Misbothering SMS Receiver vs SMS Filter
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Misbothering SMS Receiver
Stop spam SMS alerts by only playing a notification sound and vibrating your phone for senders in your contacts. To make this app work as intended, disable sound and vibration in your normal Messaging app, and let this app do it only for senders in your contacts list. If you are using a version of Android earlier than 4.4, you may like to try the original https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.glesik.nostrangersms, of which this app is a fork.
SMS Filter
SMS Filter can filter incoming SMS messages before they reach your inbox. You can filter by address, and optionally add parts that must occur in the message for it to be blocked. By default, SMS Filter will not delete incoming messages. You will get a silent status bar notification when SMS Filter has filtered an incoming message, which you can view by opening the notification or by opening the application. You can also tell SMS Filter to delete incoming messages, in which case it will happily do so for you. To do this, just turn off the 'Save messages' preference.
| Feature | Misbothering SMS Receiver | SMS Filter |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | Fair |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-Droid |
| Categories | SMSMessaging | SMSMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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