Kyew vs Sms Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kyew
Schedule text messages to send at a future date and time, with or without attachments. The app also allows for sending individual messages to multiple contacts simultaneously, ideal for personal reminders or business communications.
- Schedule text messages
- Send messages with attachments
- Recurring message scheduling
- Group texting (individual dispatch)
- Contact management
- Appointment reminders
- Birthday & anniversary messages
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Schedule a text message to send later. Kyew saves your message and sends it at the exact date and time you pick. Never forget a birthday. Never miss a follow-up. Write it now, send it later. NEW: AUTO SENDING Set it up once. After that, Kyew sends your scheduled texts on its own — no tap needed. Auto Send works through Shortcuts, the automation app that comes pre-installed on your device. Kyew walks you through the setup step by step. It takes about a minute, and you only do it one time. Once it's on, your texts go out at the exact time you picked. While you're asleep. While you're with a client. While you're in the car. Want to stay in control instead? Leave Auto Send off. Kyew will send you a notification with your message ready to go in one tap. HOW IT WORKS 1. Write your text 2. Add photos, videos, or files 3. Pick one person or many 4. Pick a date and time 5. Turn on Auto Send, or get a reminder Kyew (say it like "Q," as in queue) saves your message and any attachments until it's time. SET IT AND FORGET IT Schedule a text to repeat daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. Great for birthdays, weekly check-ins, monthly invoices, and standing reminders. GROUP TEXT & MASS MESSAGES Send the same text to a lot of people. You can send these as standard group chats, or as separate, private messages where no one sees anyone else's number or replies. You can save groups for re-use. It works like BCC in email. FOR PERSONAL USE • Birthday and anniversary texts • Holiday messages written early, sent on time • Weekly check-ins with parents and grandparents • Reconnect with old friends • Party invitations and RSVP nudges • Countdown reminders — "10 days until Hawaii" • Time zone friendly — write at 2 a.m., arrives at 9 a.m. their time • Text your future self • Carpool, practice, and pickup reminders • Rent and bill reminders for roommates FOR BUSINESS USE 98% of texts get opened. Most are read within 5 minutes. Email can't do that. Kyew turns texting into a tool you can plan around. • Appointment reminders and confirmations — cut down no-shows • Rebooking reminders: "It's been 6 weeks since your last visit" • Invoice and payment reminders • Renewal and expiration notices • Lead follow-ups and quote follow-ups • Review requests, sent right after the job • New customer welcome messages • Sales, offers, and back-in-stock alerts • Content promotion — new post, episode, or newsletter • Staff shift and schedule reminders WHO USES KYEW Over 10,000 small business owners use Kyew. Salons and barbers. Dentists and med spas. Gyms, studios, and personal trainers. Contractors and home services. Real estate agents. Tutors and coaches. Vets. Auto shops. Nonprofits. Anyone who needs a text reminder app that actually remembers. KYEW PLUS AND KYEW BUSINESS Kyew is free to use. Some features need a subscription. See the app for details. Privacy Policy: https://kyew.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://kyew.app/terms
Sms Planner
Schedule appointments and deadlines for clients, then send personalized SMS, email, or instant messages to remind them. It integrates with iPhone and Google calendars and allows for location-specific details. This app is designed for professionals who manage client appointments.
- Schedule appointments and deadlines
- Send personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, Telegram
- Sync with iPhone and Google calendars
- Specify appointment addresses
- Print weekly appointment calendar
- Send special announcement messages
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SmsPlanner is dedicated to professionals who work with customers by appointment. Are you a doctor, lawyer, or do you offer services of various kinds? Do you want to remember appointments or the various deadlines to your customers? SmsPlanner is for you !!! With SmsPlanner you can schedule appointments and deadlines of your customers and then send your personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, and Telegram to remind individual appointments. To work properly WhatsApp, you must enter the international prefix of cellular numbers in your contacts (eg "+44" for United Kingdom numbers). You can send a SINGLE message for appointment, or a single message with the SUMMARY of the appointments of a given period. It is also possible to send SPECIAL messages (greetings, announcements, communications, etc ...). SmsPlanner can send the appointments to calendars on your iPhone and can synchronize with calendars configured on your Google account. Those who use Google calendars must first add them on the iPhone, and then select them within SmsPlanner by choosing them from the list of iOS calendars. SmsPlanner allows you to specify days and hours for each appointment, but if you get your customers in multiple locations, you can also specify the single address (street and city). In addition, you can print the weekly calendar of appointments. This new version replaces and unifies the previous Free and Paid APP, including all features with no limits and no advertising. There is a free 60-day user license, after which it is possible to purchase further extensions of 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year. If you need to SHARE and SYNCHRONIZE your appointments with all your devices, you can download the dedicated version SmsPlanner-E. This also allows you to PAIR your devices to those of OTHER PEOPLE (colleagues, friends, etc.) via QR code. For suggestions, requests and comments, please write to: info@smsplanner.it NOTE: sending of SMS is done from your iPhone, then the cost of the messages will be charged according to the tariff plan subscribed by your telephone company.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sms Planner at 5.0 against Kyew's 4.3. Sms Planner also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Kyew's advantage is ratings volume (302 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. Kyew sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sms Planner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sms Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kyew has 302 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kyew ships an update every 2 months, Sms Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kyew | Sms Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (302 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 302 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Saturday Technologies, Inc | Alessandro de Sanctis |
Customer experience
Kyew
Sms Planner
Bugs and requests
Kyew
Reported bugs
9 issues- Messages forgotten when multiple notifications received simultaneously
- Sent messages remain in queue and cannot be deleted
- Messages replicate/duplicate in recurring schedules
- Notifications fail to trigger for scheduled messages
- App freezes when scrolling through message list
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- Messages send at incorrect times or earlier than scheduled
- UI locks up preventing recipient selection after recent update
- Approval notifications appear even after manual send
- Inconsistent behavior with message deletion and queue management
Requested features
8 requests- Fully automatic message sending without manual confirmation
- Support for other platforms (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp)
- Ability to save drafts and message history for reuse
- Message templates and recurring message improvements
- Image attachment support in scheduled messages
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- Group messaging with individual recipient handling
- Reduce or eliminate review request notifications
- Better message organization and labeling system
Sms Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kyew
- Monthly - Kyew Plus$4.991 Month
- Kyew Business Subscription$19.991 Month
- Discount Sale - Kyew Plus$19.991 Year
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- Yearly - Kyew Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Kyew Plus+$59.99
Sms Planner
- 1 Month license$2.99
- 6 Months license$12.99
- 1 Year license$22.99









