
Junkman: A.I. SMS Spam Blocker 4+
Smart spam message filter
Kerem Erkan
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
The most powerful SMS spam blocker on iOS. Automatic filtering using artificial intelligence, customizable lists supporting powerful regular expressions and more!
Junkman is the most powerful SMS filtering app for iOS. It can classify incoming messages as normal, junk, transaction or promotion. It will not classify old messages. It works completely locally on your device without the need for any network connectivity. It is written to filter all kinds of unwanted text messages, including betting, political, scam messages and company advertisements.
Junkman primarily uses a state-of-the-art machine learning algorithm called Smart Filter, that is trained with thousands of messages in English, French and Turkish languages. This results in an artificial intelligence which can classify the message contents. The Smart Filter can differentiate between normal (conversations etc.), transaction (bank OTP messages, shipping information, doctor appointments, etc.) and junk (promotional, gambling, unsolicited, spam etc.) messages instantly. It treats all promotion messages as junk.
Junkman also has a spam and threat database with special filters to detect and filter the most invasive junk messages without the need for the Smart Filter.
In case you would like to override the classification of the automated filters, you can add rules to one of the Allowed, Junk, Transaction and Promotion lists in the app.
The rule lists let you write much more powerful rules than most of the competing apps. They can work on both the sender or the content of a message and they accept any input including regular expressions (Regex). They are also simpler to manage than other apps.
If you think the Smart Filter did not classify one or more messages correctly, you can report them from the Messages app (iPhone only) for review. The more wrong classifications you report, the better the Smart Filter gets!
Features of Junkman:
• Smart Filter: A state-of-the-art machine learning algorithm that can classify any message in English or Turkish as normal, junk or transaction
• Spam and Threat Database: A database that includes special filters which can be updated immediately using instant notifications when necessary
• Aggressive Filter: A special algorithm to directly filter the most invasive junk messages without the need for the Smart Filter
• Rule lists, supporting any input, including powerful regular expressions (Regex)
• Time schedules to customize filtering times
• Under Attack Mode: A mode that can help with text message attacks
• Reporting Extension support to report messages that you think were not classified correctly by the Smart Filter (iPhone only)
• Configuration testing that lets you check any message to see the classification in real time
• iCloud sync support for sender lists to sync information between your devices
• Detailed VoiceOver design for better accessibility support
• Dark mode support
• Interoperability with Begone - Spam Call Blocker and Directory
Junkman is the successor of SMS Checker app.
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Junkman works completely locally on your device. It does not collect, store or transmit any data you enter into it. It does not collect, store or transmit any information from the messages it filters. Junkman respects the privacy of its users with utmost importance.
End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s New
Version 11.0
If Junkman stops filtering messages after an update, please reboot your device.
Thanks to everyone for their positive reviews and support.
• Updated user interface
• Added time schedules
• Added spam category mapping
• Added subcategories for transactions and promotions
• Updated Smart Filter
Ratings and Reviews
the greatest
It is the most needed app in Canada! it works well. Maybe need more spam filter for Canada.
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The app works very well. I disagree with the other comment. $1 per month is a negligible cost considering the level of convenience this app offers.
It’s a little overpriced
Honestly, it’s overpriced for the extra filters.
If you charged a fair fee for this, onetime we would likely pay it.
But when you have competitors like signature hound that gives you this for free and also blocks majority of spam and scam sms out of the box it’s hard to recommend.
I would even prefer if the app was fully free and you nagged users with a funding goal to keep the app alive; people would support it.
But when it’s $12/year for 2 simple filters lets be honest server costs for csv and text filters are widely done on GitHub today for free for majority of blocking.
I think it’s a little more to do with a for profit model.
Developer Response ,
Hi. Your review is not fair in my opinion. Nearly all of the app’s features are for free including its CoreML artificial intelligence. You’ll already catch 95% of spam with the free features and I don’t even show a paywall. Spam and threat database is for the remaining 5%. The app is basically free to use. The database is for mostly the people who want to support the development and it is not on GitHub. It is on a paid server.
Also giving the name of a “competitor” in a review is generally not ethical and may tell more about the review.
App Privacy
The developer, Kerem Erkan, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Ali Kerem Erkan
- Size
- 20.5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021-2025 Kerem Erkan
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro Pack $0.99
- Pro Pack $12.99
- Small cup of tea $0.99
- Pro Pack - Lifetime $69.99
- Samovar!! $6.99
- Teapot! $3.99
- Large cup of tea $2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.