Top 14 Text Blockers for Android and iOS
Published: Aug 23, 2019
Updated: May 10, 2022
Reaching out to people today is easier than ever due to the abundance of mobile phones.
And while this may be an asset, it creates a solid ground for phishing crimes and spam messaging.
Aside from bothering recipients, these kinds of messages can also steal important personal information from mobile devices.
Thankfully, app developers created text blockers to ensure a secure mobile experience for users.
A text blocker blacklists text messages and calls from unwanted senders.
Let's say you accidentally subscribe to a text message campaign and cannot opt out; these will help you block the messages.
You’ll find numerous text message blocking apps for iOS and Androids.
Here are the best SMS blockers for both operating systems.
Call and SMS Blocker for Android
1. Calls Blacklist
Calls Blacklist is one of the best Android apps to block text messages and calls.
The app particularly stands out with its customization; it allows you to block numbers with the same first few digits.
This is especially useful when you keep receiving spam calls from another country.
Furthermore, Calls Blacklist has a feature to block numbers only at certain times of the day.
You can use this if you don’t want people to call you out of work or during a meeting.
Size: 3.5 MB
Requirements: Android 4.0 or higher
2. Key Messages
Key Messages keeps you safe from unwanted messages.
The Android app can back up SMS messages, and delete duplicate texts—it’s also the only app for Android that supports MMS features.
There are only a few free text blockers that can come close to being as practical as Key Messages.
Size: 19 MB
Requirements: Android 5.1 or higher
3. Call Blocker
Call Blocker is a multifunctional call and text blocker app for Android.
Not only does it block calls and messages, but it also has a log for keeping blocked text messages and calls.
Additionally, Call Blocker can identify spam callers and block them on its own.
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Size: 3 MB
Requirements: Android 7.0 or higher
4. Block Calls & Block SMS
If you’re looking for an Android text blocker app to keep your child’s phone safe, this one's for you.
Block Calls & Block SMS prevents calls and messages from anonymous numbers.
You can create a blacklist of numbers manually or from your contact list.
With a user-friendly interface, this Android app is truly one of the best.
Size: 2.9 MB
Requirements: Android 4.0.3
5. Call Control
Call Control has similar text blocking features as most of the apps on this list.
You can choose the blocked calls to be either automatically rejected or picked up and rejected after.
Call Control has wildcard blocking and area code blocking features, which are useful against international spammers.
Size: 16 MB
Requirements: Android 5.0 or higher
6. Blacklist
Blacklist has rather similar features to Calls Blacklist; the difference is that it only blocks incoming calls.
The app has a user-friendly interface and can block phone numbers, numbers starting with or containing particular digits.
Size: 4.3 MB
Requirements: Android 4.4 or higher
7. Root Call SMS Manager
Root Call SMS Manager is an Android text blocker app that supports dual SIM phones.
The app features a built-in scheduler to block numbers at different times.
What makes Root Call a great blocking app is that it is the lightest in size compared to other ones on this list.
Size: 1.3 MB
Requirements: Android 2.2
Text Blocking Apps for iPhone
1. Mr. Number Lookup & Call Block
Mr. Number is the best text blocking app for iPhone users.
Its key features include blacklist management, warnings for spam text messages and calls, call blocking based on location, and so on.
The app allows you to look up the numbers calling you in its vast database.
You can also find out the name of the caller.
Size: 54.5 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or later
2. Truecaller
Truecaller is an outstanding text message blocking app that you can use to make calls or have a free group chat with your friends.
Aside from the basic functions, this text blocker app allows you to check whether your contacts are on another call before contacting them.
Truecaller also has a database where you can look up a phone number and the name of the caller.
However, most of these awesome features don’t come free.
Size: 193.1 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or later
3. Hiya Caller ID and Block
Hiya is another feature-rich call and SMS blocker app, which identifies robocalls, telemarketers, debt collectors, and blocks them automatically.
As opposed to the first two apps, Hiya sends call notifications with a spam warning.
This text blocker has a reverse phone lookup option, which allows you to disclose unsaved numbers with their names.
Size: 85.7 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or later
4. SMS Shield
SMS Shield is a free spam message blocker app for iOS that detects junk messages with high efficiency.
The app has a unique feature called “Traveler Mode,” which prevents from receiving unwanted messages from different mobile operators in each country.
The advantage of this feature is that it operates in different languages.
Size: 13.7 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or later
5. VeroSMS
VeroSMS is a free SMS blocking app for iOS that has all of the basic features of a text message blocker.
User-friendly and simple to use, the app is only used for blocking text messages by keywords.
VeroSMS gives unlimited keywords to blacklist or whitelist.
You can set the app to automatically block text messages from anyone out of your contact list.
Size: 15.9 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or later
6. SMS Blocker for iPhone
This is a completely free text-blocking app worth checking out if you live in a non-English speaking country.
SMS Blocker for iPhone can block text messages in 25 different languages.
Size: 21.8 MB
Requirements: iOS 11 or higher
7. Call Bliss
Call Bliss operates the same way as the rest of the apps above.
The only difference is that it collects all of the rejected calls in a voicemail to make sure none of them are missed.
Call Bliss is very light and easy-to-use.
It is also useful for silencing unwanted calls whenever the user wants to concentrate on something else.
The app costs only £9.99 for a lifetime subscription.
Size: 5.5 MB
Requirements: iOS 8.0 or later
