Message Keyword Filter vs PillPetal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message Keyword Filter
This utility helps manage SMS messages by filtering content based on keywords and senders. It utilizes iOS system extensions for secure, private message classification without data leakage.
- Keyword-based SMS filtering
- Sender-specific filtering
- Automatic message classification
- Secure iOS system extensions
- Privacy protection
- Easy-to-use interface
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Are you looking for a simple and secure tool for classifying and filtering SMS messages? You can add keywords and senders according to your needs, and SMS messages containing specified keywords will be automatically classified and filtered based on your settings. The app uses iOS system extensions to securely identify the content of SMS messages and protect your privacy, with no risk of any data leakage. The app is easy to use, secure, and protects your personal privacy while helping you manage your SMS messages with ease.
PillPetal
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PillPetal is a private medicine reminder and record-keeping app designed to make daily medication routines easier to organize. FLEXIBLE REMINDERS • Set multiple reminder times for each medicine • Schedule around breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedtime, or custom times • Create daily, selected-weekday, every-few-days, and interval schedules • Use standard notifications or optional audible alarms on iOS 26 • Open a reminder directly to the relevant medicine and scheduled dose CLEAR MEDICINE RECORDS • Mark doses as taken, skipped, or snoozed • Correct or undo an incorrectly recorded dose • Keep history after archiving a medicine • Track remaining quantities and record refills • Export history as CSV or create a local backup ON-DEVICE MEDICINE PHOTOS • Take a photo or choose one from Photos • Lift the medicine from its background using Apple Vision • Confirm the result or use the manual square crop • Use the saved image on medicine cards and notification attachments PERSONALIZE PILLPETAL • Choose English or Simplified Chinese • Select peony, hydrangea, delphinium, or mint themes • Use the widget to see the next reminder and record a taken dose • Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance PRIVATE BY DESIGN Medicine details, history, photos, text recognition, and subject extraction remain on your device. PillPetal has no account, advertising, analytics, cloud AI, or developer server. Data leaves the device only when you explicitly export or share a file. PillPetal is a reminder and record-keeping tool, not medical advice. Always follow instructions from your doctor, pharmacist, or medicine label.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PillPetal at Free against Message Keyword Filter's $0.99. PillPetal also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On 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
PillPetal is free to download; Message Keyword Filter costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Message Keyword Filter | PillPetal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Planeta Pigra Co., Ltd. | Sheng Hong Chen |
In-app purchases
Message Keyword Filter
No in-app purchases
PillPetal
No in-app purchases
