Comparison

The Quantified Self vs SMS Spam Armor

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

Head to head
About

The Quantified Self

This app helps you manage recurring tasks and habits, prioritizing them by urgency, due date, or importance. It offers automation based on location or NFC tags, performance tracking, and workload adjustment. Organize habits into projects and review your past activities.

Highlights
  • Recurring task management
  • Habit tracking (good and bad)
  • Automation via location/NFC
  • Habit organization into projects
  • Performance tracking over time
  • Workload adjustment based on bandwidth
Features
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Manage your recurring tasks and your habits (good and bad), and see your intentions laid out by urgency, due date, or importance. You can also: - Automate your habits based on location, health, or NFC tags - Organize habits into projects - Track your performance over time - Right-size your habit workload by your available bandwidth - Peruse your timeline of past habits Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SMS Spam Armor

This app offers robust protection against text message scams and phishing attempts by filtering unwanted messages directly on your device. It provides customizable blocking rules and multi-layered protection without collecting or processing your personal data.

Highlights
  • On-device message processing
  • Customizable blocking rules
  • Phone number blocking
  • Keyword and pattern recognition
  • Real-time filtering
  • Transparent operation logs
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Stop Spam. Protect Your Privacy. Stay in Control. Americans lost $470 million to text message scams in 2024. A 400% increase from the previous year. SMS Spam Armor delivers professional grade protection without compromising your privacy. No cloud processing. No data collection. No surveillance. WHY SMS SPAM ARMOR? Your Messages Never Leave Your iPhone Unlike competitors that send your data to remote servers, SMS Spam Armor processes everything locally on your device using Apple's secure IdentityLookup framework. What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone. Zero tracking. Zero data collection. Just pure, private spam filtering. You're In Control Create custom blocking rules that match your life. Block entire area codes, filter political spam during election season, or flag specific keywords. You decide what's spam—not some black-box algorithm training on your personal messages. Multi-Layered Protection • Phone number blocking for persistent spammers • Keyword detection for common scam phrases • Pattern recognition for phishing and fraud attempts • Real-time filtering of SMS/MMS from unknown senders Built Using Official Apple Frameworks SMS Spam Armor integrates seamlessly with your iPhone's Messages app using Apple's IdentityLookup framework. No performance issues. No battery drain. Just professional protection that works the way Apple intended. WHAT GETS FILTERED • SMS/MMS from unknown senders • Messages containing spam keywords or scam patterns • Bulk marketing texts and phishing attempts WHAT STAYS PRIVATE • iMessage conversations (end-to-end encrypted, can't be filtered) • Texts from your contacts • Numbers you've previously communicated with TRANSPARENT OPERATION • See exactly what gets blocked and why • Review blocked messages before deleting • Export your filtering rules anytime • Adjust sensitivity to match your preferences • No hidden algorithms making decisions for you THE BOTTOM LINE For less than the cost of a single coffee per year, protect yourself from the financial and emotional toll of text scams. No cloud subscriptions. No surveillance. Just simple, powerful, private spam protection. Download SMS Spam Armor today. Your messages. Your rules. Your privacy.

Screenshots

The Quantified Self3 screens
SMS Spam Armor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SMS Spam Armor at 100% against The Quantified Self's 0%. SMS Spam Armor also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months). The Quantified Self's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. The Quantified Self sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SMS Spam Armor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Quantified Self ships an update every 7 months, SMS Spam Armor every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Quantified Self versus SMS Spam Armor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Quantified SelfSMS Spam Armor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared Clifton-LeeNitron Digital LLC

Customer experience

The Quantified Self

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

SMS Spam Armor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

The Quantified Self

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Quarterly$5.493 Months
  • Pro Biannual$10.496 Months
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  • Pro Yearly$20.491 Year
1 purchases

SMS Spam Armor

Subscriptions1
  • SMS Spam Armor Pro Annual$4.991 Year

Questions

Is The Quantified Self free?
The Quantified Self is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMS Spam Armor free?
SMS Spam Armor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Quantified Self or SMS Spam Armor have ads?
Neither The Quantified Self nor SMS Spam Armor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Quantified Self or SMS Spam Armor?
The Quantified Self ships an update every 7 months, and SMS Spam Armor every 11 days. Most recently, The Quantified Self was updated on October 24, 2026 and SMS Spam Armor on October 24, 2026.

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