Hydra Social vs DefaultSMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hydra Social
Consolidate your social media experience into a single, feature-rich platform. Share videos, images, and discussions, chat with friends, play games, and discover content through topics and groups. Organize location-based events and customize your interface with themes.
- Video, Image, and Discussion Posts
- Direct Messaging
- In-App Games
- Friend Discovery
- Location-Based Events
- Topic-Based Content Discovery
- Group Participation
- Customizable Themes
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Hydra empowers you to replace the clutter of social media apps with one elegant and powerful platform that does it all! FEATURES • POSTS - Videos, Images, Discussions • MESSENGER - Chat With Anyone • GAMES - Play Games On Hydra • MEET - Make New Friends • EVENTS - Create Location-Based Events • TOPICS - Discover Content Deliberately • GROUPS - Join Public Groups • THEMES - Custom Dark & Light Modes • • • There's an app for almost anything - Hydra will do everything! From music and gaming, to streaming and shopping, Hydra will allow you to both consume and produce endless content.
DefaultSMS
This app allows you to set your preferred messaging applications like Telegram or WhatsApp as the default for handling SMS and tapping on phone number links. It acts as a redirector, ensuring convenience and privacy by processing all data on-device.
- Set default messaging app
- Redirect SMS and link taps
- Supports Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal
- On-device data processing
- Easy setup
- Privacy-focused
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Popular messaging platforms such as Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal has yet to support the new Default Apps option in Settings, which would have allowed your iPhone to automatically use these apps instead of the stock Messages app for sending messages or when you tap on phone numbers or message links. That's why we've made DefaultSMS - It acts as a redirector to enable you to set your Default Messaging App as Telegram, WhatsApp or Signal! When you tap on a phone number anywhere on your phone, the system will prompt you to ask if you would like to call or message. Once you've set DefaultSMS up, you can directly open your favourite messaging app, in place of the default stock Messages app, for ultimate convenience! We have also designed the app with privacy in mind, ensuring that all processes are done on device, with no phone numbers or data logged anywhere in app. It simply accepts the details that the system provides, and passing it along to the messaging app that you prefer. Setup is easy too. Simply set DefaultSMS as your default messaging app in the Settings app, and choose your desired messaging app in DefaultSMS. Note: DefaultSMS is a product made by an independent developer, and is not supported, endorsed or affiliated with WhatsApp Messenger, Telegram Messenger or Signal Messenger, in any way or form.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hydra Social at Free against DefaultSMS's $0.99. Hydra Social also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.2). DefaultSMS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#50 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Hydra Social is free to download; DefaultSMS costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hydra Social holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Hydra Social ships an update every 2 months, DefaultSMS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hydra Social | DefaultSMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #50 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HAIDARCORP LLC | Vincent Neo |
Customer experience
Hydra Social
DefaultSMS
In-app purchases
Hydra Social
No in-app purchases
DefaultSMS
No in-app purchases









