Comparison

VeroSMS vs SMS Management

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

SMS Management

Take control of your inbox by filtering unwanted text messages. Create custom rules to block spam, junk, and messages containing specific keywords, senders, or links. Filtered messages are stored in a junk folder without notifications.

Highlights
  • Create custom filtering rules
  • Filter by text patterns, keywords, and sender
  • Blacklist and whitelist messages
  • Filter unknown senders
  • Filter messages containing links
  • Test rules on sample messages
Features
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SMS Management only on appStore since 22 June 2020. Thank you to thousands of our active users in worldwide ! ! take Back control of your inbox via SMS Management Stop being distracted with spam, junk or other unwanted text messages, including SMS and MMS. With SMS Management, you now at last have a control of incoming text messages. Features: - create your own list of rules to filter your incoming text messages - filter incoming text messages by text patterns, keywords, sender, or regexp - blacklist and whitelist messages that match particular rule - Easily filter the message sender unknowns as not added to your contact list. - Easily filter the message containing the link. - Easily filter the message containing the BXXX codes like B001, B002, ... B999. - test your rules on test message. The filtered messages are collected in the junk folder in messages. So you will not receive notifications about unwanted messages. Messages must be private. So, no data is collected from this application ! ! ! No Ads, No Paid Subscription requirement..!!! We are moving forward only with your voluntary donation.. If you wish, you can support via click buy me coffee option. Please don't forget to rate the app on appStore and share it with your friends. ------- 
If you have any questions about whether my messages can be read by someone else, please read in this section; Someone asked to me on twitter as can you read my messages as developer? That's why I felt the need to add it here as well; This is not possible. Apple does not allow any kind of data retrieval. Source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering Someone ask same question too in stackoverflow 3 years ago (in 2018) thats answered; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52494997/how-to-get-data-from-the-message-filter-extension If you want to test it your self, you can use this source by developing an app yourself; we can decide only its is junk or allow by keyword in codeside 
https://medium.com/@payalmaniyar/create-message-spam-filter-extension-for-ios-11-df554908d776 -------

Screenshots

VeroSMS4 screens
SMS Management4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SMS Management at 4.4 against VeroSMS's 3.6. SMS Management also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 54%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). VeroSMS's advantage is ratings volume (313 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 SMS Management sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SMS Management holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VeroSMS has 313 ratings behind it against 37, 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 90% of SMS Management's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VeroSMS ships an update every 3 weeks, SMS Management fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VeroSMS versus SMS Management: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeroSMSSMS Management
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (313 ratings)4.4 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.4% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings313 — better37
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanmay SonawaneTarik Nasuhoglu

Customer experience

VeroSMS

All ratings311 ratings
Positive62.7%
Neutral5.8%
Negative31.5%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive54.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative38.1%

SMS Management

All ratings36 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral1.7%
Negative8.3%

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 Management

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VeroSMS

One-time1
  • Premium Features$4.99
1 purchases

SMS Management

One-time1
  • Support to me for buy a coffee$4.99

Questions

Is VeroSMS free?
VeroSMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMS Management free?
SMS Management is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VeroSMS or SMS Management?
SMS Management is rated higher. VeroSMS averages 3.6 out of 5 from 313 ratings, while SMS Management averages 4.4 from 37 ratings.
Do VeroSMS or SMS Management have ads?
Neither VeroSMS nor SMS Management shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VeroSMS or SMS Management?
VeroSMS ships an update every 3 weeks, and SMS Management fortnightly. Most recently, VeroSMS was updated on October 29, 2026 and SMS Management on October 29, 2026.

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