SMS Filter vs SMS to URL Forwarder
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
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.
SMS to URL Forwarder
Incoming SMS to URL forwarder will forward incoming SMS to a URL you specify: Set sender phone number or name and URL. It should match the number or name you see in the SMS messenger app. If you want to send any SMS to URL, use * (asterisk symbol) as a name. Every incoming SMS will be sent immediately to the provided URL. If the response code is not 2XX or the request ended with a connection error, the app will try to send again up to 10 times. The first retry will be after 10 seconds, later wait time will increase exponentially. If the phone is not connected to the internet, the app will wait for the connection before the next attempt. Optional extras: match senders with a regular expression, filter by message text, sign requests with HMAC-SHA-256, keep messages that failed to deliver for a manual retry, send a periodic heartbeat ping for monitoring, forward to local-network endpoints without internet, and back up / restore your forwarding rules as a JSON file.
| Feature | SMS Filter | SMS to URL Forwarder |
|---|---|---|
| License | Fair | MIT |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | SMSMessaging | SMSMessaging |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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