Pulse SMS (Phone/Tablet/Web)

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4.3
80.1K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
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About this app

Want an SMS app that is fast, secure, and packed with all the features and customization you could want? Look no further.

Pulse SMS is a seriously beautiful, next-generation, private text messaging app.

We care deeply about your experience with the app, and are committed to creating the best SMS texting app.

To round out its best-in-class phone app, Pulse SMS re-imagines your communication by giving you the ability to sync your SMS and MMS messages across all of your devices. Send and receive texts and pictures—seamlessly—from your computer, tablet, car, or any device with an internet connection.

This is text messaging, done right.

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A Taste of the Features
Pulse SMS is jam packed with features. On top of syncing between all of your devices, here is a small taste of what makes it the ultimate text messaging experience:
- Unparalleled design and fluid animations
- Endless global and per-conversation customization options
- Suggested Smart Replies within conversations
- Password protected, private text conversations
- Share GIFs with your messages, from Giphy
- Powerful searching through messages and conversations
- Automatic message backup and restore with a Pulse SMS account
- Preview web links
- Blacklist pesky spammers
- Delayed sending to give you time to edit or cancel messages you send
- Automated replies based on contacts, keywords, and driving/vacation modes
- Dual-SIM support

Encryption Protocol
First and foremost, all of your conversations are stored in end-to-end encryption. You never have to worry about your data leaking out and no one can see your messages except for you, not even the Pulse SMS Team! With Pulse SMS, you get privacy and peace of mind, right out of the box.

Privacy Protection Proof
In technical terms, we use PBKDF2 to encrypt your password and use it as a key to encrypt messages and conversations.

Technical Encryption Overview

1) When an account is created, we generate two salts. One to use with authentication and one for end-to-end encryption.

2) The one that we use with login is straight-forward and normal. We store a version of your password, hashed against the first salt, and authenticate you against this hash.

3) For the encryption, we hash your password against salt #2 and store it locally on your device (computer/tablet/phone). Having this key is the only way that you can decrypt messages. Since no one else has the password that was hashed against the second salt, no one else will be able to decrypt anything.

We share our privacy protocol publicly so our users have peace of mind knowing their password is never stored anywhere and without that password, there is no way to create the secret key used for encrypting and decrypting the content stored in the backend.

Supported Platforms
Pulse SMS has a web app that you can use. It also has native apps for tablets, MacOS, Windows, Google Chrome, Firefox, Linux, and even Android TV. Check out all of our platforms, along with screenshots, here: https://home.pulsesms.app/overview/

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Pulse SMS is the premier web, computer, and private texting application on Android. Everything is instant, setup is a breeze, and it's design is unlike anything you have ever seen.

Helpful Links

Website: https://maplemedia.io/
Privacy Policy: https://maplemedia.io/privacy/
Support: [email protected]
Updated on
7 Jan 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Messages and 6 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
73.7K reviews
Steve Bunn
25 January 2025
I can now SMS on my 10" samsung tablet without my phone. I've also put it on my pixel phone and works better than the original app. Works great except for one thing; contact names don't seem to update after editing them until 24hrs later. Click on a message and the new name is correct just not in the conversation list. Small bug. Restarting my device updates the new contacts. I can access SMSs on my windows desktop too. Only time it's failed me is when my phone battery was flat. Ha
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mike wiener
17 January 2025
It's the only android app that lets you put chats in folders, which is a win. That feature is flawless. Unfortunately the notification system is only reliable 80% of the time. Some conversations will remain highlighted when new messages come in, while others won't. Update 12/01/24: more reliable but still only at 90%. Update 01/17/25: app more stable and with new releases! The devs seem to be far more active than they were a year ago
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Maple Media
6 December 2024
Thanks, Mike. A newer version of our app is now available on the Play Store. Please get this update and let us know if it works. If your issue with notifications, etc. persists, please contact us and share more info by going to our app's side menu | Support | Email so we can further investigate for you. Cheers.
Rick Johnson
9 January 2025
I love how Pulse integrates with both my mobile AND my desktop. Following a clean and simple setup, I realized I could process texts reliably and completely in a desktop window. Keeping hands-on my desktop is the feature of Pulse that justified my purchase. The increase in my desktop productivity made this purchase a no-brainer. The features available are everything I need, and "Pulse" has been rock-solid, handling my SMS communications for years.
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What's new


A new version of Pulse SMS is here! Here’s what’s new:

Message Filters: Easily manage and block unwanted messages
Allowed Contacts: Decide who can send you messages
Automatic Message Cleanup: Set a custom schedule to remove old messages
Auto Replies: Edit your custom responses, plus turn them on/off

Thanks for using Pulse SMS! Have questions or feedback? Email us at [email protected] for fast & friendly support.