SMS Spam Filter vs Text Spam Block
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMS Spam Filter
Block unwanted messages by entering keywords. This utility app helps you filter out spam and other messages you don't wish to receive, keeping your inbox clean. It's designed for simplicity and effectiveness in managing your SMS communications.
- Keyword-based message filtering
- Block unwanted SMS
- Clean inbox management
- Simple keyword entry
Read full descriptionHide full description
Enter keywords from messages you don't want to see and no longer receive them. https://console.ron.digital/secret
Text Spam Block
Block unwanted spam text messages using advanced AI detection. This app keeps your data private by processing everything on your device, ensuring your messages remain secure. It filters political spam, job offers, fraudulent messages, and business outreaches.
- AI-powered spam detection
- On-device data processing
- Blocks political spam
- Filters job offers
- Detects fraudulent messages
- Blocks business outreaches
Read full descriptionHide full description
Block unwanted spam text messages with advanced AI-powered detection and filtering. All data is kept local and on-device, your text messages stay private. No fees, no subscriptions, no data uploading, no advertising, no tricks. Your phone should have come with this built-in, and now it's there. Currently supports blocking political spam, job offers, fraudulent messages, and business outreaches.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Text Spam Block at 4.4 against SMS Spam Filter's 3.0. Text Spam Block also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). SMS Spam Filter's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Text Spam Block holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Spam Block has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of SMS Spam Filter's written reviews are positive against 80% of Text Spam Block's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SMS Spam Filter ships an update every 15 months, Text Spam Block every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMS Spam Filter | Text Spam Block |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RON DIJITAL YAZILIM BILISIM PAZARLAMA VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Benjamin David Poiesz |
Customer experience
SMS Spam Filter
Text Spam Block
In-app purchases
SMS Spam Filter
No in-app purchases
Text Spam Block
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SMS Spam Filter free?
Is Text Spam Block free?
Which has better reviews, SMS Spam Filter or Text Spam Block?
Do SMS Spam Filter or Text Spam Block have ads?
Which is updated more often, SMS Spam Filter or Text Spam Block?
Other comparisons
