Comparison

SMS View vs Pingoo

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

Head to head
About

SMS View

Features
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SMS View - Read SMS anywhere Do your verification codes always land on the phone that's not in your hand? Maybe it's your backup phone, the second SIM in your dual-SIM device, or a number you left back home. SMS View syncs those texts to the device you're actually using โ€” in real time. SMS View helps you read messages forwarded from another phone you own, so the codes sent to that phone can appear on the device in your hand within seconds. KEY FEATURES โ€ข Real-time delivery โ€” new messages arrive within seconds via push. โ€ข Everything in one place โ€” messages from your phones in a single, searchable list, grouped by day (Today / Yesterday / date). โ€ข Full-text search โ€” find any code by sender or content. โ€ข Device status at a glance โ€” each phone's online status and last sync time. โ€ข Across your signed-in devices โ€” stay up to date wherever you are. BUILT FOR MULTI-PHONE LIFE โ€” AND LIFE ABROAD If you carry more than one phone, the codes often land on the one you don't have with you. If you live abroad, they may still go to your home-country number. Bank one-time passwords, payment confirmations, app logins, delivery notices โ€” whether that phone is in a drawer or an ocean away, you'll get them. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS SMS View only shows messages synced from your own devices, under your own account. It is a viewer for your own data โ€” it does not monitor anyone else, and it does not read SMS on this device. Messages sync only between the phones you control, and just the last few days are kept, then cleaned up automatically. Sign in with the same account on your devices, and never miss a verification code again.

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Pingoo

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Pingoo brings the SMS from the phone that holds your SIM to the iPhone in your hand. Keep the SIM in your Android phone, and read every message on your iPhone the moment it arrives, even if the iPhone has no SIM at all. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install Pingoo on both phones: this app on your iPhone, and Pingoo on the Android phone with the SIM (Google Play). 2. On the Android phone choose "This SIM phone shares SMS". On the iPhone choose "Receive SMS on this phone" and scan the QR code. The two phones create a private key that only they share. 3. That is it. New SMS appear on your iPhone within seconds, with a notification that shows the message on the lock screen. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - End-to-end encrypted: messages are encrypted on the Android phone and decrypted on your iPhone. Nobody in between can read them, including us. - No account, no phone number, no sign-up. - Unlink any time from either phone. WHAT YOU GET - Every SMS, in real time, with the sender's name from your contacts. - One-tap copy for verification codes. - Conversations grouped by sender, unread badges. - Choose how much history to show: only new, 7 days, 30 days, or all. - Delete an SMS on the Android phone and it disappears here too. - English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish and Chinese. REQUIRES An Android phone with the SIM and the Pingoo app installed from Google Play. The iPhone app receives; it cannot send SMS or read the iPhone's own SMS.

Screenshots

SMS View3 screens
Pingoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pingoo at 3 against SMS View's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
SMS View versus Pingoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSMS ViewPingoo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDailyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKSY StudioMuhammad Shoaib

In-app purchases

None

SMS View

No in-app purchases

None

Pingoo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SMS View free?
SMS View is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pingoo free?
Pingoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SMS View or Pingoo have ads?
Neither SMS View nor Pingoo shows ads.

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