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Clear SMS

app.clearsms

Privacy-first SMS app with smart inbox, finance dashboard and bill reminders

Latest documented release0.23.014 Oct 2026 · 21.2 MB→
⬇ Download APK0.23.0 · 21.2 MBPublisher site ↗

01 / Overview

Is Clear SMS safe?

Clear SMS is an open-source, privacy-first SMS app that automatically organizes your inbox - completely offline, on your device. Smart inbox Messages are automatically sorted into Important, Promotional, Personal, OTP and Unknown using a transparent, regex-based rules engine - no ML black box, every rule is human-readable JSON you can inspect and edit. 390+ community-maintained rules plus a 715k…

Developer
Prakash
Earliest archived version
05 Sept 2026
License
Apache-2.0 (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

0.23.0

Clear SMS now speaks five more languages, and picture messages that were already on your phone finally show up. Added - The app is translated into German, Spanish, Hindi, Polish and Russian. On Android 13 and newer you can set the language for Clear SMS alone, without changing the rest of your…

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0.22.0

The app now does not assume your currency, your thread, your short codes. Fixed - The same person could appear as two separate conversations. Clear SMS matched phone numbers by their last ten digits, which is right for India and wrong almost everywhere else - a nine-digit Polish number, for…

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0.20.0

A big release: six reported issues fixed, delayed sending, message details, and a smaller, leaner APK. Thank you to everyone who filed an issue -,,, and all appear below. Added - Delayed sending. Turn it on in Settings and pressing Send holds the message for a few seconds - long enough to catch a…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDapp.clearsms
Latest APK SHA-2561725338f630b308b784c3d7c5fe0d237f9c2a5b6bc51a56fac229fd877653d2d
Signing certificateAC:B5:ED:DB:B1:BB:C2:D3:CD:12:57:76:EE:BA:B3:45:C0:83:C9:2B:9D:B7:F4:A3:3E:55:F5:D1:39:DD:04:48
MIN ANDROID23TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

5 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 0.16.1 (05 Sept 2026), latest 0.23.0 (14 Oct 2026).

Permissions changed between 0.22.0 and 0.23.0: added android.permission.CALL_PHONE.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

5 TOTAL
VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture
0.23.023+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.22.023+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.20.023+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.19.123+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→0.16.123+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexReview the flags below before installing
IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source
SourceOpen-source · fdroid
Permissions18 declared · 7 sensitive
Signaturepresent
Anti-featuresNo known anti-features
Sensitive accessCALL_PHONEREAD_CONTACTSREAD_PHONE_STATEREAD_SMSRECEIVE_MMSRECEIVE_SMSSEND_SMS

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.CALL_PHONEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.READ_SMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECEIVE_MMSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_SMSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.SEND_SMSandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_SMSapp.clearsms.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗