“I can't receive important group texts from my boss or pictures she sends me from her phone! I also hate the constant ads that come with it or that when my phone calls end it switches to the messenger app and I can't click out of it the…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 424 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Messages For Android
Akshay Mehta📱 Messages for Android – Smart, Secure & Powerful Text Messaging Stay conn…
3.9 ★7,622 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
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Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
📱 Messages for Android – Smart, Secure & Powerful Text Messaging
Stay connected effortlessly with Messages for Android, a powerful messaging app designed for simplicity, speed, and modern communication. Whether you're sending a quick text message, managing a group chat, or keeping your work and personal conversations organized, this chat app delivers everything you need in one place.
Messages is a widely used text messenger among Android smartphone users. It can be set as your default SMS/MMS app and combines a clean, intuitive interface with advanced features for both casual and professional use. From offline texting to secure messaging, Messages makes communication simple, effective, and reliable.…
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 5.6 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 5.6, updated 2026-08-26.
What we measured
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
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Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 30 distinct reviewers (7.1% of 424 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I'm having a poor experience. I'm not receiving all of my messages, my group text are separating and pop up ads are being displayed over my texts. I'm giving a ONE STAR rating because that's the lowest rating that I can give.”
“confusing. gro up messages look like personal to receiver. continously has pop-up adds.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 5.6.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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