Blacklist is a set of rules that contain filters for incoming SMS / MMS messages for a sender and/or content.

For example, you want to block all messages with the word ‘taxi’. In this case, Choose Blacklist and add a rule with text and/or sender contains word ‘taxi’ and that’s it!.

Whitelist is a set of rules that contain filters for incoming SMS / MMS messages for the sender and/or content. These rules allow you to achieve accuracy in filtering and receive certain messages.

For example, you blocked all messages with the word "taxi," but you still want to receive messages with the phrase "taxi is arriving." In this case, you can add a rule to Whitelist, that unblocks messages with this phrase. You can apply Whitelist filtering rules to a sender, content or both.

A message that was allocated to spam bin can only be retrieved manually. Apple Policy doesn’t allow to restore messages with the app, even if it is applied to Whitelist rules.

• Contains — checks whether the incoming message contains a particular word/phrase/number.
• Equals — checks a complete match of conditions with the content of the incoming message.
• Starts with — controls whether the incoming message starts with a particular word/phrase/number.
• Ends with — determines whether the incoming message ends with a particular word/phrase/digit.
• Regular expression — allows creating your own rule, for example, so that messages do not come with emails.
• Wild card — allows you to use a specific syntax to create rules.

No, the application works offline. There’s no need in Internet connection.

Find details in "Tutorial" tab.

You don’t need to add information manually when installing the app on another device as all data is transferred via the linked accounts.

It is possible to connect several social networks to keep your data safe, but you can untie your backup using Disconnect button.

Logout in its turn is used to switch off linked social accounts.

You can validate rules in Rule checker tab.

1. Blacklisting rules for SMS senders​. Use the ​regular expression \D ​for SMS sender section to block any senders with names instead of phone numbers.
2. Blaсklisting rules for SMS body referring to 'lottery wins'.​ Add the rule to block messages ​containing words 'million' 'lottery', 'promo', 'promotion', 'prosperity', 'you have won', 'winning number', 'survey', 'scratch and win', 'million dollars', 'your prize', 'mobile promo', 'your number has been selected', 'your number have won'. Don't enable case sensitive setting.
3. Blaсklisting rules for SMS body referring to 'credit loans'. ​Add the rule to block messages ​containing words ​ 'mortgage payments', 'financial freedom', 'quick & easy', '100% free', 'get the lowest rate', 'easy credit' and other similar ones. Don't enable case sensitive setting.
4. Blaсklisting rules for SMS body referring to 'fake charities'. ​Add the rule to block messages ​containing words ​ 'donate', 'save', 'victims'. Don't enable case sensitive setting.
5. Blacklisting any senders with the repeated digits in their numbers. ​Add the ​regular expression ​ ^(\d)\1{2,}$​ for SMS sender section to block any sms senders with numbers like 77777, 555, 111111111, 222, etc.

1. When using SpamHound ​you're protected from the messages with links and from messages coming from short numbers​ by default. These indicators usually mean that an SMS message is coming from different sorts of spammers. You can also disable any of the listed options manually in Settings.
2. Whitelisting rules for SMS body. ​If you generally don't want to receive sms messages with links but receiving some selected links is useful for you, add this as an exclusion. Add a whitelist rule for sms body ​containing some certain link as an example.
3. Whitelisting rules for SMS sender. ​If you have an enabled in settings rule to block sms messages from the short numbers, but you do want to receive messages from any certain short numbers, add a whitelist rule to approve sms messages from a certain sender. To do this, create a rule for a sender to whitelist certain short numbers (select 'Sender' section, 'equals' mode) which will be allowed to send useful messages to you (e.g. '111' or '777').