Pingoo vs SMS Forwarder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SMS Forwarder
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Read the texts that arrive on your other phone, right here on your iPhone. Do you leave the work phone in your bag and carry only your iPhone? This app brings that phone's messages to you. ā How it works 1. Install the "SMS Forwarder" app on the phone that receives the texts and set it as the sender. 2. Open this app and scan the QR code shown on that phone. If you cannot use the camera, type the 8-character code instead. 3. That's it. Messages arriving on that phone now appear here. ā Features Ā· A list of the messages forwarded from the phone you paired Ā· A notification the moment one arrives Ā· Search through what you have received Ā· Choose how long to keep messages (7, 14 or 30 days) ā older ones are deleted automatically Ā· Delete anything you do not need Ā· If you have paired different phones over time, each message shows where it came from ā Messages are forwarded encrypted A message is encrypted on the sending phone before it travels here. The key that opens it exists only on the two paired devices, so neither the delivery service nor we can read it. We do not store message content on our servers. Received messages are stored only on this iPhone and are deleted automatically once your retention period passes. They also go away when you unpair or delete the app. ā No ads, no purchases Ā· Free to use, with no advertising anywhere in the app. Ā· No account to create, and no email or phone number to enter. ā What you need Ā· The free "SMS Forwarder" app on the phone that receives the texts Ā· An internet connection on both devices Ā· Camera access is used only to read the pairing QR code. No photo or video is stored. Ā· Allow notifications to be told the moment a message arrives. Use this only to view your own messages across devices you own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SMS Forwarder at every 2 days against Pingoo's every 3 weeks. Pingoo's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pingoo ships an update every 3 weeks, SMS Forwarder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pingoo | SMS Forwarder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Muhammad Shoaib | SSJ Factory |
In-app purchases
Pingoo
No in-app purchases
SMS Forwarder
No in-app purchases









