Comparison

SMS client vs Sound Reminder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SMS client

Compose and send SMS messages from your Mac using your iPhone. This app connects to a companion Mac application, allowing you to manage contacts, send to individuals or groups, and utilize message templates. Confirmation on your iPhone is required for security.

Highlights
  • Send SMS from Mac
  • Utilize iPhone for sending
  • Access Apple Contacts
  • Send to individuals or groups
  • Import groups from CSV
  • Create message templates
  • View sending history
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Type SMS messages on your Mac computer and send them via your iPhone. This iPhone client application requires Mac version of SMS sender, which can be downloaded from the App Store. Your iPhone and the Mac computer must be on the same network. Other features of SMS client and SMS sender: - auto connecting to iPhone SMS client - reading recipients directly from Apple Contacts - sending messages to an individual recipient or to a group - import a group from a csv file - creating message templates - history of sending - recent recipients list Sending the SMS message must be confirmed on the iPhone due to security reasons - this confirmation is a feature of the Apple developing environment, in which the "SMS client" application is written. It is not possible to send a message without such a confirmation. !!! Important connection information !!! Both your Mac and your iPhone must be on the same Wi-Fi network. SMS sender and SMS client use a standard Apple Bonjour service for discovering devices on the network, applications use an arbitrary port number between 49152 and 65535 (as any other third-party application). If SMS sender is not able to find your iPhone on the network, it seems that ports 49152-65535 are blocked in your computer or in the router. Then, restart the router, the computer and relaunch the application on your iPhone.

About

Sound Reminder

This app allows you to set custom sound or voice reminders that play in the background. It can play your favorite music or sound files at set intervals or specific times, and can also announce the time or read text messages in various languages.

Highlights
  • Background sound playback
  • Customizable reminder intervals
  • Text-to-speech for time and messages
  • Support for various audio file formats
  • Multiple reminder event types (daily, hourly, interval)
  • Background operation with other apps
Features
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Use this App as the partner of Apple Music, Use this App as the background sound reminder by playing our favorite sound file. Use this App as the background talking reminder by talking text message with the language we prefer. 1 Use this App as the partner of Apple Music When the device is locked, or when we are using many other Apps. The App could start playing our favorite music every five minutes, every 10 minutes, every 30 minutes, the number of minute could be 1 to 59. Step1: in Apple Music, select our favorite music, then download it to the local Step2: in this App, tap the import button, and import this music. Step3: add the interval event. select the music and set the number of interval minutes. Step4: save the event and tap start button. Step 5: when the job list view is displayed, press the home key or lock the device. 2 Use this App as the background sound reminder by playing our favorite sound file. Every night, before going to bed, just tap the start button, and lock the device, in the next morning, the App could remind us to wake up by playing our favorite music or sound file. First Step: Add the every day event, set the remind time, for example, 6:00 and select the sound file or music, tap the save button. Second Step: Every night, before going to bed, launch this App, tap start button. Then, locked the device. 3 Use this App as the background talking reminder Every hour, at the indict time, report the current time by talking in the language we select. Step: Add the every hour event, set the remind time, select to talk the time, select the talking language. If we hope this App to talk text message, we need to select to talk text and input the text message. Then tap save button, and tap the start button. When the job list view is displayed, we could press the home key or lock the device. Main Features: 1. Import the sound file from iCloud disk, Import the sound file by using iTune File Sharing 2.It could talk the current time or talk the text messages in more than 20 languages. 3. In the background status, this App could run when we are using safari, when we are reading the file , when we are viewing the video. 4. When this App is running in the background, we could hear a little running sound of clock. 5. This App includes every day, every hour, every week, every month, one time and interval event. 6. The sound file from iCould or iTunes File Sharing could be: MP3 file,M4A ,WAV, MP4, CAF ,AIFF file 7. Save our reminder data to the Core Data database system 8 When Sound Reminder is running in the background, we want to stop the running status, then just relaunch Sound Reminder, tap the stop button at the top left corner in the job view. 9 The background job will be interrupted by incoming phone call, or Siri, or some other apps. So in the situations above, we need to notice whether the App could recover correctly. If the App cannot play the background running sound correctly, we need to launch this App again. About overlay situation:if the first job has been playing and another playing sound job is coming, the current playing sound job will be stop, the new sound job will start successfully.

Screenshots

SMS client2 screens
Sound Reminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SMS client at Free against Sound Reminder's $0.99. SMS client also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (17% vs 0%). Sound Reminder's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SMS client is free to download; Sound Reminder costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SMS client holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SMS client's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sound Reminder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMS client ships an update every 5 months, Sound Reminder every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SMS client versus Sound Reminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMS clientSound Reminder
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews16.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMacMedia方 沈

Customer experience

SMS client

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive16.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative77.2%

Sound Reminder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

SMS client

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Send button not clickable
  • Recipients overlayed on message
  • Connection failed
  • App crashes frequently
  • Doesn't connect to iPhone
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  • Disconnects when phone goes to sleep
  • Disconnects when app is in background

Requested features

10 requests
  • Enable automatic sending from Mac
  • Allow iPhone app to run in background
  • Display incoming messages on Mac
  • Improve connection stability
  • Simplify setup process
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  • Enable USB connection option
  • Allow sending without unlocking iPhone
  • Improve computer UI
  • Allow sending messages without touching the phone
  • Import message folders

Sound Reminder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SMS client

No in-app purchases

None

Sound Reminder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SMS client free?
SMS client is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sound Reminder free?
Sound Reminder costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SMS client or Sound Reminder?
SMS client is rated higher. SMS client averages 2.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sound Reminder averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SMS client or Sound Reminder have ads?
Neither SMS client nor Sound Reminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMS client or Sound Reminder?
SMS client ships an update every 5 months, and Sound Reminder every 5 weeks. Most recently, SMS client was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sound Reminder on October 24, 2026.

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