“soooo many ads. so I paid the subscription. I hate ads. Seemed ok, had to do things to get multimedia messages to work. Was a headache, but now I can send pics. Now I've got a forever notification on 2 messages that didn't go through…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 514 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
Messenger SMS - Text Messages
SMS Messenger, Text AppMessenger for SMS is a custom texting Messenger (SMS &MMS) app with countless…
4.6 ★367,385 ratings
50M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Messenger for SMS is a custom texting Messenger (SMS &MMS) app with countless emojis, themes, fonts, wallpapers, ringtones and everything you want. Fully customized by you!
3000+ free new emojis, stickers, GIFs make messenger more fun. Stay in touch with friends anytime and anywhere with Messenger by sharing picture, audio, video even having group messages. Using a funny texting messenger chat app to replace stock messenger app!
Messenger - text and send messages safely with free private box, messages blocker, even backup & restore messenger and schedule SMS! Don’t need to worry about losing private messenger and missing big moments. And avoid spam messages to waste your phone storage by blocking text messenger.
Enjoy sending & blocking text messenger with funny Text Messenger Chat App.
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Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.9.9 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.9.9, updated 2026-08-17.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 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
65–79% 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 2.9.9, scanned 2026-09-21.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 6 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 2 more
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: Raised by 39 distinct reviewers — 7.6% of the 514 reviews scanned on this store leg (Google Play).
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
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Forced to move away from Samsung to Google Spyware messaging, I tried this. Ads ruin experience, and the cost is too steep to justify paying a subscription. if they offered a fair one-time purchase, it may be worth it. Drew the line when…”
“Terrible experience. Seemed to lose all of my group threads. But the worst thing is all of the ads that appear between every few text threads! Looks like the free yahoo Mail home page. Couldn't switch back quick enough.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.9.9.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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