Moving from SMSGate to SMS Mobile App
SMSGate puts a REST API on your phone, for people who write their own software. SMS Mobile App has a web dashboard and a review screen, and no API.
What stays behind
Anything that calls SMSGate's API or reads its webhooks has nothing to call here, and replies do not reach SMS Mobile App. If software triggers your sends, stay on SMSGate. Move only the sends a person prepares by hand.
Steps
- Put your list in a CSV file. Use whatever already holds the numbers, then follow Prepare a CSV recipient file.
- Check the numbers against what we accept. Only ordinary Pakistani mobile numbers in the
030–036ranges go through. Everything else is refused with the reason, and there is no override. - Install the app on the phone that will send. It is a signed APK, not a Google Play app: Install the Android app, and compare the SHA-256 before you open the file.
- Sign in and register that phone. Sign in with Google, register the phone, then grant its Android permissions.
- Create a small job first. Create a job from the CSV with a few numbers of your own, read the review screen, then release it.
- Watch what happens, then send the rest. Monitor the job. A SIM starts at 150 messages a day and at most 30 an hour, so plan a long list across days (limits).
What SMS Mobile App will not do
- Pakistani mobile numbers only. Foreign numbers, landlines and short codes are refused.
- Each SIM has daily and hourly caps. A SIM starts at 150 messages a day and can rise to 400 as delivery reports come back. Its hourly cap is a fifth of that, and a job waits at least 30 seconds between sends. The Free plan stops at 100 messages a month.
- No HTTP API. Other software cannot send through it, so OTP codes and automated sends from your own system are not available.
- Your SIM and carrier decide the rest. Whether a message arrives depends on them, and their SMS rate is yours to pay on top of any plan.
The facts, with their dates
Last checked 7 November 2026. Check SMS Gateway for Android (SMSGate)'s own page
What SMS Gateway for Android (SMSGate) charges
| Plan or rate | Price | Country | Their note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Server | $0 a month | Not tied to a country | Completely free, no restrictions or limits | Their page, 7 November 2026 |
| Cloud Server | $0 a month | Not tied to a country | Completely free; individual limits applied only if affecting other users | Their page, 7 November 2026 |
Side by side
| What you might need | SMS Gateway for Android (SMSGate) | SMS Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Sends from your own SIM | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| An Android phone is the sender | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| Web dashboard | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| HTTP API for your own software | Yes (their page) | No |
| Receives replies | Yes (their page) | No |
| Several phones on one account | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| Dual-SIM rotation | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| Send-rate control | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Scheduled sending | Not stated on the pages we checked | Partly |
| Delivery reports | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| Spreadsheet recipient import | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Message templates | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Open source | Yes (their page) | No |
| Free tier | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| No per-message platform fee | Yes (their page) | Yes |
The comparison page sets out who each one suits better.