An Android app you can trust with your business number.
The DroidSender app turns your phone into an Android SMS gateway. It runs alongside your messaging app and only does what you ask from the dashboard. Every permission is explained, every update is checked, and nothing else on your phone is touched.
- Android 7.0 or newer
- Developer verified by Google
What the app does, and what it never does
It has one job, sending and receiving SMS for your business, and nothing else on the phone is touched.
It does
- Sends the messages you send from the dashboard or the API, through your own SIM.
- Brings every text the phone receives into your inbox while it is connected, personal texts and verification codes included.
- Imports your last two years of SMS only if you say yes when you connect.
- Shows contact names for people you already talk to, if you allow contacts.
It never does
- Read your calls or your call log.
- Use your location, camera, photos or microphone.
- Look at your other apps.
- Replace the messaging app you already use.
- Carry ads or third-party analytics.
Every permission, and why it is there
These are all the permissions the app asks for, which ones it needs and what each one is for.
- Send and receive SMSSo messages go out from your number and replies come back.Required
- Read SMSTo confirm each send and recover replies after a phone restart.Required
- NotificationsKeeps the sending service running, shown as one quiet notification.Required
- Battery optimisation offSo sending carries on with the screen off.Required
- Install updatesLets the app update itself, after checking every download.Required
- Auto-startOnly on some brands, so the app starts again after a restart.Optional
- ContactsShows names instead of numbers in your conversations.Optional
- SMS historyBrings your last two years of texts into the inbox.Optional
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- Distributed from
- droidsender.com
- Minimum Android
- 7.0
- Developer
- Verified by Google
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Why the app is not on Google Play
Google Play only lets an app send and read SMS if it is your default messaging app or fits one of a short list of exceptions. DroidSender works alongside your messaging app instead of replacing it, so it is installed from droidsender.com.
Signed, checked and verified
Every version is signed with the same key, and the app checks the SHA-256 of each update before installing it. The developer is verified by Google, and Play Protect scans the app like any other.
Your data is handled with care
Messages travel over HTTPS, are stored on servers in the EU and are kept only to run your account. When you delete your account, your data is deleted within 30 days, and a data processing agreement is available on request.
Built to stay on
A phone on a desk should keep sending all day without you looking after it.
Back on after a restart
The app starts again on its own after the phone reboots, as soon as it is unlocked once.
Works with the screen off
A foreground service and the battery exemption keep it sending while the phone sits on the desk.
Nothing lost offline
Messages wait in a queue on the server and on the phone, and go out when the signal is back.
Updates without fuss
On Android 12 and newer, updates install themselves only when nothing is being sent.
A pace carriers accept
Sending adapts to how fast the phone and the network can go, and slows down if the network pushes back.
One phone or ten
Connect up to 10 phones on Business and send from all of them in one account.
Questions about the app
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Which phones does it work on?
Any phone with Android 7.0 or newer. Some brands need auto-start turned on, and the app shows you where.
How do I install it?
Create your free account and connect a phone from the dashboard. It shows a QR code and a 6-character code that opens the download on your phone and links it to your account. The code works for 10 minutes.
Can I keep using my phone normally?
Yes. Your messaging app stays as it is, and DroidSender works alongside it. On a phone with two SIMs, messages go out from the SIM set as default for SMS.
Will DroidSender see my personal texts?
Yes, while the phone is connected. Every SMS it receives goes to your inbox, personal texts and verification codes included, because the app does not filter by sender, and texts you send from the phone's own messaging app appear there too if “Import older conversations” is on in the app. It never reads your calls, photos, location or other apps. If the phone is also your personal phone, use a SIM or a phone only for the business. Messages are stored on servers in the EU and deleted within 30 days after you delete your account.
What does the app send to DroidSender?
The messages it sends and receives, so they appear in your inbox, and usage events that help us fix problems, such as which screen opened or which permission was given. Usage events never include message content, numbers or contacts.
How do I disconnect a phone?
From the app or from the dashboard. The phone stops sending and receiving through DroidSender straight away.
Start today, with your own number.
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