine learning based filtering. - iCloud sync for any keywords you add. - Auto-filtering of spam based on keywords that other people in your region add. - Basically does all the work for you. Just unlock premium and forget, all crowdsourced keywords will be periodically updated in background. For info on how to enable SMS Spam reporting extension open this in your browser: verosms.com/reportspam Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: https://verosms.com/privacy
SMS Spam Block
Block unwanted text messages by blacklisting keywords or filtering messages from unknown senders. Maintain a whitelist for essential service messages like activation codes. All filtering is performed securely on your device.
- Block keywords
- Filter unknown senders
- Whitelist exceptions
- On-device filtering
- Secure and private
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Get rid of annoying text spam. Blacklist keywords from unwanted messages or just filter away everything you get from unknown senders. Add exceptions to the whitelist to avoid filtering useful service messages like activation codes or one time passwords. SMS Spam Block is secure, all filtering is done on the device. SMS Spam Block is FREE with no ads or in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMS Spam Block at none against VeroSMS's 1. SMS Spam Block also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). VeroSMS's advantage is ratings volume (311 vs 9). On price, 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
Both are free to download. VeroSMS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SMS Spam Block asks for nothing beyond the download.
SMS Spam Block holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VeroSMS has 311 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of VeroSMS's written reviews are positive against 58% of SMS Spam Block's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VeroSMS | SMS Spam Block |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (311 ratings) | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.4% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 311 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanmay Sonawane | Victor Pavlychko |
Customer experience
VeroSMS
SMS Spam Block
Bugs and requests
VeroSMS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Filtering not working as expected despite keyword matching
- Junk folder persisting even after app uninstallation
- Crowdsourced keyword list containing inappropriate terms
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to organize messages into categories
- Option to block phone numbers along with keywords
- Removal of badge notifications for filtered messages
SMS Spam Block
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VeroSMS
- Premium Features$4.99
SMS Spam Block
No in-app purchases
Questions
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