QKSMS - Open Source SMS & MMS

Pretty straightforward so far. I like the efficient design. Currently what I feel the app' lacks the most is the possibility to group all the notifications (like automatic/confirmation messages) in a single 'folder' because they can take quite a bit of space. Also adding the possibility to automatically delete them after X time (if read) for both security purpose and saving space.

I liked QKSMS even with the bugs. I contacted the developer via email 5 times. Waited 4 weeks. NOT ONE REPLY. Nothing on the web for support either. It is obvious this app is no longer supported. This version in the Play Store is from February 24, 2021. Nothing new since. I uninstalled QKSMS and had to find something else for messaging. I could not continue to use QKSMS with the bugs, as they are too severe to live with. Fix the bugs and this app could be one of the most popular messaging apps available.

It is really a great alternative to system apps that come pre-installed and I must say I was delighted when I found this app...the themes are great, the UI...until you see that someone's message are not delivered to you (although they see it as delivered). I would really love to see this fixed. P. S. I'm using MIUI 13 and I've never encountered that kind of problem with other messaging apps. Cheers!

Not happy. A simple thing like changing the bubble color of your sent text is not possible. Night mode changes the bkgd to a nice black but the sent bubbles are the same color. Therefore having a hard time differentiating where the sent text starts/ends. Paid for the upgrade after seeing a "Premium Theme" option thinking it would correct this but to no avail. I will update this if that problem is solved. I see no reason why the sent bubble color cannot be customized as is with other apps.

Was looking for a messaging app without gifs, which can be very inappropriate, but still had imoji's and no ads!!! This app is great! It runs smooth, seems to be compatible with other messaging services and has a smooth import contacts from previous service. Liked it enough to buy the full app for a really low price! Thank you QKSMS! PS; minor suggestions would be to add a text "read" feature along with the "delivered" that you already have and add the ability to change color of the owner text🙂

I've been using this app for a solid 3 months now and the experience hits all my needs. No sending errors, images look full when sent, well organized. I've definitely been convinced to pay for this. Based on my understanding, it only uses SMS and MMS, no RCS yet. It's not google and that is what matters to me. Works well with open board as an alternative to the stock Samsung keyboard and messaging app.

I really like the app. But - I used it a week with no issues. Starting yesterday I cannot send an image. Nothing was changed, it just quit sending pics. I attach it and tap send and it just disappears as if I pressed a cancel button. No response to my request for help. I uninstalled & reinstalled with no change.

Still love this application, understandably given the open source nature of the application updates are sort sparse. With that being said, hopefully someone is working on a version which functions with the material you update for devices which support it? Would love to see that added down the line, still would love to see bubbles added as well as an option. Not required, would just be awesome to have the option.

I've upgraded my rating! I've had the app for a few weeks now and am liking it. I paid so I can have the schedule message feature. It is worth the upgrade. I like that I can send more than 2 photos at a time which I could not do with my previous app. And they just added the feature to copy certain parts of the text instead of the whole text being copied! One main reason for choosing the app is that the developers actually read and respond to users. And they take into consideration those points that can be improved upon! Thanks for listening guy!! Kudos to you! One of the other things my old app use to do that was WAY cool was it had a voice recorder option, any chance of adding that cool feature??? ;D

UPDATE: Since my initial review, I've discovered that this app cannot send pictures, no matter what compression setting I choose. I'm on Verizon, so I doubt this is a carrier issue. Really disappointed, but I guess I can just use another app to do that. Really inconvenient though. Almost perfect. Does everything it's supposed to. I just wish you could customize the theme more, like changing the colors of the sent and received bubbles overall, like you can in other apps like Textra.

Thanks for the quick response. I'll verify that the contacts are available like you indicated. Regarding my comment about the attachment buttons: I use dark mode, and the attachment buttons are black. The background is black. It's hard to make out the dark buttons on the dark background. I'd also like to be able to send a voice memo. I couldn't fit that on my original post. Thank you!

I love the app! It's very clean and I love being able to customize the colors. It's also just really nice to be able to use and support open source apps. The only complaint I have is I can't receive any mms messages. They show up as empty messages, and even if I turn on my data and try to sync messages, nothing happens. Edit: My phone is the US model of the S10e, so no dual sim.

Great messaging app! I have been experiencing issues with my default SMS app, so I switched to this one. It's nice and easy to use and they update fairly regularly. I love the additional color choices, adds to the personality of the app. I only wish they add a feature that allows you to put an image in the background of the message, adjust the transparency and all that. Here's to hoping!

I had such high hopes! But I can't send pictures, videos, or gifs. They'll send if they're compressed, but it.compresses them so much you can't even tell what it's supposed to be. When I change the setting to "no compression" it just says "failed to send, tap to try again" and never sends. I love the app, the look, and all the customization options, but not being able to send media is a deal breaker.

Almost there. I've been looking for a messaging app to replace my stock one. I like this one so far, has a few glitches here and there, but the developer takes your feedback serious and works to improve it. Quick responses too. Gonna stick with this for a bit and see how improvements are made to it. Edit: I emailed you about it "blinking" or refreshing everytime I open it. Also noticed now, when I attach a picture, it sends the person the correct one, but shows me a completely different picture.

Everything about this app is perfect except one very important thing... Sending photos. You either have to have it set to send the photo at a very poor image quality, or if you have it set at regular high quality it just returns a "Failed to send" error message. I don't understand why this is the only app that does this? Reading through the reviews, this seems to be the biggest problem people are experiencing. If all other messaging apps have this basic capability wouldn't you tackle this issue?

I'm really liking this texting app a whole lot, was using Android Messages but that was gets laggy at times and it uses way too much space! This has the look of Android Messages but texting is way faster with this app. The only thing is I would like to change the contact colors in the list, I'm able to do it for each conversation but I would like to see it in the list as well. Other than that everything works just fine. Thank you so much for a great app.

Other than missing a timestamp option and not having the features that have been "coming soon" for what seems like forever, and the fact that the scheduled sending is finicky at best, the app is clean and customizable to the point of fitting virtually anyones tastes without being over the top. It has some nifty features that work most of the time... The floating panel for incoming messages sporadically shows nothing, requiring you to open the full screen app, which defeats the purpose.

Honestly, one of the best SMS apps I've seen. My favorite part about it is the layout and customization, it's very easy to navigate and has theming comparable to apps like Textra. It's fairly priced too, which unlocks things like delayed sending and custom colors. Definitely some features to add though, but even as of now, it's one of the best. Edit: Just some small features, like per contact signatures. Also maybe a way to change the color of outgoing messages. Keep up the awesome work!

As soon as I downloaded the app I was in love. I was using Google messages for the longest time once I switched to this one I was hooked. Unfortunately the only downside is that I have the note 20 ultra and the pictures are amazing but when I go to send them they no longer look great. I switch to auto compression or no compression where the pictures still look great but they won't send. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

looks good. the one feature i need from a text messaging app is the ability to customize notifications based on the content of the message. i get email-to-text messages which has a different from address every time, so i can't use your customized contact notification, but the text of the messages are similar, so i have used keyword searching to customize the notification sound. if you could get that, i would become a paying customer, because my current app (smart notify) doesn't do mms.

this app is great for messaging, super fast and simple. the customization options are minimalistic and satisfying. however, recently there was an update that put a time receipt above every new received message in the conversation. i don't really like this feature and otherwise i would have continued to use the app. if it would be possible to create a setting where one can choose whether or not to display a time receipt with every received message, i would definitely give this app 5 stars.

Super lightweight but functions perfectly! This is exactly what I needed on my old, beat-up phone. I like that you can easily archive messages and I like that it has a quick reply pop up. The only small thing I'd like added would be the ability to more easily open the full conversation from the quick reply. But that's a minor complaint, you guys did a great job! Thanks for keeping it small and looking great on night mode.

I've used a variety of messaging apps and always seem to return to QKSMS. Don't really know why I always fall back to this messaging app, but what I do know, is that it works and has been consistent and reliable. One suggestion I have is for premium color selection. It would nice to have the ability to enter rgb/cmyk/hex numbers. Perhaps, also a preview of the color being applied before confirming the change.

Updating my previous review. A recent update fixed the issue that saving a photo to the gallery didn't actually save it there. Now it prompts for access permission and so successfully saves the image. However, there is another issue. It saves the photo with a date as of the same not the date property on the original image. I just went back to save some images in a text thread, most recent to oldest, and they were saved with current date, making it look like the older images were the more recent

Really enjoying using this app. However, there is a minor issue that I hope developer will fix. The contact does not appear to sync with the conversation. even if i linked contacts, it only shows their phone number. They only sync when I delete the conversation, text them again from the system contact. If the issue were to be fix, this would be a 100/100 sms app!

Honestly, one of the reasons I got this app was because the developer seemed to actually consider people's suggestions. Love the clean simple design and NO adds! Please keep it that way. The only suggestion I would have is that it would be great to be able to use ringtones I've downloaded, not just my phone's default ones. Other than that, this is a great app! EDIT I'm having issues with the number showing in the text not matching up with my contacts

I purchased this app as I liked its clean uncluttered interface, and I wanted to use its advanced features, such as scheduled messaging. It was disappointing, first, to find there was no repeat option for scheduled messaging and second, I later realised it was not sending scheduled messages at all. I made certain it had all the necessary privileges, and that I was only sending text messages. (Mms will only send when the data is switched on). This makes it unreliable, and rather less useful than many of its competitors.