Textkiller vs The Link Inspector
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.
The Link Inspector
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Is that link clean? Every link you receive can carry hidden tracking: where it was shared, which campaign it came from, even a code that is unique to you. The Link Inspector takes the link apart, piece by piece, and tells you in plain language what each part does. Then you decide what stays and what goes. What it does • Finds the tracking added to a link and sorts each part into clear levels, from "needed" to "known tracker" • Recognises hundreds of known tracking tags, so you do not have to • Unwraps links that bounce through Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Outlook and dozens of other redirect services, so you can see where a link really goes • Keeps the parts a link needs to work, like sign-in and payment steps, so cleaning does not break the link • Cleans links entirely on your phone: nothing about the link is sent anywhere, and no one knows you looked How to use it 1. Share a link from any app, or paste it straight in 2. See the tracking in the link, in plain language 3. Keep or remove each part with a tap 4. Copy the clean link and share it as usual Link Inspector Plus Free cleaning happens entirely on your phone. Plus adds the deeper checks that go online, one step at a time, and is honest about who each step contacts: • Look up what the public record says about the web address, including how new it is • Follow the link to the end, to see where it really lands • Open the real page in an isolated, view-only preview called Aquarium. You can scroll and read, while links, typing, forms, downloads and handoffs to other apps are disabled. It shows the cookies and contacts it observes, along with the device details the page can read. One purchase. No subscription. It keeps the app free of ads and independent, and funds new rules that spot fresh tracking and scams. What it does not do The Link Inspector shows and explains; it is not a content blocker, and it never promises a link is safe. It focuses on the tracking inside the link itself and on showing you what a page does. It does not block cookies, fingerprinting or pixel tracking. First aid Tapped something that felt off? The built-in first-aid guide walks you through what to check and what to do next, calmly and step by step. Your privacy The first step runs entirely on your phone: no link is sent anywhere, and no one knows you looked. The deeper Plus checks are the only part that uses the network, and the app shows you what each step contacts. Looking up the public record for an address asks internet directory services, not the site itself; following the link and opening the page reach the destination, which then sees your IP address. Each contact the app observes is recorded in a plain, on-device log, so you can see who learned what. The Link Inspector stores nothing on a server, and nothing goes through us. No ads. No analytics. We never track you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Textkiller at every 2 weeks against The Link Inspector's every 2 months. Textkiller also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Textkiller sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and The Link Inspector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Textkiller ships an update every 2 weeks, The Link Inspector every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textkiller | The Link Inspector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (13K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mosaic S.r.l. | Øyvind Berget |
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
The Link Inspector
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
The Link Inspector
- Plus$2.99
Questions
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