# Google Messages alternatives for Android

As of 19 Oct 2026, 8 Android apps can take over from Google Messages. Your number stays. Start with Textra SMS.

## What you keep

| Feature | Google Messages | Textra SMS | Messages | QUIK SMS | Fossify Messages |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SMS and MMS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RCS | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Works without an account | Google account | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schedule a text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Backup or export threads | Google backup | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |

## Apps

- [Textra SMS](https://getunstock.com/apps/textra) — A fast SMS app with colours, scheduling and delayed send
- [Clear SMS](https://getunstock.com/apps/clear-sms) — Sorts personal, OTP and bank texts into a tidy inbox
- [Deku SMS](https://getunstock.com/apps/deku-sms) — SMS with optional encryption between Deku users
- [Fossify Messages](https://getunstock.com/apps/fossify-messages) — and Ad-free SMS/MMS messaging app
- [Messages](https://getunstock.com/apps/messages-anindra) — A Material 3 SMS app with pin, archive and scheduling
- [Pulse SMS](https://getunstock.com/apps/pulse-sms) — Texts from your phone, tablet, browser and computer
- [QUIK SMS](https://getunstock.com/apps/quik-sms) — A calm inbox with themes, scheduling and backup
- [SMSecure](https://getunstock.com/apps/smsecure) — An SMS app with encrypted conversations

[Switching, in three steps.](https://getunstock.com/guides/switch-your-sms-and-dialer-apps-safely)