Textra SMS

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.4
436K reviews
10M+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Textra is an alternative to your stock SMS/MMS app (that came preinstalled on your phone). So, whether you're looking for a faster experience, better customization options, more color or just a specific feature (like scheduling a text in the future) you've come to the right place.

Feature rich, notably 180+ material design theme, bubble & app icon colors. Light, dark, black, night & android screen modes, multiple bubble styles, scheduled (future) SMS & MMS, send delay, slide to delete, slide to call, quick snap camera, multi-select picture gallery, quick reply SMS popup, awesome MMS GROUP messaging, quick voice memos, endless GIFs, 21 text sizes, multiple font options, message blocker / blocklisting, pin-to-top, automatic video & picture compression, support for iOS reactions, iOS emojis & heaps more!

Customize your preferred theme & bubble colors, signatures and notifications (icon shape, sound, privacy, reminders, and muting) per conversation as well.

Get all the latest Android, Twitter, JoyPixels & iOS style emojis including diversity (skin tone). Just pick your preferred emoji style and express yourself!

NEW: Added support for Reactions (also known as Tapbacks) received from iOS Apple devices. So, for example instead of seeing an incoming message saying: Loved "See you at 9pm", you'll now see a love heart emoji superimposed on the message you sent. Just like on iOS devices, Facebook Messenger etc. You can also send reactions!

NEW: Copy Partial Text tap a bubble to check out this great new feature that allows you to copy any part of the text in a bubble!

It's pretty special; try it, tell your friends, shout from the treetops, but most of all enjoy it.

Fully compatible with Pushbullet, MightyText, Android Wear and Android Auto (car) for enhanced notifications and quick reply.

All Textra features are free forever. Occasionally you'll see an ad, or you can choose to make a once only in-app purchase to remove ads forever.

Support, Knowledge Base & Feedback @ https://textra.uservoice.com

Simple. Beautiful. Fast.
Updated on
Mar 18, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Location and Device or other IDs
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.4
434K reviews
Samantha Clark
April 13, 2025
I paid for Pro and used it for several years but no more. There's a lot about it I like, but it does have the odd blip and issue. I've contacted their CS team a few times, they're always friendly & reply quickly. However I was told today's group messaging query (and the previous one I contacted them about) was because my 'carrier / service provider sends and receives all messages' which it does, but made no sense re: what I asked, so I've gone back to Google messages.
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Delicious
April 13, 2025
Hi Samantha, we have just replied to your email. Could you please check and revert back to us so we can assist further? Thanks and awaiting for your reply.
Jim M.
April 2, 2025
Lots of great features! This app has almost every feature you could think of. The only one is like to see is "pin to top". UPDATE: So they added "pin to top". 🙂 I temporarily had to look for a new SMS app, but I wanted to come back to Textra. Fortunately it all worked out and I did! I can now tell you with authority that Textra is the ONLY texting app that allows you to set a preference for "Mobile numbers only". Why would I ever want any other kind of number for texting? Textra is GREAT!!!
34 people found this review helpful
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Delicious
April 2, 2025
Thanks for supporting Textra SMS and rating a kind 5 stars Jim! Please recommend our app to your friends, and don’t hesitate to shoot us a note at help@textra.me if you have any questions.
Chris Shewel (KrudlerTheHorse)
March 15, 2025
I have always been a huge supporter and promoter of this app, because historically it always did what I needed to do, exactly the way I needed it. Amazing features, delayed send, many other things to mention. Sadly over the last 6 months, updates have rendered it so buggy It effectively cannot be used anymore. Even simply choosing pictures is a nightmare, and 90% of the time they just send as blanks. There's delays, missed notifications, missed incoming texts. New Bug fixes increase stars to 4
28 people found this review helpful
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Delicious
March 15, 2025
Hello Chris, can you tell us more detail about the problem at help@textra.me? It will be very helpful for us to investigate and fix it. Thank you!

What’s new


✔ Bug fixes.