Simple SMS Messenger

Name: Simple SMS Messenger
Author: Simple Mobile Tool

6.1.3

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A great way to stay in touch with your relatives is by sending both SMS and MMS messages.

Simple SMS Messenger: SMS and MMS texting app

By Mei-Lin Chua

Contributing editor, apps and storefronts

SMS and MMS texting in one messaging app
Group messaging with several contacts in one conversation
Sending photos and emojis within messages
Blocking unwanted phone numbers
Message backup, named in the listing summary

What Simple SMS Messenger is for

Simple SMS Messenger is an Android messaging app that handles regular text messages and MMS, the format that carries pictures. It works as a replacement for the default texting app on your phone. The listing points to keeping in touch with family and other regular contacts as the main use.

It sends both SMS and MMS, so one app covers short texts and messages with attached photos. The listing summary describes it as fast, though that is the developer's wording and not something checked here.

Sending texts, photos and emojis

You can send SMS for plain text and MMS when you want to attach a photo. The listing says the app makes sharing photos easy and lets you add emojis to a message. These are the everyday actions the app is built around, such as sending a quick hello.

Because photos travel as MMS, a picture sent this way reaches the other person as an attachment inside the thread, not as a link.

Group conversations with several contacts

The app supports group messaging, so one message can go to several contacts and replies stay in a single conversation. The listing presents this as the way to keep several people in touch at once, such as a family group.

Group chats are listed alongside one-to-one texting, so you use the same app for both.

Blocking numbers and keeping message backups

You can block phone numbers, which stops messages from those numbers reaching you. The listing mentions blocking as a standard part of the app.

The listing summary also names backup as a feature. The description does not say how backups are made, where they are stored, or how they are restored, so those details are not covered here.

What's new

Jul 1, 2025

Allow archiving conversations
Add an optional Recycle bin for messages
Added some stability and translation improvements

About this APK

The build we hold is Simple SMS Messenger 6.1.3 (APKS split bundle) for Android 6.0 and up.

Version: 6.1.3; 166
Requires Android: 6.0+

Package ID: com.simplemobiletools.smsmessenger
Format: APKS split bundle
Malware scan: Google Play Protect
Permissions: 42 declared · 6 sensitive; Read phone status and identity
Read your contacts
Read your SMS messages
Receive MMS messages
Receive SMS messages
Send SMS messages
Signed by: CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
Certificate SHA-256: eff9650a28815962ba4204444514c20a2d23f304e091ae0ab1e7c9feaeb627ef