Textkiller - Spam Text Blocker

• Monthly Premium Protection — $5.99/month
• Monthly Premium Protection — $7.99/month
• Monthly Premium Protection — $69.99/year ($5.83/mo)
• Monthly Premium Protection — $79.99/year ($6.66/mo)
• Textkiller Pro — $4.99
• Textkiller Pro — $69.99
• TextKiller Pro with Free Trial — $4.99
• TextKiller Pro with Free Trial — $69.99

Last verified 29 Sep 2026

4.3 12997 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5Helpful so far

   I’d like to preface by saying i have an iphone 13 and i do not pay for the app (the free version works fine for my purposes) i was getting quite literally 3-5 texts a day spouting off some random republican campaign stuff that was very clearly a scam (if you get them you know what im talking about). not sure why i started getting them a year ago but every single one is addressed to my mom so that’s a possibility. either way i got tired of getting notifications every single day that i received a text only to find out it said something along the lines of “TRUMP NEEDS YOU” and the unknown senders feature for the iphone isn’t helpful in that department so i gave the app a try and oh my god the relief i feel now is immense. i used a few of the keywords that are always in the spam texts that id never say myself (stop=end for example) and it has worked GREAT. the junk folder does its job and i just check it every few days to report the texts ive gotten and check to make sure nothing important got sent there on accident. overall this has made using my phone so much better and if you’re tired of getting scam text notifications i highly reccomend it!

   Gltch10101 · 29 Sep 2026

2. 1/5Misses so many spam texts plus app has too many bugs

   Essentially this is worthless. It amazes me that they can even sell this on the App Store via subscriptions. 1. Even with spam text setting to extreme blocker which is supposed to block all texts unless they are in your contacts it still misses many. How hard is it really to block all incoming texts not in your contact list. 2. Even worse when you remove the app from an active screen the settings for their so called AI blocking and the extreme blocker noted above they both turn themselves off!!! Again basic functions of any app when you select on they should stay on. This is a worthless, ineffective scam of an app. 3. Keyword blocking of spam only allows me to enter a total of 5 keywords. Again worthless. Lastly, try contacting their support. They make it look so user friendly like you can chat with someone to resolve your issue and guess what? It’s an automated chat robot which is completely worthless. Don’t waste your money with this app it is useless.

   Michigan Vote Fraud · 29 Sep 2026

3. 2/5Issues actually accessing premium features after upgrading

   I downloaded this app to block the innumerable spam and fraud text messages I receive, and I needed to be able to do it precisely using keywords. After a couple of months, I decided to upgrade to the paid subscription as the app was working well, and I wanted to block a much longer list of keywords than just 5. After upgrading, I’m still unable to block more than 5 keywords. Tapping the “Block” button simply does nothing. I am, of course, able to add more than 5 “Allow” keywords, but that is not a function I need. I have tried every combination of close and reopen, turn on and off, delete and reinstall, and nothing has helped. I even tried deleting my account to start from scratch, but due to the way Apple manages free trials, I wouldn’t be able to do that for another week. 2.5 stars for what seems to be a 5 star app, but doesn’t consistently handle the standard process of upgrading to premium features.

   CGC_87 · 29 Sep 2026

4. 3/5Does not actually blocked text messages just puts them in a separate folder

   So far this is not “blocked” anything that I have put in a keyword for such as Dr. OZ or CBD (I get multiple text messages weekly which have those keywords in them, they are spam and phishing text.) This app just created another folder called junk and puts them in there…. with the iPhone you have the ability to separate out known from unknown callers putting unknown callers in a folder called “unknown” which I was doing. So this is the same thing only made a different folder called junkAnd cost $30 a year to do that. Doesn’t block them. Update, The developer did respond to me to say that Apple will not allow them to block the offending text messages it only allows them to put it into a junk folder so it’s really not a problem they can overcome. But like I said IIn the original review can do the same using apples “filter unknown senders setting”.

   avaya22 · 29 Sep 2026

5. 5/5What a lifesaver! Great app!

   I started getting repeated spam text messages out of the blue. I’ve had this number for over 10 years, and never had an issue, but within the last few months, I started getting a spam text here and there, and then it steadily increased to multiple per day. They’d come from various numbers and email addresses, sometimes individually, sometimes in group texts…always just plain junk. I did what AT&T suggests by reporting the message and sender to the SPAM shortcode (7726), but after doing that, the messages not only didn’t stop, they increased! The two may or may not be related, but regardless, it ticked me off! I searched for app options to block unwanted texts, and this is the first option that came up. I signed up for the trial, and then quickly signed up for the paid plan! This works—I haven’t had a single spam text come through my Known Senders, and TextKiller has caught dozens of them and filtered them out. THANK YOU for a great app! Well worth the $40/year to filter out the junk.

   AlexSMacD · 29 Sep 2026

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