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      On Second Thought SMS

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      Called "The Texting Savior" by AT&T, On Second Thought is the messaging app many LOVE and you deserve.

      Reclaim control over your text messages by taking them back BEFORE they get to the other person.

      On Second Thought is easy to use:
      1) Set us as your default SMS app so all of your messages are protected by our undo technology
      2) Go to the app's Settings to decide your Grace Period (it can be up to 60 seconds)
      3) Share On Second Thought with your friends & family--we can all practice safe text
      4) Start texting your contacts, we've already synced with your phone book and existing messages

      Features:
      + SMS/MMS Delay
      + "Curfew" Overnight Message Embargo
      + Send text, pictures, video and voice messages

      As seen on Fox's The Real, Buzzfeed, USA TODAY, Refinery29, Headline News, The Washington Post and many more!

      Praise:
      "The drunk texting savior" -USA TODAY
      " The Texting Savior" AT&T


      On Second Thought encourages you to practice safe text.
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      Reviews

      4.1
      774 total
      5 432
      4 166
      3 81
      2 40
      1 55
      Jason Dean
      Very Impressed I don't really rate or promote apps I download, but I feel this one deserves it. Been looking for a simple SMS based app to replace the stock app, and even one better than the popular texting apps in the play store. This one takes the cake for me. The only thing I'm hoping to improve is better carrier ID for MMS service. But that's not going to stop me from rating 5 stars.
      Scott Sears
      Galaxy S6 users! Please! Read this! So, i downloaded this app, because i had just before sent a message that i didnt want to send, and i really liked it! It was easy to use and very nice, but i have to uninstall. that evening, i went to work, i wasnt there for, and i see that my phone wont turn on. It turned out that my battery went from 74%, to 0% in less than 4 hours. I got home and charged it, and it worked. Dont get me wrong, this is a great app.
      David Miller
      I have an older phone (Galaxy S4). That may b the reason why I can only send an MMS (picture) if it's already on my phone. When hit attach and take a picture the picture won't load. Other than that the is has saved me a few embarrassing texts. I would also like the option to send immediately..maybe a long press or something.
      Gregory Rich
      Takes forever to load Great concept but it takes 7 seconds to load. It might sound like that's no big deal but when you're talking about "instant messaging" I guarantee that will be more than enough to persuade you to abandon the app. The suspicious part of me also wonders what info the app gathers in that span of time.
      Mathias Steihle
      good app, prevent you from make a fool of yourself if you are fast enough ;-) First I like you can give yourself a chosen timeframe to prevent you from send message. By swype right or left, you will prevent the message to send. Either you recall or delete the message. Second thing is that you can set a curfiew and prevent sending message at all within a chosen timeframe. Also here you can swype it. I would like to see this swype works on every app that you can send text messages.
      Stan The Man
      Best messaging app Easy to use, and helps keep you from looking dumb, by enabling the user to correct a mistake before sending, but there is a flaw. Something in the coding adversely affected my wifi signal and turns it off no matter my setting are to keep wifi on. I had to uninstall the app because of that. Fix that wifi bug and I'll re-download.

      User reviews

      Jason Dean April 23, 2016
      Very Impressed I don't really rate or promote apps I download, but I feel this one deserves it. Been looking for a simple SMS based app to replace the stock app, and even one better than the popular texting apps in the play store. This one takes the cake for me. The only thing I'm hoping to improve is better carrier ID for MMS service. But that's not going to stop me from rating 5 stars.
      Full Review
      Scott Sears June 17, 2016
      Galaxy S6 users! Please! Read this! So, i downloaded this app, because i had just before sent a message that i didnt want to send, and i really liked it! It was easy to use and very nice, but i have to uninstall. that evening, i went to work, i wasnt there for, and i see that my phone wont turn on. It turned out that my battery went from 74%, to 0% in less than 4 hours. I got home and charged it, and it worked. Dont get me wrong, this is a great app.
      Full Review
      On Second Thought June 27, 2016
      Scott, Apologies to hear about the drain on your battery. We've checked with our development team, and they have assured me that our app was not the cause. We do not draw enough power for it to have been us. You might want to check the power consumption on your phone to help identify the cause. All the best, Maci + Team OST
      David Miller January 17, 2017
      I have an older phone (Galaxy S4). That may b the reason why I can only send an MMS (picture) if it's already on my phone. When hit attach and take a picture the picture won't load. Other than that the is has saved me a few embarrassing texts. I would also like the option to send immediately..maybe a long press or something.
      Full Review
      Gregory Rich September 22, 2016
      Takes forever to load Great concept but it takes 7 seconds to load. It might sound like that's no big deal but when you're talking about "instant messaging" I guarantee that will be more than enough to persuade you to abandon the app. The suspicious part of me also wonders what info the app gathers in that span of time.
      Full Review
      Mathias Steihle May 13, 2017
      good app, prevent you from make a fool of yourself if you are fast enough ;-) First I like you can give yourself a chosen timeframe to prevent you from send message. By swype right or left, you will prevent the message to send. Either you recall or delete the message. Second thing is that you can set a curfiew and prevent sending message at all within a chosen timeframe. Also here you can swype it. I would like to see this swype works on every app that you can send text messages.
      Full Review
      Stan The Man October 7, 2016
      Best messaging app Easy to use, and helps keep you from looking dumb, by enabling the user to correct a mistake before sending, but there is a flaw. Something in the coding adversely affected my wifi signal and turns it off no matter my setting are to keep wifi on. I had to uninstall the app because of that. Fix that wifi bug and I'll re-download.
      Full Review
      Chris Brunner August 20, 2016
      So Much Potential Great concept. Having a grace period to review a sent message is awesome. WiFi is temporarily turned off when you send attachments, which is a BIG problem for me. Also, many attachments just fail to send at all. This would be a 5 star app if these problems were addressed.
      Full Review
      Majic Mazo November 7, 2016
      Love hate relationship I love the consept and at times its great but it takes forever to actually load the messages allot... Not send i understand that delay i mean to just load in general.. Then MMS only sometimes work... Videos wont send aall and they are quite small its videos my native app can send.. Just hope you guys dont abandon the project and fix the bugs... Btw im on a tmo Note 4 all stock Android 4.4
      Full Review
      Brandon Patterson April 13, 2016
      This app is great with the potential to be one of the best, but has some issues. The biggest issue I'm having is that when I send an image or an attachment to someone it disconnects my Wi-Fi. This uses my carrier data plan and isn't cool. Also, you have to enter in a recipient BEFORE you compose your message. The app should allow you to compose the message before choosing who it will go to. That in itself is another safeguard to not sending a message to someone it's not suppose to go to. The app also needs a "slide" feature that allows you to slide on a message that is in your message list, and have it either call or create a reply message back to that contact, depending on if you slide left or right. This is a very basic feature that is on almost all SMS apps today. Would also love to see some options to customize the look of the app (themes, etc...). Again, the biggest issue is the Wi-Fi disconnect issue. If that doesn't get fixed soon, then I'm going to have to look for a different app. Only 3 Stars for now...
      Full Review
      Juanita Vance July 23, 2016
      Great app from the examples they gave me after downloading. Only problem was after selecting for mms or sms not sure my data went off had no internet service. That's no good had to remove app.
      Full Review
      January 19, 2017
      It does what it says it does. Wish there was a way to have a signature and to change the colors of the conversation bubbles and it is very slow... Churn, Churn, Churn... Has a lot of potential... Will get better as improvements are made I'm sure.
      Full Review
      Beauty2Canvas August 3, 2016
      Having some troubles Love the concept of the app and totally works for me. Only trouble im having is that when i try to send photos everyone is telling me they are not receiving them so im unsure of how this can be fixed. Other wise i would have given a 5 star
      Full Review
      Sean Sweeney July 12, 2016
      I've been using this app on my S5 for at least a year and LOVED it!! But I just recently got an S7 Edge, and now it loads conversations SO slow that I've been forced to switch to a different app. I tried clearing the apps cache, and that made it load much faster, but after a few more texts sent back and forth it goes back to loading very slow. Also, I think most of us would really like to see some theme/look customization options, as we're not all fans of Orange :). Overall, great concept for an SMS app, but with these new devices there needs to be an update that fixes the long loading of each conversation thread.
      Full Review
      Rachel McDuffie March 16, 2016
      I'm so happy I found this app!! My phones messaging system was starting to malfunction and this saved my life. Love it so much! When I get my new phone will definitely be downloading again! 😊
      Full Review
      On Second Thought March 30, 2016
      Thank you, Rachel! Glad you're enjoying us!
      Cody Wilson October 27, 2016
      It's OK 2 issues. 1. Sometimes mms messages will take days to come through, just showing a "loading" symbol. 2. Its takes a good 20 seconds to bring up my messages 100% of the time. Kind of annoying.
      Full Review
      Scott Greaves September 23, 2016
      One significant annoyance App works fairly well but one bug has been causing me grief. I will randomly receive old photos that people have sent me in the past. This happens several times a week.
      Full Review
      Roger Rabbit May 20, 2017
      I downloaded the app for its sole purpose of delaying my messages from sending and it fulfills that perfectly. This feature was my favorite feature from the default messaging app and it was removed therefore I downloaded this. However I also ditched iPhone for Android for its customization and this app has none. At all. The ugly orange color can't be changed from the interface, no customizable backgrounds or speech bubbles, not one thing. Even though it does what its meant to, its hard to make this my default messaging app when I don't like looking at it.
      Full Review
      gurlwhowants2dj June 16, 2016
      Cool but slow Good app idea but very slow in loading when I open a group text. There is a delay when the message is sent out when you decide not to recall or undo.
      Full Review
      Hannah Bauer November 4, 2016
      Wifi I love this app and how you can unsend messages, but it automatically turns WiFi off!!!!! This is kind of upsetting which is why I gave it a 3. If you fix this it would be a 5
      Full Review
      You Are Nosey September 4, 2016
      I love this app but... For a few weeks now I've noticed that when I send a photo the app sends it sideways whilst other apps send it just the way I have it saved on my phone. On second thought version 1.0.0.75 Android version 6.0.1 Phone model SM-G930T on T-Mobile
      Full Review
      On Second Thought January 19, 2015
      Hi, Really sorry to hear it's the app's not letting you receive pictures. We seem to have a couple of problems with the S5 so we'll work on that for the next release! In the mean time thanks for trying the app! Team OST
      james hillyard April 21, 2016
      Great app but I have a problem. When I try text a contact from my contact list it won't load. It works fine if I am replying to a sent text.
      Full Review
      Alison Drury-Aldrich February 24, 2017
      I love the idea and I love the way it looks. But I can't change the notification sound. I select the one i want but it will only vibrate. Any fix? Running on moto x pure.
      Full Review
      Ashton Stepp May 27, 2017
      Well it was working fine until I tried to delete the sample/guide messages... It lagged and glitched and now one of my most important conversations is completely gone. Great.
      Full Review
      Robert Terry June 12, 2016
      Its Works and it works perfectly! After trying many hopeless apps that either do not activate or do not do what they say they do this app does absolutely everything perfectly. Would happily pay for this.
      Full Review
      Sam Skunk May 12, 2017
      Great messaging app. Less likely to send messages to wrong person. It would be really nice if we can add Bitmojis to the messages.
      Full Review
      Gregory Lueders July 4, 2016
      Works perfect 👌. The creater of this app is brilliant. I changed my msg app to this 1 as my default app. I recommend this to everyone. I msged my friends to change their MSG app to this 1. To the company that created this app, I thank you. Sincerely- Greg.
      Full Review
      D Leigh May 15, 2016
      Needs FIX It fails to send a photo every time. That makes this app too much of a hassle.
      Full Review
      john brady March 22, 2016
      I have the solution to your MMS problems It's that simple, I own the engine.. I emailed this to the address below.
      Full Review
      On Second Thought March 30, 2016
      Thanks John! We'll be in touch :-)
      DeWayne Johnson October 19, 2016
      Can't send pics Love the recall, about to Uninstaller because I can't send pics. They always fail.
      Full Review
      Irving G. April 9, 2017
      Sometimes my texts get stuck and I find later it never got sent. Also why when you send a pic it shows up side ways? UPDATE: I've discontinued using this. Too many text with attachments get stuck and never gets sent. So I have updated it to one star.
      Full Review
      GN K July 29, 2016
      Great messaging app but.. I really want to see my smses delivered. Add that feature(notification) but other than that, I love the app.😊
      Full Review
      Canuk Hed January 14, 2017
      Need that "X" button option. Replace, or give option, of an "X" to delay instead of swiping. And also, swiping right to delete does not work very well because it is initially to close to the right side of the screen. Need that "X" button option.
      Full Review
      Moe Reed December 24, 2016
      Over control I used app with my old phone when needed. Now with this new phone, new download, they want you to make this app the default messenger. Didn't have to do that before and unnecessary. Don't want as default so now it's pointless.
      Full Review
      Laura Palmer March 25, 2016
      Liar It just delays the sending of the text. False advertisement.
      Full Review
      On Second Thought March 30, 2016
      Hi Laura! Yes, our technology is a delay that gives you up to 60 seconds to take back your text. Hope you give us a try and enjoy using our app :-)
      Ram Manohar Oruganti May 13, 2016
      Started out well but messages fail to deliver and I need to resend many times
      Full Review
      Tara Louise January 9, 2017
      Has one fkaw I appreciate the app very much. But it sems to remove the notification sound when I receive a text. I've checked my sounds and uninstalled and reinstalled the app to no avail.
      Full Review
      Dalin Luster May 31, 2016
      Love this App mann!!! Much needed. Bravo. How about coming up with a way that messages can expire on the recieving end
      Full Review
      On Second Thought December 15, 2015
      Thanks Dalin! Feel free to spread the love to your friends :-)
      Anon Ymos August 1, 2016
      Crashes Crashes on my one+ phone, or loads slow. So sad. Pls fix.
      Full Review
      Multi Thinker March 28, 2016
      Finally This app can play hide and seek by simply keeps crashing YAY!
      Full Review
      On Second Thought March 30, 2016
      Sorry to hear about this! Please fill out this feedback form so we can take a look at what could be wrong. http://bit.ly/OST_Feedback Thanks!
      Kennie Walcott March 14, 2017
      Brilliant. I recall several texts per day. You can change the time setting also.
      Full Review
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      What's New

      v1.0.0.75
      - Design changes making the app more sleek and intuitive
      - Improved image quality of some MMS images
      - Screens load quicker and smoother
      - Fixed issue with MMS downloading/sending on Marshmallow devices
      - More bug fixes throughout the app

      Additional information

      Updated
      February 22, 2016
      Installs
      50,000 - 100,000
      Current Version
      1.0.0.75
      Requires Android
      4.0.3 and up
      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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