Relay vs Text SMS Forwarder

Get every text you wish to the place where you actually need it. Relay automatically forwards the iPhone messages that you choose to Telegram, WhatsApp, Email, Slack, and other destinations. One Apple Shortcut. Set up in 60 seconds. Runs forever. Advanced features like Quiet Hours, Duplicate Detection, Activity History, Approval, Smart Filters etc. makes Relay unique and powerful. REAL THINGS PEOPLE USE RELAY FOR Read OTPs on your laptop while your phone charges in another room. Get bank transaction alerts in Slack so your finance team sees them live. Forward delivery codes to WhatsApp so your partner can let the courier in when you are out. Mirror texts from a travel SIM to your primary chat when you are abroad. Share OTPs with a parent or partner who needs them across devices. Pipe verification codes into a private Telegram chat for searchable history. Send incoming SMS to your own webhook for automations like n8n, Make, or Zapier. Keep delivery, banking, and personal texts visible on your work computer without picking up the phone. WHERE YOU CAN FORWARD Telegram, with one tap pairing or your own bot WhatsApp, forwarding to a contact with one tap to confirm Email, any inbox: Gmail, Outlook, ProtonMail, custom domains Slack, post to any channel via webhook Discord, post to any channel via webhook Microsoft Teams, post via Power Automate flow Webhook, any URL for your own tooling Phone, forward to another iPhone via Shortcuts Free includes up to 3 destinations. Relay Pro unlocks unlimited - send the same text to multiple places at once. SMART ROUTING Decide where each kind of message goes. Bank alerts to email. OTPs to Telegram. Delivery codes to WhatsApp. Personal texts stay private. Filter by category, sender, or keyword. Combine criteria with AND inside a rule and OR across rules. QUIET HOURS Pause forwarding to specific destinations during specific hours. No 3am Slack pings. Day of week control. Overnight windows handled cleanly. LIGHT TRANSFORMS Customize how forwarded texts read at the destination. Add the sender as a prefix. Strip promotional footers. Remove bracketed prefixes so the message arrives clean. YOUR MESSAGES STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Every SMS, every routing rule, and every classification result lives on your iPhone. Relay never uploads your message content to our servers and never shares it with anyone except the destinations you choose. No account, no sign-in, no profile, no cloud sync of your messages. HOW IT WORKS For Relay to work properly, you have to configure an automation using Apple Shortcuts for the app to get access to new incoming SMS. Relay cannot directly access your text messages or messaging history. When the Shortcut automation runs, the message content and sender name pass through Relay, classify on device, and forward only to the destinations you have pre-configured. You can even set up a confirmation step before anything is forwarded. Setup takes 60 seconds. Runs forever. Never needs touching again. RELAY PRO Relay is free to use. For advanced use cases, you can opt for a paid subscription of Relay Pro, which unlocks unlimited forwarding, unlimited destinations, unlimited smart-filter rules, and your full activity history. Multiple subscription plans are available — weekly, monthly, and annual, with a free trial on the annual plan. Pricing is shown in your local currency at checkout. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://relaysms.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://relaysms.app/privacy

Text SMS Forwarder helps you organize and forward important text messages using rules that run on your device. Create rules by sender, keywords, and message content. Preview and test each rule before using it, choose one or more forwarding numbers, and review prepared messages and delivery history from a clear control center. Key features: • Smart, quick, and advanced rule builders • Sender and keyword matching • Optional message cleanup and text replacement • Apple Shortcuts integration for incoming-message automation • Review and send prepared forwards • Local message history and status tracking • Contact selection with optional Contacts access • Light and dark appearance Privacy first: Messages, rules, contacts, and activity are processed and stored on your device. The app does not upload your SMS content to a server. Setup requires Apple’s Shortcuts app. Follow the in-app guide to install the included shortcut and connect a personal Message automation. SMS forwarding availability depends on iOS, carrier support, and device settings.