Textkiller vs ElectionDeflection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ElectionDeflection
Automatically filters unwanted political SMS messages, moving them to your Spam folder. It uses on-device filtering to protect your privacy without requiring accounts or setup.
- Automatic political SMS filtering
- On-device processing for privacy
- Keyword-based spam detection
- AI-powered smart filtering (Pro)
- No account or setup required
- Open-source code for transparency
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Tired of constant political texts flooding your phone? ElectionDeflection automatically filters unwanted political SMS messages — quietly moving them to your Spam folder so you never have to see them. How it works: ElectionDeflection uses Apple's built-in message filtering to detect and redirect political texts before they reach your inbox. No accounts, no setup hassle — just enable it in Settings and forget about it. FREE FEATURES - Keyword-based filtering that catches common political spam - Works automatically in the background - No account required — just install and enable PRO FEATURES ($9.99/year or $4.99 one-time) - AI-powered smart filtering that catches texts keywords miss - Learns patterns beyond simple keyword matching - Best protection during election season YOUR PRIVACY COMES FIRST All filtering happens 100% on your device — no analytics, no tracking. We don't see your messages, and we never will. An optional community feature lets you submit example political texts to help improve our AI, but nothing is ever sent without your explicit action. Don't just take our word for it — ElectionDeflection is fully open source. Review every line of code on GitHub and verify our privacy claims yourself. Take back control of your inbox. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ElectionDeflection at 100% against Textkiller's 37%. ElectionDeflection also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Textkiller's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 28) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Textkiller sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and ElectionDeflection sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ElectionDeflection holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textkiller has 13K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Textkiller's written reviews are positive against 100% of ElectionDeflection's.
Textkiller ships an update every 2 weeks, ElectionDeflection every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textkiller | ElectionDeflection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13K ratings) | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | Miller Media LLC |
Customer experience
Textkiller
ElectionDeflection
Bugs and requests
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
ElectionDeflection
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Textkiller
- 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
ElectionDeflection
- Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- Election Deflection Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
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