SPAM vs Text Spam Block
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPAM
This app helps you filter out unwanted messages by blocking specific keywords or phone numbers. It works by acting as an extension to your device's messaging settings, allowing you to customize your spam filtering.
- Block unknown SMS by keyword
- Block specific phone numbers
- Unlimited block list
- Supports multiple languages
- Works with unknown senders only
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Are the spammer's messages bothering you? SPAM-SMS will protect you from them, all you need to do is follow the instructions . . - Block Unknown SMS: Enter a word that appears in the SMS, and the app will block it. will detect it and throw it into the trash. - Block Phone Numbers: You can add a phone number that is annoying you from their messages. . . . You can add as much as you want to the block list, it’s unlimited and free. . . . Notes: 1- The Spam-SMS function only on unknown senders who are not in your contact list. 2- Spam-SMS is an extension. In order to enable this extension, please visitUnknown and Spam Messages can be found in Settings > Messages. On this page, Please enable "Filter Unknown Senders" and "Spam-SMS." 3- The spam SMS works in any language, such as: "English, Arabic, French, and so on. 4- The SMS from any person whose number is saved in the phone's contacts will never be treated as spam.
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
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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.
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Verdict
SPAM and Text Spam Block both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Text Spam Block's written reviews are positive against 50% of SPAM's. Text Spam Block also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SPAM against 4.5 for Text Spam Block. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 17 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of SPAM's written reviews are positive against 83% of Text Spam Block's.
SPAM ships an update every 4 months, Text Spam Block every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPAM | Text Spam Block |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ali Salem | Benjamin David Poiesz |
Customer experience
SPAM
Text Spam Block
In-app purchases
SPAM
No in-app purchases
Text Spam Block
No in-app purchases
Questions
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