What is Textra?

Textra is an incredibly appealing and comprehensive SMS and MMS app that offers a wide range of features. Among its many attributes are more than 180 material design themes and customizable colors for both the message bubbles and app icons. Users can select from various modes, including dark, black, light, or an automatic night mode, as well as numerous bubble styles and the option to schedule SMS and MMS for later delivery, along with user-friendly functions like swipe-to-delete or call. Additional features include a quick snap camera, a multi-select gallery for images, a quick reply popup for SMS, support for Android 11 bubbles, and impressive group messaging capabilities for MMS. Beyond these, the app provides functionalities for quick voice memos, GIF support, 21 different text sizes, a variety of font choices, message blocking features, and the ability to pin important conversations to the top, along with automatic compression for videos and images. Users can further tailor their messaging experience by adjusting theme and bubble colors, creating unique signatures, and setting custom notifications for each conversation, which include options for icon shapes, LED colors, sounds, vibrations, privacy settings, reminders, and muting preferences. Moreover, Textra gives users access to an extensive library of over 3,000 emojis, which includes styles from Android, Twitter, JoyPixels, and iOS, as well as options for diverse skin tones, ensuring that you can choose the perfect emoji style to express yourself in every chat! With an abundance of features designed to enhance your experience, Textra transforms messaging into a personalized and enjoyable activity.

Pricing

Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Textra SMS
Date Founded:
1999
Company Website:
www.textra.me/

Product Details

Deployment
Android

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

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Textra Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: User
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Clean Format, Colorful, and Simple

    Updated: Aug 16 2026
    Summary

    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.

    Positive

    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!

    Negative

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

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: User
    Has used product for: Less than 6 months
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Textra sms review

    Updated: May 02 2026
    Summary

    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.

    Positive

    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

    Negative

    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.

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  • Reviewer Name: Kris P.
    Position: Principal
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 1 - 25
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    Had an issue, they resolved it quickly

    Date: Sep 28 2026
    Summary

    Great tech support, wonderful app, thank you! It's nice that a modern software company will stand behind their product and quickly write a patch to fix things.

    Positive

    Suddenly a new feature (ads with sounds) began making noise, and I realized it was the Textra app. I contacted them, they thanked me for making them aware of it, and promptly fixed it - thank you!

    Negative

    None; they were quick to respond to my notice, and fast to make a patch to resolve the audible ads.

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  • Reviewer Name: L A.
    Position: District Facilities Manager
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 26 - 99
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    Love it

    Date: Dec 12 2024
    Summary

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

    Positive

    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.

    Negative

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

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