iRealSMS 3.0 - A Full Messages App Replacement

Author: iRealSMS dev  //  Category: Apps

Want more from your Messaging App?

Do you love your iPhone but hate the limited Messages app? Frustrated that your missing basic functions that are available on most other cell phones? iRealSMS 3.0 fills the gap, and then some with features such as QuickReply, QuickSend, Contact Pics, Smileys, Templates, Forward/Reply via Mail, Privacy Settings, Password Lock, Search Feature, Character Counter & much more! Use it as a FULL Messages app replacement or just take advantage of the QuickReply & QuickSend.

Do you like choices? Do you like saving money? Well so do we! With iRealSMS you now have the ability to purchase SMS Credits for use with our New iRealNetwork. In addition to your normal carrier text plan you can at anytime switch your sending method to use your iRealNetwork credits to either send super cheap International SMS, or to help hold you over on your Domestic SMS if you have run low on your monthly SMS allowance (as we know SMS overage charges can be ridiculous!). iRealSMS, Convenience… Optimized for your Lifestyle

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Features List

QuickReply:[Image 1] [Image 2]

  • View and Reply to an SMS from any application without having to exit your current app.
  • Supports Lock Screen!
  • New Landscape Layout
  • Hide/Un-Hide Function allows you to background QuickReply so you answer at your convenience
    (press home button to hide / tap status bar to unhide)
  • Option to Call Contact instead of reply
  • iRealNetwork QuickSwitch allows you to switch network setting directly from the QuickReply
    (long press/hold of the REPLY key will initiate the QuickSwitch)

QuickSend:[Image 1] [Image 2]

  • Compose a new SMS from any application without the need of going into the messages app.
  • Supports Lock Screen!
  • New Landscape Layout
  • Favorites List [Image 1]
  • Option to Call Contacts from QuickSend for added convenience
  • iRealNetwork QuickSwitch allows you to switch network setting directly from the QuickSend
    (long press/hold of the SEND key will initiate the QuickSwitch)

MMS Support:

  • Send & Receive MMS(for MMS enabled iPhones)
  • Reply to incoming MMS messages via QuickReply!
  • Insert MMS content directly into QuickReply & QuickSend!

Contact Pics:[Image 1]

  • Added to Conversation List
  • Added to QuickReply
  • Added to Single SMS View(via Folders Mode)

Smileys:[Image 1]

  • Smileys Available via App
  • Smileys Available via QuickReply
  • Smileys Available via QuickSend
  • Smiley Filter Converts Incoming ASCII Smiley into iPhone Emoji Equivalent.
  • Customizable to Send Outgoing Smileys as either:
    • iPhone Smileys: Only other iPhones can view them (network restrictions may apply as some cell networks iPhone emoji is not compatible with one another)
    • ASCII Smiley: Will Show on Recipients Phone as ASCII equivalent (for use when sending to other types of phones)
    • ASCII Short Strings: Uses a shorter ASCII script for those that want to save on character usage

Templates:

  • Create Templates & Insert them into your Conversation via the App!(QuickReply & QuickSend Support not yet available)
  • Supports Multi-Contact Lists, so you can easily make a template and use it as a SmartGroup

Insert Option:[Image 1]

  • Insert Option added to the Paste UI Callout.
    (Double Tap or Long Tap the Text Field to reveal the PASTE | INSERT options. )
    Select Insert for 3 Options: (only available via App)

    • Insert Contact: add a contacts info from your address book
    • Insert Draft: Insert an unfinished message and complete it for sending
    • Insert Template: Easily insert your pre-defined Templates!

Privacy Settings:[Image 1]

  • Control the way your iPhone handles the Incoming SMS Alerts.

Password Lock:

  • Add Password Protection to your iRealSMS 3.0 Main Application and keep your conversations from prying eyes

Sent Notifications:

  • Use Sent Notifcations to receive SMS delivery confirmation
    (dependent on if your carrier supports sent notifications)

Blacklist:

  • Our in-app Blacklist allows you to suppress certain numbers from producing an Alert of any kind and keeps it out of your Conversation List. Customize it to Auto-Delete the messages or to Hide them in the BlackList folder

Folders Mode:[[url]http://irealsms.com/screens/Folders.jpg][/url][Image 1][/url]

  • The Standard for Most Phones: View Your SMS using a Folders format: INBOX / DRAFTS /TEMPLATES /OUTBOX / SENT
  • Allows You to Control how you want to use your SMS app!

Search Feature:[Image 1]

  • Easily Search Your SMS Database by NAME | TEXT | ALL
    (search function found in folders tab)

Character Counter:

  • Counts the amount of Characters Being used in the Text Field as well as the Total Number of SMS messages that will be Sent
  • Available in App
  • Available in QuickReply
  • Available in QuickSend

Credit Counter:

  • Displays the amount of remaining iRealNetwork SMS Credits.
  • Available in App
  • Available in QuickReply
  • Available in QuickSend

Time Stamps:[Image 1]

  • Displays the Time Stamps for All Messages!
  • Displays in Conversations mode by pressing the EDIT button
  • Displays Time Stamps for Incoming messages in QuickReply

Hide Keyboard:

  • Option to Slide to Keyboard back off screen so as to show a full screen view of the conversation bubbles
    (While in a Conversation simply tap on one of the text bubbles to have the keyboard slide off screen)

Orientation Settings:

  • Use your app under auto-rotate as normal or lock it into portrait or landscape mode.
  • QuickReply & QuickSend can only Auto-Rotate or Portrait lock at this time

Built-in Background Feature:

  • For INSTANT launch times use the built in background feature! (utilizes some available memory)

SAVE MONEY with RealNetwork:

  • “iRealNetwork is a new service bringing SMS to your iPhone as you are used to but MUCH CHEAPER. With 8 EuroCents per SMS it is a great deal for national SMS and unbeatable for international SMS. A common rate for int. SMS is 39 EuroCent which is 500% of our rate.
    It is in the nature of SMS services that we cannot support every destination in the world - therefore it is our policy to REFUND any Credit purchases which cannot be used because our service doesn’t support the destination country or network you require. We are supporting over 570 networks worldwide though. So try it out and save your money!”
  • Have them handy for those of you that are only allotted a certain number of SMS messages a month! Why pay overage charges for SMS ala cart when you can just switch over to the iRealNetwork at usually a cheaper rate than what your carrier offers!
  • Text in the SEND or REPLY button will be GREEN when the iRealNetwork is Active
  • Enable in Settings or by Long Pressing the SEND or REPLY button you can initiate a Quick Network Switch!
  • (iRealNetwork sends via your Internet connection so WI-FI, 3G or EDGE is necessary for use.)

QuickSwitch:

  • Long Pressing the SEND or REPLY button you can initiate a Quick Network Switch to easily toggle between sending via your carrier or iRealNetwork
  • Text in the SEND or REPLY button will be GREEN when the iRealNetwork is Active
  • Available via App
  • Available via QuickReply
  • Available via QuickSend

Compatible with iBlacklist
Compatible with WinterBoard[Custom Themes]

Special Thanks to SoggyDonuts, c0rpse, Tosbsas, sysrage, swiftbmx(for keeping us all laughing when we wanted to strangle each other), HappyPappy & others that Im sure I forgot. Your assistance was invaluable to me!

36 Responses to “iRealSMS 3.0 - A Full Messages App Replacement”

  1. billchase2 Says:

    Looks great! I’ll probably stick with biteSMS though. It seems to have all of the features I need.

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    Sohail Gagai Reply:

    Bite sms is it working ??????

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  2. AsHopeDies Says:

    The latest version I am using now is 3.0 RC3(for the free update), but I don’t see the 3.0 final update notification even though I refreshed this repo a few minutes ago :-/

    Do I need to uninstall before upgade?

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    Jason Reply:

    I had to not only uninstall the RC, but I had to remove the beta repo for some reason.

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  3. duluen Says:

    A++++ update guys! It looks and feels amazing. Very well done.

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  4. iTariq Says:

    very bad

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    duluen Reply:

    why do you say so?

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    Sohail Gagai Reply:

    what happen tariq !!!

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  5. reznor9 Says:

    thanks guys! A lot of work went into it and thank you to all that helped with the beta testing process! It was a lot of fun, cant wait to start on 3.1

    just and FYI to others that might be expiencing the same problem finding the official release, you have to remove the beta reppo and uninstall any beta version that you have installed.

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  6. Jeff Says:

    Is this better than iblacklist? If so, how?

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    reznor9 Reply:

    this is not better than iBlacklist.
    our core pupose is being a sms app, not a blacklist app.. but with that said iRealSMS 3.0 does have a built in blacklist function… but it only blacklists SMS and MMS. Calls will still get through. So for basic blacklisting this is fine.

    If you require a more robust and configurable blacklist feature, the for sure get the iBlacklist.

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    Sohail Gagai Reply:

    u dont beleive guys what happen with me when i installed iblacklist from sinful the cracked version , my iphonehangs up and i have to restore it and lost all my data ….
    i dont know what was wrong can any body help me ??

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  7. Biondo91 Says:

    Please add italian language as bitesms.
    Nice app i bought immediatly.

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    reznor9 Reply:

    we will get a script file out there and get a team of translators(you guys) on it to add more languages. ;-)

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    reznor9 Reply:

    and thank you for your support!
    we will try to get it added in 3.1

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  8. mark boyce Says:

    does it work with iblacklist?

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  9. The6uest Says:

    Really nice app! One suggestion though would be to select contacts to add to the blacklist instead of having to type or copy/paste the number in.

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    reznor9 Reply:

    i hear you.. i’ll try to add it for 3.1

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  10. J* aka aPish Says:

    Hey, somehow the Quick Send menu isn’t clickable: “Tap For QuickSend”why is that?

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    reznor9 Reply:

    most likely because you also have BiteSMS installed… we hate them so we made it that way. Just kidding… no the reason is because their QuickSend also uses the exact same launch method that ours does… and for some reason even when you turn theirs off, their dylib doesnt let go of the hook… so it conflicts with ours and in a sense cancels the function from working. To remedy you have to either uninstall BiteSMS or just go into SBSettings and disable their dylib.

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    J* aka aPish Reply:

    Thank you a lot :]

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  11. Pedro Says:

    This app looks really nice, but can someone tell me what is the difference in price for international SMS between realsms and bitesms. I currently use bitesms for my international SMS but is a $15 app worth it i don’t see any difference between this 2 exepct for MMS in realsms and i don’t really care about all the extra features except which is better for me. Thanks!

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    reznor9 Reply:

    Not sure the difference but we forgot to include the new pricing in the app and left the beta pricing in there… but it actually is as such.

    * 50 Credits = 3.99 euro
    * 100 Credits = 7.99 euro (plus 5 bonus credits) = 105 credits
    * 200 Credits = 15.99 euro (plus 10 bonus credits) = 210 credits
    * 500 Credits = 39.99 euro (plus 50 bonus credits) = 550 credits

    the bonus credits appear after your purchase in the SMS Confirmation you receive.

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    reznor9 Reply:

    I dont know how to answer the other half of your question… as you want to know what the difference is between the apps yet say you dont care about all the extra features… but advantages in a random off the top of my head order:
    1) Folders Mode (inbox/drafts/templates/outbox/sent)
    2) Templates
    3) QuickReply to incoming MMS
    4) Insert MMS content into a QuickReply or QuickSend from anywhere!
    5) Easier smileys interface
    6) Send SMS to email addresses via QuickSend
    7) Contact Pictures in the QuickReply
    8) Superfast non-memory intensive sms search feature
    9) Ability to Hide / Unhide QuickReply to answer it at your convenience (ie: your playing a video game)
    10) auto-hide alerts(customizable to springboard, lockscreen or both) for reasons of privacy.
    11) quickNotes: save text inputted into quicksend window to native notes app or save as draft.
    12) ability to view ALL time stamps for messages within a large fullscreen scrollable list instead of one at a time like bite.
    13) start up to favorites list option for quicksend
    14)much more attractive QuickReply interface with the hidden keyboard and textfield and contact pic(which was mentioned above)
    15) built in blacklist
    16) built in background feature
    17) compatibility with iBlacklist
    18) Queue system for quickreply, so you can have more than one QuickReply at a time
    19) Timestamps in QuickReply

    there should be more differences but thats all I can think of off the top of my head.

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  12. Max Morelli Says:

    Hi guys, is it a free upgrade for 2.0 users?

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    reznor9 Reply:

    http://forum.irealsms.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1263

    should answer your question

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  13. Anonymous Says:

    Ggdczvcv

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  14. totyx Says:

    You can win a licence of iRealSMS here http://tinyurl.com/y9vzz54

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  15. Avid Says:

    I think realsms is ok than bitesms, that after a while, your full license become nonesense…i’ve got a full license and after a month i am surprise it becomes a trial…. and i have to purchase the license again.. it is sucks..

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    Anonymous Reply:

    email reznor at serial@irealsms.com
    explain your situation and he will look into it

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  16. Kenny Says:

    How do u remove the beta repo?

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  17. Hyprhypr Says:

    Why arent some of my contacts recieving any of my texts… Only 2 people were able to get a text but others arent recieving any…why is it so “shotty” ? I dont have any previous versions or bitesms install prior…. Is their some thing i have to tweak?! Any help would be great … My irealams experience is not happily like other users reviews…

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    Anonymous Reply:

    I suggest emailing support@irealsms.com
    or visit their forum

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  18. al2010 Says:

    hi can someone help please, how do you remove a number from the blacklist folder and have the alerts for that contact appear as normal?
    thanks

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    Anonymous Reply:

    just go into iReal settings > blacklist
    and edit > delete the contact
    it will place the messages back into the conversation list

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  19. clayton Says:

    how can i create a template or a draft ? i cant’ find the way to save one …..

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