Pulse SMS applies end-to-end encryption so long as the individual you are texting can be utilizing Pulse, and for additional safety you may password-protect sure conversations. Chats will be pinned to the highest of the interface or organized into folders, and there’s a strong search characteristic right here too—in case you can’t bear in mind precisely who mentioned what and when, Pulse ought to have the ability to assist.

There’s a variety of flexibility in the way you message, with scheduled messages, delayed sending, and assist for auto replies. You may get again to messages later by snoozing them, compose messages extra rapidly with templates, and apply themes to your particular person chats. Pulse SMS actually does pack loads on prime of the fundamental SMS consumer expertise.

Chomp SMS

Chomp SMS is extra primary than Pulse SMS—however for lots of people, that’s going to be completely nice. It focuses on crucial job of an app like this, which is the sending and receiving of SMS messages, wrapping all of it up in a no-nonsense interface (if you wish to add a bit extra aptitude, there are a number of app themes accessible).

That’s to not say there aren’t some helpful options included in Chomp SMS. The Fast Reply characteristic, for instance, allows you to reply to texts in a pop-up overlay so that you don’t have to depart whichever app you’re at the moment in. You possibly can lock the app behind a passcode for additional privateness, and you’ll schedule messages to exit on a sure time and date if wanted.

There’s an built-in textual content backup possibility right here too, however maybe the very best a part of Chomp SMS is how one can customise the way in which you obtain messages. Particular person contacts can all be assigned their very own ringtones and vibrate patterns, so that you at all times know who’s getting in contact with out really your telephone display.

SMS Organizer

SMS Organizer is a “Storage undertaking” from Microsoft, which suggests it’s one thing of a aspect passion for its builders. Whereas it might not have the profile of the extra official Microsoft apps, SMS Organizer remains to be commonly up to date with new options and has a lot to supply in case you want someplace in your SMS conversations to reside in your Android telephone.

As an illustration, you will get reminders robotically generated out of your SMS messages—about flights, payments, film outings, or something that has particulars saved in a textual content. You possibly can again up texts, write texts utilizing your voice, and rapidly filter your dialog record to see unread messages that have to be handled first.

We additionally like the assorted customization choices accessible right here, from the darkish theme choice to the way in which you may mess around with ringtones, notifications, and font measurement. It’s straightforward to star messages so you will get again to them rapidly and to dam spammers contained in the app. It’s all wrapped in a neat interface that manages to make even primary textual content look fascinating.