Textra SMS

Textra is a seriously beautiful, super-fast, feature rich SMS and MMS app

Textra SMS

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By: Delicious
Users: 18,090,648
12.47K
196 new ratings
Version: 4.77 (Last updated: 2024-11-17)
Creation date: 2013-05-20
Permissions
Contacts: read your contacts, modify your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based)
SMS:
  • read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
  • receive text messages (MMS)
  • receive text messages (SMS)
  • receive text messages (WAP)
  • send SMS messages
  • edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)
Phone: directly call phone numbers, read phone status and identity
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Device ID & call information: read phone status and identity
Other:
  • read Home settings and shortcuts
  • write Home settings and shortcuts
  • view network connections
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • draw over other apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping

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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.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Customizable interface and features
  • Delayed sending option for text messages
  • Smooth and easy to use
  • Good customer support
  • Ad placement is unobtrusive
Cons
  • Issues with sending MMS and videos
  • Occasional loss of messages or customizations
  • Notification issues for incoming texts
  • App crashes or closes unexpectedly
  • Limited search capabilities within chats
Most mentioned
  • Transition from Verizon Messages+
  • Customization options
  • Problems with MMS and sending issues
  • Customer support responsiveness
  • Ad presence and its impact on user experience
User reviews
I love this app. Nice layout and color scheme for each person. Easy to silence a large group conversation. I have all numbers not in my contact list set to not notify so neither my phone nor my watch buzz with all the junk texts, which I then check (in case) and quickly delete (to clean up history) once a day. many more features I appreciate. And just 10 bucks for life to avoid ads after a free trial.
by Jeff TeGrotenhuis, 2024-11-30
Had to switch from Verizon but I was not happy. Been having trouble sending pictures or gif to people I am texting. Keeps saying resend them again. I have to delete it and re send it. That makes me mad. Please fix that. Some time some one sends me a text I get it some times later. Plus when I texting someone it does not text out my complete without missing some letters. Thinking about changing.
by Yolanda McNeil, 2024-11-30
I've been using Textra for over 10 years. It's was great then and it's even better now, continually updating and adding features. Here's a suggestion for an improvement: add a delete option to the pop up message in the notification drawer. That would save a step for messages that are unwanted and those that don't need to be saved, such as login codes and scam 'friend' texts
by Lee Kane, 2024-11-29
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