Comparison

SMS Management vs SMS Filter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SMS Management

Take control of your inbox by filtering unwanted text messages. Create custom rules to block spam, junk, and messages containing specific keywords, senders, or links. Filtered messages are stored in a junk folder without notifications.

Highlights
  • Create custom filtering rules
  • Filter by text patterns, keywords, and sender
  • Blacklist and whitelist messages
  • Filter unknown senders
  • Filter messages containing links
  • Test rules on sample messages
Features
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SMS Management only on appStore since 22 June 2020. Thank you to thousands of our active users in worldwide ! ! take Back control of your inbox via SMS Management Stop being distracted with spam, junk or other unwanted text messages, including SMS and MMS. With SMS Management, you now at last have a control of incoming text messages. Features: - create your own list of rules to filter your incoming text messages - filter incoming text messages by text patterns, keywords, sender, or regexp - blacklist and whitelist messages that match particular rule - Easily filter the message sender unknowns as not added to your contact list. - Easily filter the message containing the link. - Easily filter the message containing the BXXX codes like B001, B002, ... B999. - test your rules on test message. The filtered messages are collected in the junk folder in messages. So you will not receive notifications about unwanted messages. Messages must be private. So, no data is collected from this application ! ! ! No Ads, No Paid Subscription requirement..!!! We are moving forward only with your voluntary donation.. If you wish, you can support via click buy me coffee option. Please don't forget to rate the app on appStore and share it with your friends. ------- 
If you have any questions about whether my messages can be read by someone else, please read in this section; Someone asked to me on twitter as can you read my messages as developer? That's why I felt the need to add it here as well; This is not possible. Apple does not allow any kind of data retrieval. Source: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/sms_and_call_reporting/sms_and_mms_message_filtering Someone ask same question too in stackoverflow 3 years ago (in 2018) thats answered; https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52494997/how-to-get-data-from-the-message-filter-extension If you want to test it your self, you can use this source by developing an app yourself; we can decide only its is junk or allow by keyword in codeside 
https://medium.com/@payalmaniyar/create-message-spam-filter-extension-for-ios-11-df554908d776 -------

About

SMS Filter

Features
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Take control of unwanted texts without giving up your privacy. SMS Filter – Smart Filter organizes incoming SMS using custom rules based on message content or the sender’s phone number. Filtering happens locally on your iPhone. Your SMS content and contacts are never uploaded to our servers or collected by us. If you enable iCloud sync, only your filter rules are stored in your private iCloud account—not your messages or contacts. The app evaluates only messages from senders who are not in your Contacts, helping keep personal conversations untouched. Features: - Create custom rules using message content or phone numbers - Create unlimited filter rules - Organize matching messages into Transaction, Promotion, or Junk - Activate or deactivate any rule whenever you want - Filter only messages from senders outside your Contacts - Sync filter rules across your devices with iCloud - Works locally and offline - Supports Dark Mode

Screenshots

SMS Management4 screens
SMS Filter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SMS Management at 13.0 against SMS Filter's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. SMS Management sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SMS Filter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SMS Management versus SMS Filter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMS ManagementSMS Filter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (37 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTarik Nasuhoglu春晖 王

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SMS Management

One-time1
  • Support to me for buy a coffee$4.99
1 purchases

SMS Filter

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$0.99

Questions

Is SMS Management free?
SMS Management is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMS Filter free?
SMS Filter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SMS Management or SMS Filter have ads?
Neither SMS Management nor SMS Filter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMS Management or SMS Filter?
SMS Management ships an update fortnightly, and SMS Filter fortnightly. Most recently, SMS Management was updated on October 29, 2026 and SMS Filter on October 24, 2026.

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