Block Spam Texts | Dont Text vs ElectionDeflection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text
This app automatically filters unwanted spam text messages by sending them to a dedicated junk folder. It offers customizable filtering options, including blocking by email addresses, keywords, and phone number area codes, ensuring you only see important messages.
- Automatic spam text filtering
- Junk folder for spam messages
- Block texts from email addresses
- Customizable keyword filtering
- Block by phone number area code
- Privacy-focused message handling
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Block. Spam. Texts. Dont Text creates a junk folder in your messages app and sends spam texts to the junk folder for you. With Dont Text installed and enabled on your device, you never get notifications from annoying spam texts and spam is automatically sent to your junk folder. Dont Text makes it easy for you to block spam texts on your device by getting started it in minutes. Block Spam Texts from Email Addresses Start blocking all spam text messages that come from email addresses. Turn on the toggle to Filter Email Senders in the app and Dont Text will block all incoming spam texts from email addresses. Customize Filtering Dont Text allows you to customize how you block spam texts. Inside the app, you can create keywords to filter text messages from unknown senders. Create a blocking keyword to filter any text containing that keyword and send the text to junk. Use allow keywords to prevent important texts from accidentally ending up in junk and make sure you never miss an important text. Block Texts By Phone Number Area Code Block unwanted texts by filtering by area code. Add an area code to the app and all texts from that area code will be sent to your junk folder. Privacy Dont Text does not save your contacts or texts. Dont Text only checks text messages from unknown senders to filter spam. Dont Text cannot access text messages between you and your contacts, or any texts that you send. Dont Text can only check incoming messages from a number not saved in your contacts and this information is never stored. When a text is filtered, Apple restricts the information Dont Text uses to block spam and your phone number or personal information is never shared with us.
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 $29.99 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 Block Spam Texts | Dont Text's 43%. ElectionDeflection also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). Block Spam Texts | Dont Text's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 37). 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. Block Spam Texts | Dont Text sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year 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, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Spam Texts | Dont Text has 1.1K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Block Spam Texts | Dont Text's written reviews are positive against 100% of ElectionDeflection's.
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text ships an update every 2 months, ElectionDeflection every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Block Spam Texts | Dont Text | ElectionDeflection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.1K ratings) | 4.4 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tyler Kennedy | Miller Media LLC |
Customer experience
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text
ElectionDeflection
Bugs and requests
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore function not working
- Incompatible with certain devices/OS versions
- Subscription issues
Requested features
4 requests- Group text blocking
- Ability to filter by sender
- Customizable filtering options
- Integration with other messaging apps
ElectionDeflection
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Block Spam Texts | Dont Text
- Worry Free Filtering$6.991 Year
ElectionDeflection
- Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- Election Deflection Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
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