Comparison

VeroSMS vs Textkiller

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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

About

Textkiller

This app automatically blocks unwanted spam text messages, protecting you from scams and telemarketing. It offers customizable filtering options, a constantly updated global block list, and a privacy-first approach to keep your inbox clean and your personal information secure.

Highlights
  • Automatic spam text elimination
  • Global block list updated constantly
  • Predictive SMS blocking algorithm
  • Customizable blocking (keywords, email, number ranges)
  • Block and Allow lists
  • Report spam to train algorithm
  • Privacy-first algorithm
Features
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Eliminate 99% of spam text messages with Textkiller, and live spam-text free®! Textkiller is the new spam text blocking app that's creating a world without spam texts. With Textkiller, you're instantly protected from more than 100,000,000 known phone scams, and counting! Textkiller's intuitive and easy-to-use features ensure you get all the texts you want, and none that you don't. Textkiller's innovative text blocking technology has already been featured by The New York Times, NBC, Wired, Engadget, Vice, and many other publications. Here are some of Textkiller's highly-reviewed features: Eliminate 99% of spam texts automatically With Textkiller, you're instantly protected from more than 100,000,000 known phone scams - and our global block list is updated every minute. Textkiller's predictive SMS blocking algorithm is also able to determine if an incoming text is spam in less than 0.01 second, keeping you safe from emerging spam texts too! Control who can text you Get good texts only. Textkiller's Block and Allow lists ensure the text messages you want are never blocked, removing all distractions from unwanted and dangerous spam text messages. Customize your text blocking Only Textkiller gives you fully customizable text blocking to ensure you block spam texts on your terms. Other apps only let you block individual phone numbers or text messages, but with Textkiller's keyword-based filtering, email address blocking, and phone number range blocking options, you can fully control how we block your spam texts. Train Textkiller To Get Smarter Report spam texts to Textkiller to help our algorithm get more precise at blocking your spam texts, and ensuring you always get the texts you want. Reporting spam texts also helps to protect other Textkiller users from receiving the same scam! Turn on the Extreme Blocking function, and Textkiller will filter all messages coming from senders outside of your contact list. Keep your money safe from losses to fraud Textkiller prevented 800 USD per year in losses to text scams, according to data reported by the Federal Trade Commission. Privacy-first text blocking Textkiller's patented text blocking algorithm immediately removes any identifying information before making a decision on blocking a text. Your privacy, and personal text messages are always safe with us. Relax and live life spam-text-free® In our busy lives, spam texts are an unnecessary and annoying distraction. Textkiller cleans up your iMessage inbox from annoying spam or telemarketing texts so you can have a bit of peace back in your day. That's what it means to live life spam-text-free. Here's what your spam-text-free life looks like: - No distractions: You can trust when a text notification goes off, it's a message that's meant for you. - Total control: Has your number fallen into the hands of annoying telemarketers or marketing lists? With Textkiller, you decide who can or can't text you - without having to deal with the hassle of trying to unsubscribe. - Zen: While Textkiller can't eliminate all of your daily distractions, we do our best to give you one slice of distraction-free paradise by ridding your phone of annoying spam. Built by people who hate robocalls, spam texts, and respect your privacy, Textkiller will help you take control of who can and can’t text you. We're empowering everyone with a smartphone to create a spam-text-free world. But, we can't do it without you. Try Textkiller free today! Textkiller is free to download. A subscription is required to use the product. Once your trial ends, your subscription will automatically renew. You can cancel at any time. Live life spam-text-free®! Terms of Service: https://www.teltech.co/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.teltech.co/privacy.html California Privacy Notice: https://teltech.co/privacy.html#section-8 *** According to the FTC.

Screenshots

VeroSMS4 screens
Textkiller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Textkiller at 4.3 against VeroSMS's 3.6. Textkiller also leads on ratings volume (13K vs 306). VeroSMS's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 37%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VeroSMS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Textkiller sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Textkiller holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textkiller has 13K ratings behind it against 306, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of VeroSMS's written reviews are positive against 37% of Textkiller's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VeroSMS ships an update every 3 weeks, Textkiller every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VeroSMS versus Textkiller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeroSMSTextkiller
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (306 ratings)4.3 (13K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.1% of reviews — better36.8% of reviews
Number of ratings30613K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanmay SonawaneMosaic S.r.l.

Customer experience

VeroSMS

All ratings306 ratings
Positive62.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative31.4%
Written reviews159 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.4%

Textkiller

All ratings13,000 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative56.6%

User reviews

VeroSMS

From 306 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective spam filtering
  • 👍 Customizable keyword blocking
  • 🔒 Preserves user privacy
  • 💡 Leverages built-in iOS features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 🐛 Overfiltering of legitimate messages
  • 🐛 Inability to restore filtered messages
  • 🐛 Crashes on setup

Textkiller

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Stops spam texts
  • 👍 Filters messages effectively
  • 💡 Keyword blocking
  • 🚀 Works well when functioning
  • 👍 Useful for reducing spam

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App not working after updates
  • 🐛 Issues with premium features
  • 🔍 Concerns about privacy and data access
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance
  • 💰 Expensive subscription

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

Textkiller

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes during setup
  • Keyword blocking not working as expected
  • Junk messages still getting through
  • Issues contacting support

Requested features

4 requests
  • Sync blocked list across devices
  • Automatically delete junk messages
  • Better integration with Apple Watch
  • More transparency on how filtering works

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VeroSMS

One-time1
  • Premium Features$4.99
12 purchases

Textkiller

Subscriptions12
  • Textkiller Pro$4.997 Days
  • TextKiller Pro with Free Trial7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Protection7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium Protection$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Protection7 Days trial4 variants$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Protection1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Protection7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
  • Textkiller Pro$69.991 Year
  • Textkiller Pro with Free Trial7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Protection7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Protection7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Protection7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is VeroSMS free?
VeroSMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Textkiller free?
Textkiller is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VeroSMS or Textkiller?
Textkiller is rated higher. VeroSMS averages 3.6 out of 5 from 306 ratings, while Textkiller averages 4.3 from 13K ratings.
Do VeroSMS or Textkiller have ads?
Neither VeroSMS nor Textkiller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VeroSMS or Textkiller?
VeroSMS ships an update every 3 weeks, and Textkiller every 2 weeks. Most recently, VeroSMS was updated on September 24, 2026 and Textkiller on September 28, 2026.

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