Moving from Traccar SMS Gateway to SMS Mobile App
Traccar SMS Gateway gives a Traccar server a small HTTP API for sending alerts through a phone. SMS Mobile App is for sending one message to a list of people.
What stays behind
These two do different jobs, so there is rarely a real migration. Server alerts need an API and we have none: keep Traccar's gateway for those, and use a job here only for messages a person writes.
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 Traccar SMS Gateway's own page
What Traccar SMS Gateway charges
Traccar SMS Gateway did not state a price on the pages we checked.
Side by side
| What you might need | Traccar SMS Gateway | SMS Mobile App |
|---|---|---|
| Sends from your own SIM | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| An Android phone is the sender | Yes (their page) | Yes |
| Web dashboard | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| HTTP API for your own software | Yes (their page) | No |
| Receives replies | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
| Several phones on one account | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Dual-SIM rotation | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Send-rate control | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Scheduled sending | Not stated on the pages we checked | Partly |
| Delivery reports | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Spreadsheet recipient import | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Message templates | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Open source | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
| Free tier | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| No per-message platform fee | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
The comparison page sets out who each one suits better.