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Enjoy privacy, organization, and customization when you switch your messaging to this unique app

Enjoy privacy, organization, and customization when you switch your messaging to this unique app

Vote: (111 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: GO Dev Team

Version: 8.03

Works under: Android

Vote:

Program license

(111 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

GO Dev Team

8.03

Works under:

Android

Go SMS Pro is an SMS app and chat client. The application was made for Android versions 1.6 and higher. The program is a replacement app for your Android phone's standard SMS program. It is especially useful if security and privacy are high priorities for you. Go SMS Pro is better organized than most apps in this category.

With Go SMS Pro you can customize fonts and themes. The interface is similar to most SMS apps which make the program easy to learn and use. Photos, images, voice messages and video can all be sent through this Android application.

This program uses your carrier service instead of WiFi or 3G to send your messages. This leads to a better, more secure system. You can select settings to block specific users or messages with certain keywords. You can also set the program to only accept messages from your personal contact list.

Pros

  • Actually uses SMS rather than network
  • Has many other useful features

Cons

  • Free version contains advertising
  • Menus can be confusing at times

Go SMS Pro is an Android app that promises to let users use their cellular connection to send text messages without the privacy issues traditionally associated with SMS.

There are many applications on the market that are capable of sending text messages to any phone around the globe, but Go SMS Pro is a little bit different. This application allows users to actually use their phone's basic cellular connection to send messages. Other apps at minimum require 3G or 4G access. Some apps, such as TextNow, even require users to have a WiFi connection to use their service. With Go SMS Pro, if you are able to send traditional text messages (SMS), then you are able to send messages with this app.

So, many users would next ask why they should use this rather than the stock SMS app that comes with most Android distributions. The answer is that Go SMS Pro provides more privacy. For starters, everyone has some text messages conversations that they wish to keep private. If you're using the stock application, anyone who gets access to your phone could potentially view all your text messages. With Go SMS Pro, you can set messages with any specific contact, or all contacts, to be put into a "private box". The "private box" feature comes in handy when there are specific conversations you would prefer others could not see.

There are other some great features that many Android users could take advantage of. For example, users can set text message notifications to not print out the actual message, a feature that seems obvious but has been historically overlooked by Android developers. They can also send messages anonymously with their actual number cloaked. It also has some features that may not be directly related to privacy but still serve a purpose. For example, users can search through the content of all their text messages.

Now, for the downsides of the app. First, like most free Android apps, Go SMS Pro has advertising. Users may purchase a "premium" option to make the advertisements go away. Nonetheless, they can be a pain for some users, but they don't really impact the user experience too much. There is also a nifty feature that lets users set the time before sending a message. This can be used on a very small delay to let users test the feature, but it requires a premium upgrade to use this feature at long intervals, such as setting a message to send after an hour.

Overall, Go SMS Pro is a fairly solid product. It has innovative features to protect message privacy and actually uses SMS on your phone rather than a network connection. This product is ideal for anyone who needs to make sure prying eyes don't have access to their messages.

Pros

  • Actually uses SMS rather than network
  • Has many other useful features

Cons

  • Free version contains advertising
  • Menus can be confusing at times