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.
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.
- 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
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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/
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
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.
The Quantified Self ships an update every 7 months, SMS Spam Armor every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Quantified Self | SMS Spam Armor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jared Clifton-Lee | Nitron Digital LLC |
Customer experience
The Quantified Self
SMS Spam Armor
In-app purchases
The Quantified Self
- Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Pro Quarterly$5.493 Months
- Pro Biannual$10.496 Months
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- Pro Yearly$20.491 Year
SMS Spam Armor
- SMS Spam Armor Pro Annual$4.991 Year
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