QKSMS Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year

  Third-party SMS and MMS messaging apps already exist on Android, such as QKSMS,[1] Simple SMS Messenger,[2] and a large number of proprietary apps. There isn't a shred of evidence that these non-default SMS/MMS apps increase spam to any measurable extent compared to SMS/MMS apps that are preinstalled on phones. [1] QKSMS: https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• All my Open Source App Alternatives

  Try QKSMS it is more visually pleasing. Source: about 1 year ago

• Signal is dropping SMS support and both QKSMS and Silence are no longer maintained. Is there a good, open source alternative? Preferably that encrypts your texts locally and allows for backups?

  The current version has not been updated since 2021 (2+ years ago). Source: about 1 year ago

• Cannot send sms without GMS

  I installed this custom kernel ROM¹, disabled google services through Settings > K Settings² > Disable Google Services, rebooted phone³ and then uninstalled every google package via UAD. I use QKSMS [Github | F-Droid] now and everything works fine. Source: over 1 year ago

• Are there any end-to-end encrypted messaging apps that also support SMS?

  I'm thinking of switching to something like QKSMS as my default, because it looks less annoying than the stock one. However, if there are any apps that allow encrypted messages between registered users (like the old Signal) while also supporting SMS to non-registered users, then I think that would be the ideal option. Source: over 1 year ago

• [Summary] Looking for a FOSS SMS Android app with RCS support r/fdroid

  There is an open-source implementation of an RCS stack that these apps (QKSMS and Simple SMS) might be able to use. Source: over 1 year ago

• Signal is dropping SMS support soon :/ Besides QKSMS, any good SMS apps out there?

  I wouldn't say "years", though in 14 days it'll be one year since the last commit on https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms. Source: over 1 year ago

• Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)

  I take about sms app...QKSMS (https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms) seems dead...But there is an active fork, PartisanSMS (https://github.com/wrwrabbit/Partisan-SMS), cons : it's not on f-droid...Simple SMS (https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-SMS-Messenger/) not a huge fan of Simple apps... But on f-droid.Sad about all of this... It was a pro to migrate some people... Source: over 1 year ago

• Decrypt backup for court case

  If you chatted using Signal but the other person doesn't have it, then your messages are just regular SMS messages. In that case, any SMS app can read them. I advise QKSMS, it is a great SMS app. Source: over 1 year ago

• Signal for SMS/MMS ?

  I'm doing the same but QKSMS no updates? https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Google Dialer and SMS App steals all conversation metadata and content hashes [pdf]

  For sending SMS using Android I heavily recommend QKSMS over the alernatives.(https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms) I'm sure there are other OSS alternatives but this one just works for me. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Looking for a FOSS SMS Android app with RCS support

  There is an open-source implementation of an RCS stack that these apps (QKSMS and Simple SMS) might be able to use. Source: about 2 years ago

• Why can’t you schedule texts to go out at a later time?

  No, which is why you can view the source code here. No trust involved. Source: about 2 years ago

• My Mobile having Google Messages as default messaging app. I decided to jump from it . Can anyone suggest the secure message app for default messages.

  I personnaly use QKSMS. It can do anything I need. However you should be warned that you won't have RCS chat features (just like any other third party SMS app, not just QKSMS) if you enabled them on Google Messages. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Should I trust alternative Phone and SMS apps?

  Both Koler and QKSMS are open-source, meaning that anyone is free to take a look at their code. If you are really paranoid about security, then there's no better comfort in you vetting the code yourself. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Switched from Messages to YAATA, all sent messages are gone.

  I'm no familiar wih YAATA. Try qksms, it's opensource & free on github (if you want there is a paid version on playstore). https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms. Source: almost 3 years ago

• What do you think about Simple Mobile Tools (downloaded from F-droid) ?

  You can use Koler or Emerald as a dialer and you can go for OpenContacts as your contact app. For SMS you can try out Signal or QK sms. There’s YACB too, it’ll help you block spam calls. Source: about 3 years ago