SMS Counter

Harsha Alva · harsha.smx

Not rated yet 1.2K downloads v3.3.29 1.4 MB Android 2.3.3+ PEGI 12 · Low Maturity

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At a glance

Latest version: v3.3.29 (18)
Updated: Sep 5, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size: 1.4 MB
Requires: Android 2.3.3+ (API 10)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Communication (app)
Listed since: Aug 15, 2019 (at least)
Permissions: 8 (4 sensitive)
Developer contact: [email protected]

About this APK

SMS Counter is an app by Harsha Alva in the Communication category, listed since at least August 2019. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 8 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including read contacts, read sms and approximate location.

What's new in v3.3.29

- Counting Mechanism completely rebuilt to patch count doubling bug. - Interstitial ads removed and I'm sorry for adding them in the first place. - Various bug fixes. Thanks to Mr. Amir Riaz and Mr. Hassaan Badar for their inputs.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.

DISCLAIMER: This app uses unofficial APIs that are not part of the Android SDK released by Google and/or the Android Open Source Project. Hence, this app may not work on all phones. Read more about this here. http://goo.gl/8EQl2N Do not request me for Dual SIM support or other features that are not included in the official SDK. Because of the Open Source nature of Android, it is easy for manufactures to modify Android to add such features. Also, access to these features is not granted by manufacturers to developers by ways of APIs and SDKs. In simple words, this app counts your texts at definite intervals, in a pretty advanced way! -Breaks up SMS usage per contact. -Supports multi-part texts. -Uses Android’s built in counting methods. -Counts automatically in background. -See reports by days of a month or months of a year. -Be warned when you run out of your plan with notifications. -See volume of sent/received texts for a given time frame with ability to sort. Permissions required: RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED - Update count, start monitoring for sent messages and count widgets at boot. RECEIVE_SMS - Start counting when SMS is received. READ_SMS - Get character count of each SMS message. READ_CONTACTS - To break down character count by name on long press of list item. The following permissions are required by Google Analytics to track usage statistics, by Crashlytics to report app crashes and by Google AdMob to show ads. INTERNET ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Harsha Alva” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Same certificate as the other version checked

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Aug 15, 2019
Antivirus scan passed Nov 27, 2020
Signed byCN=Harsha Alva
Signing certificate (SHA-1)85:EB:92:F1:64:DE:7A:6A:7F:EB:D3:0D:18:56:43:75:4C:54:B4:6D
File MD5f79af76c3d07a527db71bfe920f59fc2
Uploaded by “catappult” Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018

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Permissions (8)

SMS Counter requests 8 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Read contacts Sensitive android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
Read sms Sensitive android.permission.READ_SMS
Receive sms Sensitive android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Run at startup android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Smx rw (custom) harsha.smx.permission.RW
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Network location android.hardware.location.network
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Telephony (SIM) android.hardware.telephony

SMS Counter APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the SMS Counter APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is f79af76c3d07a527db71bfe920f59fc2.