Comparison

VeroSMS vs Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

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

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

This app automatically filters unwanted spam text messages by sending them to a dedicated junk folder. It offers customizable filtering options, including blocking by email addresses, keywords, and phone number area codes, ensuring you only see important messages.

Highlights
  • Automatic spam text filtering
  • Junk folder for spam messages
  • Block texts from email addresses
  • Customizable keyword filtering
  • Block by phone number area code
  • Privacy-focused message handling
Features
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Block. Spam. Texts. Dont Text creates a junk folder in your messages app and sends spam texts to the junk folder for you. With Dont Text installed and enabled on your device, you never get notifications from annoying spam texts and spam is automatically sent to your junk folder. Dont Text makes it easy for you to block spam texts on your device by getting started it in minutes. Block Spam Texts from Email Addresses Start blocking all spam text messages that come from email addresses. Turn on the toggle to Filter Email Senders in the app and Dont Text will block all incoming spam texts from email addresses. Customize Filtering Dont Text allows you to customize how you block spam texts. Inside the app, you can create keywords to filter text messages from unknown senders. Create a blocking keyword to filter any text containing that keyword and send the text to junk. Use allow keywords to prevent important texts from accidentally ending up in junk and make sure you never miss an important text. Block Texts By Phone Number Area Code Block unwanted texts by filtering by area code. Add an area code to the app and all texts from that area code will be sent to your junk folder. Privacy Dont Text does not save your contacts or texts. Dont Text only checks text messages from unknown senders to filter spam. Dont Text cannot access text messages between you and your contacts, or any texts that you send. Dont Text can only check incoming messages from a number not saved in your contacts and this information is never stored. When a text is filtered, Apple restricts the information Dont Text uses to block spam and your phone number or personal information is never shared with us.

Screenshots

VeroSMS4 screens
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Block Spam Texts | Dont Text at 4.2 against VeroSMS's 3.6. Block Spam Texts | Dont Text also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 313). VeroSMS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (54% vs 43%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Block Spam Texts | Dont Text sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 313 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of VeroSMS's written reviews are positive against 43% of Block Spam Texts | Dont Text'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, Block Spam Texts | Dont Text every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VeroSMS versus Block Spam Texts | Dont Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeroSMSBlock Spam Texts | Dont Text
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (313 ratings)4.2 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.4% of reviews — better42.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3131.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanmay SonawaneTyler Kennedy

Customer experience

VeroSMS

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

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

All ratings1,070 ratings
Positive76.8%
Neutral8.0%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews143 reviews
Positive42.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative51.7%

User reviews

VeroSMS

From 313 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

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Effective at blocking spam
  • 👍 Easy to set up and use
  • 💰 Free version available
  • 🙌 Helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Filters not always effective
  • ❌ Paid version doesn't work as expected
  • 🤔 Blocks legitimate messages
  • ⚠️ Inconsistent performance over time

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

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Restore function not working
  • Incompatible with certain devices/OS versions
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Group text blocking
  • Ability to filter by sender
  • Customizable filtering options
  • Integration with other messaging apps

In-app purchases

1 purchases

VeroSMS

One-time1
  • Premium Features$4.99
1 purchases

Block Spam Texts | Dont Text

Subscriptions1
  • Worry Free Filtering$6.991 Year

Questions

Is VeroSMS free?
VeroSMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Block Spam Texts | Dont Text free?
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VeroSMS or Block Spam Texts | Dont Text?
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text is rated higher. VeroSMS averages 3.6 out of 5 from 313 ratings, while Block Spam Texts | Dont Text averages 4.2 from 1.1K ratings.
Do VeroSMS or Block Spam Texts | Dont Text have ads?
Neither VeroSMS nor Block Spam Texts | Dont Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VeroSMS or Block Spam Texts | Dont Text?
VeroSMS ships an update every 3 weeks, and Block Spam Texts | Dont Text every 2 months. Most recently, VeroSMS was updated on October 29, 2026 and Block Spam Texts | Dont Text on October 29, 2026.

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