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Simple SMS Messenger

SMS messaging and MMS messaging app for Android, send messages fast, nice UI
New in version 5.19.3
* Allow archiving conversations
* Add an optional Recycle bin for messages
* Added some stability and translation improvements
A great way to stay in touch with your relatives, by sending both SMS and MMS messages. The app properly handles group messaging too, just like blocking numbers from Android 7+. Keep in touch with all of your contacts using the messaging app on your phone. It's never been easier to share photos, send emojis, or just say a quick hello. There's so much you can do with your messages, like mute conversations or assign special message tones for certain contacts. With this text message and group messaging app, you can enjoy the daily private messaging and group messaging in a more fun way.

It offers many date formats to choose from, to make you feel comfortable at using it. You can toggle between 12 and 24 hours time format too. This app also gives you the flexibility of sms backup. This way, you don't have to save the messages on any external device or use any other hardware to save it. This sms backup feature will help you efficiently save text message and mms data without being a burden on internal storage.

This messaging app has a really tiny app size compared to the competition, making it really fast to download. The sms backup technique is helpful when you have to change your device or it gets stolen. This way, you can retrieve the text message from both group messaging and private messaging easily using the sms backup in this messaging app.

The blocking feature helps preventing unwanted messages easily, you can block all messages from not stored contacts too. Blocked numbers can be both exported and imported for easy backup. All conversations can be easily exported to a file for simple backup too or migrating between devices.

You can customize which part of the message is visible on the lockscreen too. You can choose if you want only the sender shown, the message, or nothing for enhanced privacy.

This messaging app also provides users with the ability to search messages quickly and efficiently. Gone are the days when you have to scroll down through all the private messaging and group messaging conversations to reach your required message. Simply search and get what you want with this text messaging app.

It comes with material design and dark theme by default, provides great user experience for easy usage. The lack of internet access gives you more privacy, security and stability than other apps.

Contains no ads or unnecessary permissions. It is fully opensource, provides customizable colors.

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  • Version 5.19.3 (85) suggested Added on Oct 10, 2023

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
    • read your contacts
      Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone. Apps will also have access to the accounts on your phone that have created contacts. This may include accounts created by apps you have installed. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
      This app can read all SMS (text) messages stored on your phone.
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • receive text messages (MMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process MMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • receive text messages (SMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process SMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • Schedule precisely timed actions
      This app can schedule work to happen at a desired time in the future. This also means that the app can run when you're not actively using the device.
    • send and view SMS messages
      Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
    • use fingerprint hardware
      Allows the app to use fingerprint hardware for authentication
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • android.permission.WRITE_SMS
    • android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED
    • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
    • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
    • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

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  • Version 5.19.2 (84) - Added on Oct 08, 2023

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
    • read your contacts
      Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone. Apps will also have access to the accounts on your phone that have created contacts. This may include accounts created by apps you have installed. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
      This app can read all SMS (text) messages stored on your phone.
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • receive text messages (MMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process MMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • receive text messages (SMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process SMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • Schedule precisely timed actions
      This app can schedule work to happen at a desired time in the future. This also means that the app can run when you're not actively using the device.
    • send and view SMS messages
      Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
    • use fingerprint hardware
      Allows the app to use fingerprint hardware for authentication
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • android.permission.WRITE_SMS
    • android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED
    • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
    • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
    • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

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  • Version 5.19.1 (83) - Added on Sep 30, 2023

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE
    • read your contacts
      Allows the app to read data about your contacts stored on your phone. Apps will also have access to the accounts on your phone that have created contacts. This may include accounts created by apps you have installed. This permission allows apps to save your contact data, and malicious apps may share contact data without your knowledge.
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
      This app can read all SMS (text) messages stored on your phone.
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • receive text messages (MMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process MMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • receive text messages (SMS)
      Allows the app to receive and process SMS messages. This means the app could monitor or delete messages sent to your device without showing them to you.
    • Schedule precisely timed actions
      This app can schedule work to happen at a desired time in the future. This also means that the app can run when you're not actively using the device.
    • send and view SMS messages
      Allows the app to send SMS messages. This may result in unexpected charges. Malicious apps may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
    • use fingerprint hardware
      Allows the app to use fingerprint hardware for authentication
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
      (9.0)
    • android.permission.WRITE_SMS
    • android.provider.Telephony.SMS_RECEIVED
    • com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS
    • com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ
    • com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE
    • com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE
    • com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ
    • me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE

    Download APK 9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log