Audience

Android users that want a better messaging app

About Textra

Textra is a seriously beautiful, feature rich SMS and MMS app. Comes with a bunch of great features, notably 180+ material design theme, bubble & app icon colors. Dark, black, light & auto-night / auto-android screen colors, multiple bubble styles, scheduled (future) SMS & MMS, stop during send, slide to delete, slide to call, quick snap camera, multi-select picture gallery, quick reply SMS popup and Android 11 bubble support, awesome MMS GROUP messaging, quick voice memos, GIFs, 21 text sizes, font options, message blocker / blocklisting, pin-to-top, automatic video & picture compression, plus heaps more! Customize your preferred theme & bubble colors, signatures and notifications (icon shape, LED color, sound, vibration, privacy, reminders and muting) per conversation as well. Get all the latest (3000+) Android, Twitter, JoyPixels & iOS style emojis including diversity (skin tone). Just pick your preferred emoji style and express yourself!

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Free Version:
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Ratings/Reviews - 3 User Reviews

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.7 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Company Information

Textra SMS
Founded: 1999
www.textra.me/

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Platforms Supported
Android

Textra Frequently Asked Questions

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Textra Product Features

Messaging

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Video Conferencing
End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)
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Payments
Self-Destructing Messages
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Stickers / GIFs
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  • A Textra User
    User
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
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    "Clean Format, Colorful, and Simple"

    Edited 2026-08-16

    Pros: I Love this app! I was forced into Google Messages when Samsung discontinued their text service. I hated it and luckily discovered Textra. I'm a visual person and the colorful well-spaced layout of texts is appealing. Easy to attach photos, ect bcuz icons are clear and consistent, unlike Google Messages. Easy to add contacts, delete messages and when I searched for a friend whose name was Not in my Contacts, the cutest, most colorful little bee buzzed around, as if looking for someone who wasn't there! That feature was an unexpected plus! I swear I will keep making up fake contact names just to see that animated bee!

    Cons: Like Google Messages, I believe that messages in Trash are permanently deleted. Samsung used to have ability to restore, and I miss that.

    Overall: Excellent so far. Pleasure to find something that works seamlessly! Clean, colorful design is visually appealing and features, such as photo attachment, deleting messages, group text, ect are easily accessed.

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  • A Textra User
    User
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Textra sms review"

    Edited 2026-05-02

    Pros: The one thing I don't see anyone mention is the extended delayed receipt of messages to my contacts. Textra is definitely not an instantaneous messaging system. I sure will miss samsungs messaging system when it is killed off in July. Aes

    Cons: Extended delayed delivery of outgoing messages to contacts, and incoming messages. Definitely not instantaneous! Multiple contacts not pleased with very lengthy delayed messaging. I have canceled my VPN because textra claimed that was a prblm.

    Overall: My contacts and I are not overly thrilled with textras delivery system. My contacts state that they are not getting texts timely, even tho on my end it appears that my texts have been sent, timely.

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  • L A.
    District Facilities Manager
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
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    "Love it"

    Posted 2024-12-12

    Pros: I keep trying other message options but always end up coming back to Textra. been using Textra for over 10 years now. I love all the customizable features. I love that I can 'like' a message and assign different people their own message tone.

    Cons: When you receive a message, it just says Textra message. It does not show the person that sent it until you open the message.

    Overall: Love how well it works and how you can customize it. Even after a decade, its still my favorite message app.

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