Comparison

SMS Templates vs Fast Reply

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!!!

About

Fast Reply

Streamline your communication by creating and sending frequently used messages quickly. Organize templates into folders and access them from any app with a custom keyboard. Save time on repetitive messaging tasks.

Highlights
  • Create and send messages quickly
  • Library of prewritten messages
  • Custom message creation
  • Organize messages into folders
  • Custom keyboard for access anywhere
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Stop typing the same message twice. Fast Reply is a keyboard for iPhone that keeps your most-used replies one shortcut - or one tap - away. Texts, DMs, emails, support replies, marketplace messages: save it once, send it anywhere. TWO WAYS TO SEND A SAVED REPLY • Type a shortcut. Give a reply a short trigger like omw or addr, type it on the Fast Reply keyboard, and it expands into the full message right where your cursor is. • Or browse and tap. Forgot the shortcut? Bring your library up from the keyboard and tap the reply you want, without leaving the app you're in. WHAT'S INSIDE • Fill-in-the-blank variables. Add blanks like {name} or {date} to one reply and fill them in as you send, so a single template fits every conversation. • AI Assist. Reword any reply warmer, shorter, or more polished in a tap, on device on supported iPhones. • Folders inside folders. Organize by client, property, or project, and find anything with instant search. • Attachments. Keep a logo, price sheet, or link with a reply so the whole message goes out together. • iCloud sync. Your library on every device, always current. • Auto-fills. Greeting, date, time, and clipboard resolve themselves as you insert. • Randomized wording, so a reply you send fifty times a week doesn't read like a robot. • Share a folder with a private link. Whoever opens it gets the whole set, free. WHO IT'S FOR Realtors, photographers, online sellers, contractors, property managers, freelancers, support reps: anyone who answers the same questions all day. FREE AND PRO The keyboard is free, and so is sending the replies you already have, plus up to five you create yourself. Fast Reply Pro unlocks unlimited replies, autotext expansion, fill-in-the-blank variables, AI Assist, attachments, iCloud sync, and smart collections. Start with a 7-day free trial, then $19.99 a year or $2.99 a month. Prefer to pay once? Lifetime access is $39.99, with no subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://fastreplyapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://fastreplyapp.com/terms/ Save your first reply in under a minute. Never type it twice again.

Screenshots

SMS Templates4 screens
Fast Reply4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMS Templates at none against Fast Reply's 3. SMS Templates also leads on review sentiment (97% vs 75%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 35). Fast Reply's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Fast Reply sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SMS Templates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SMS Templates against 4.8 for Fast Reply. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SMS Templates has 1.3K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of SMS Templates's written reviews are positive against 75% of Fast Reply's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SMS Templates ships an update every 4 months, Fast Reply every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SMS Templates versus Fast Reply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMS TemplatesFast Reply
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.8 (35 ratings)
Positive reviews97.4% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better35
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas TsopanakisAryaman Sharda

Customer experience

SMS Templates

All ratings1,315 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative0.9%

Fast Reply

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Fast Reply

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SMS Templates

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fast Reply

Subscriptions2
  • Fast Reply Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Fast Reply Pro (Annual)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fast Reply Pro (Lifetime)$39.99

Questions

Is SMS Templates free?
SMS Templates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fast Reply free?
Fast Reply is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SMS Templates or Fast Reply?
SMS Templates is rated higher. SMS Templates averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Fast Reply averages 4.8 from 35 ratings.
Do SMS Templates or Fast Reply have ads?
Neither SMS Templates nor Fast Reply shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SMS Templates or Fast Reply?
SMS Templates ships an update every 4 months, and Fast Reply every 9 days. Most recently, SMS Templates was updated on October 23, 2026 and Fast Reply on October 24, 2026.

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