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Fossify

About this app

Fossify Messenger is your trusted messaging companion, designed to enhance your messaging experience in various ways.

📱 STAY CONNECTED WITH EASE:
With Fossify Messenger, you can effortlessly send SMS and MMS messages to stay connected with your loved ones. Enjoy SMS/MMS based group messaging and express yourself with photos, emojis, and quick greetings.

🚫 BLOCK UNWANTED MESSAGES:
Take control of your messaging experience with a robust blocking feature, easily preventing unwanted messages, even from unknown contacts. You can also export and import blocked numbers for hassle-free backup. Additionally, customize your experience by preventing messages with specific words or phrases from reaching your inbox.

🔒 EFFORTLESS SMS BACKUP:
Say goodbye to worries about losing important messages. Fossify Messenger offers convenient SMS backup functionality by allowing you to export and import your messages. This feature ensures that you can easily switch devices without losing your valuable conversations.

🚀 LIGHTNING-FAST AND LIGHTWEIGHT:
Despite its powerful features, Fossify Messenger boasts a remarkably small app size, making it quick and easy to download and install. Experience speed and efficiency while enjoying the peace of mind that comes with SMS backup.

🔐 ENHANCED PRIVACY:
Customize what appears on your lock screen for added privacy. Choose to display only the sender, message content, or nothing at all. Your messages are in your control.

🔍 EFFICIENT MESSAGE SEARCH:
Say goodbye to endless scrolling through conversations. Fossify Messenger simplifies message retrieval with a quick and efficient search feature. Find what you need, when you need it.

🌈 MODERN DESIGN & USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE:
Enjoy a clean, modern design with a user-friendly interface. The app features a material design and a dark theme option, providing a visually appealing and comfortable user experience.

🌐 OPEN-SOURCE TRANSPARENCY:
Your privacy is a top priority. Fossify Messenger operates without requiring an internet connection, guaranteeing message security and stability. Our app is completely free of ads and does not request unnecessary permissions. Moreover, it is fully open-source, providing you with peace of mind, as you have access to the source code for security and privacy audits.

Make the switch to Fossify Messenger and experience messaging the way it should be – private, efficient, and user-friendly. Download now and join our community committed to safeguarding your messaging experience.

Explore more Fossify apps: https://www.fossify.org
Open-Source Code: https://www.github.com/FossifyOrg
Join the community on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fossify
Connect on Telegram: https://t.me/Fossify

Ratings and reviews

Fossify is a clunky ol' thing. "Press to retry" doesn't work because it forwards the message to the very person you'd intended to send it to in the first place. Then it copies that forwarded line to the next unrelated person you later correspond with. Imagine the red faces when someone receives an unintended forward! There are plenty of issues. Unable to delete old texts now. The app locks up the phone. It's a good try, but could use a heap of streamlining.

Overall this is a very good no frills app for basic texting. I don't think it supports emojis, at least in the free version- I kind of miss that. At least there are no ads, and it is less annoying than some other apps I tried, and they don't share your data. I would like to know more about certain features, and how to ues them. There is an 'about' section and also a place to find known issues. I appreciate the transparency and not using a commercial app.

I'm enjoying this app, because I didn't want to migrate to Google Messages, and this gives me what I want: a basic messenger and no AI. I would give it 5 stars, but my biggest issue is that the app can't keep group messages together. It sends it as individual messages to each recipient, which can get very confusing if there's people you don't know suddenly receiving a single disjointed message. If this could be addressed, I'd absolutely bump it to 5. Edit 7/16/26: fixed the group messaging! 5 ⭐

What’s new

Changed:

• Updated translations

Fixed:

• Fixed missing private contact names in message list and threads