Message Templates vs SMS Templates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Message Templates
Save and quickly send frequently used text snippets via messaging and email. This app helps you reuse common phrases, saving time and effort in communication.
- Save text snippets
- Send via Messages
- Send via Mail
- Reuse common phrases
- Intuitive interface
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Message Templates is a simple and intuitive application that let's you save small snippets of text, that you can send (and resend) via Messages and Mail.
SMS Templates
Quickly create and send frequently used text messages with custom templates. Organize your messages, manage recipients, and send texts directly from the app. A widget provides instant access to your templates.
- Create custom SMS templates
- Save title, message, and phone numbers
- Edit, reorder, and delete templates
- Send messages from within the app
- Widget for quick access
- iCloud sync across devices
- Manage multiple recipients
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Create SMS templates for frequently sent text messages Features: • Save title, message and phone numbers • Edit, reorder and delete templates • Use a template in zero time • text yourself in a couple of seconds • Create as many templates as you want • Duplicate a template • Text messages are sent from within app, from the built-in mail composer WIDGET ON TODAY OF NOTIFICATION CENTER • See the templates you have created right on the notifications center • Send a SMS with one tap. Use your SMS templates from the widget. • Easily navigate through all your templates. iCLOUD SYNC Synchronise automatically your templates between your iOS devices, signed-in with the same iCloud account. You don’t have to do any setup!!! Stay organised from all your devices. CONTACTS MANAGEMENT • Set multiple recipients • Type manually phone numbers • Import contacts from your device’s Address Book (Integration with native Contacts app) • Automatically detect and remove duplicated phone numbers from templates’ recipients CREATE TEMPLATES IN TWO, EASY STEPS 1. Add the content message: Title and Body 2. Add contacts to send to The most FUNCTIONAL, SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE SMS templates!!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SMS Templates at 1.3K against Message Templates's 14. SMS Templates also leads on review sentiment (97% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 4.8 for Message Templates against 4.8 for SMS Templates. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS Templates has 1.3K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Message Templates's written reviews are positive against 97% of SMS Templates's.
Message Templates ships an update every 5 months, SMS Templates every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Message Templates | SMS Templates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 97.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Square Bracket Software Ltd | Thomas Tsopanakis |
Customer experience
Message Templates
SMS Templates
User reviews
Message Templates
From 14 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Saves time and effort
- ✅ Works as expected
- 🌟 Highly recommended
- 💡 Fills a needed gap on iPhone
Room to improve
- 🐛 App deleted template
- ⚠️ Not integrated with native messaging
- ❌ Cannot reply to emails/conversations directly
- 📉 Can be slow sometimes
SMS Templates
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great app
- 🚀 Saves time
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Useful for business
- 👍 Efficient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Can't edit templates
- 💡 Add ability to send to multiple numbers
- 💡 Add ability to add photos
- 💡 Add folder options for organization
Bugs and requests
Message Templates
Reported bugs
3 issues- App deleted template
- Does not work on iOS 7
- Recipient not saved as part of template
Requested features
11 requests- Ability to name templates
- Picture support
- Message header/Subject Line for sorting
- Ability to write templates in CSV or Outlook and load
- Ability to group messages
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- Specify email subjects and recipients as part of a template
- Easier to use phone pad
- SMS a caller at the time of call
- Insert templates into reply texts
- Add titles for each template
- Group messages
SMS Templates
Reported bugs
1 issue- Can't create new messages after iOS update
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit existing templates
- Add ability to send to multiple numbers at once
- Add ability to attach photos to templates
- Add folder options to organize templates
In-app purchases
Message Templates
No in-app purchases
SMS Templates
No in-app purchases
Questions
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