SMS Filter+ vs Smart SMS Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Smart SMS Filter
This app helps you manage unwanted messages by filtering incoming texts based on keywords. It automatically sorts messages from unknown senders into a junk folder, ensuring you don't miss important communications from contacts.
- Keyword-based message filtering
- Automatic junk message sorting
- Predefined spam filters
- Custom filter creation
- Junk message folder access
- Contact message protection
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Smart Filter provides a way to detect and filter incoming messages. Set keywords for a simple way to filter out unwanted messages while providing greater control over your incoming texts. Messages from your contacts will never be marked as junk, so you will not risk missing any important messages. Filtering criteria & methodology: • All incoming messages from unknown contacts will go through the filtering algorithm. When Smart SMS Filter matches a message to a filter, that message will be marked as junk. • You will always have access to messages marked as junk through your junk folder in your Messages app. Additional features: • The app comes with 13 predefined filters based on the most commonly used keywords spammers are using. • Add as many filters as you wish by tapping the Add Filter icon. • Easily remove filters by tapping the Delete Filter button.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Smart SMS Filter at Free against SMS Filter+'s $0.99. Smart SMS Filter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 58%). SMS Filter+'s advantage is ratings volume (216 vs 4). On update cadence, 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
Smart SMS Filter is free to download; SMS Filter+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smart SMS Filter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS Filter+ has 216 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of SMS Filter+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Smart SMS Filter's.
SMS Filter+ ships an update every 4 weeks, Smart SMS Filter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMS Filter+ | Smart SMS Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (216 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 216 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 奕才 杨 | Pontera Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
SMS Filter+
Smart SMS Filter
In-app purchases
SMS Filter+
No in-app purchases
Smart SMS Filter
No in-app purchases
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