Tutorials

Learn SMSRAVE in a few minutes

Short narrated videos that walk you through the app, the browser desktop and the developer API, step by step. Pick the voice language under each video.

Basics1:28

Get started with SMSRAVE

Install, sign in and send your first SMS

Steps in this video
  1. You need an Android phone with a SIM card, the SMSRAVE app from smsrave.com/download, and a free account.
  2. Open the app and allow SMS access. Your conversations appear on the Messages tab. Tap a thread to read and reply.
  3. To write a new message, tap the round plus button. Pick a contact or type a number, choose the SIM, and send.
  4. The shortcut row opens senders, forward rules, bulk SMS, reminders and content extraction.
  5. In Settings, sign in with your SMSRAVE account to sync messages, contacts and polls with the website.
  6. On smsrave.com, sign in with the same account. Messages you queue on Send SMS are delivered by your phone.
Messaging1:06

Send bulk SMS campaigns

One message to hundreds of people, from your own SIM

Steps in this video
  1. On the Messages screen, tap Bulk SMS in the shortcut row.
  2. Add your recipients. Type numbers separated by commas, or tap Choose contacts.
  3. Or save your list as a CSV file and select it here. Duplicate numbers are removed.
  4. Write your message. The counter shows the characters and how many SMS each person receives.
  5. Tap Send campaign. SMSRAVE sends at a safe pace and shows the progress. You can also start campaigns from your dashboard.
Automation1:47

Senders: where your messages go

SMS, email, webhook, bulk SMS and custom gateways

Steps in this video
  1. A sender is a destination. Forward rules and extraction rules deliver messages through it, and senders made on the phone or the website stay in sync.
  2. On the phone, tap Sender in the shortcut row and choose the type you want.
  3. Fill in the details. For email, enter a title, the outgoing server, the SMTP port, SSL, your account and password.
  4. On the website, open the dashboard, then Senders, and pick a type: SMS, email, webhook, custom HTTP API or bulk SMS.
  5. Give it a name, the destination numbers and the SIM. 'Only when there is no internet' makes it an SMS fallback.
  6. Click Create sender. It appears in your list, where Send test checks that it works.
  7. A webhook posts every message to your URL, signed with your secret. A custom HTTP API connects gateways like Termii or Twilio. Or install a ready-made sender from the Sender store.
Automation1:25

Forward SMS automatically

To email, a webhook or another phone

Steps in this video
  1. It takes two parts: a sender, which is where messages go, and a forward rule, which decides which messages go there.
  2. First, tap Sender and choose a type. For email, have your mail server details ready.
  3. Give the sender a title, then enter the outgoing server and SMTP port. Turn on SSL if your provider uses it.
  4. Enter the sender account, a nickname, and the password or app code. Then save.
  5. Now open Forward rules. Name the rule and choose which SIM it listens on.
  6. Choose what to match: all messages, or only those from a number or containing certain text.
  7. Pick the sender you created and save. Every matching SMS is now forwarded the moment it arrives.
Automation1:08

Extract codes and amounts from SMS

Pull out just the part you need and send it on

Steps in this video
  1. This is great for one-time codes, amounts in bank alerts, and order or tracking numbers.
  2. Add an extraction rule. Give it a name and choose which messages it should read.
  3. Pick a sender. The extracted text is delivered there.
  4. Define the pattern: the text before and after the part you want. Tick Numbers to keep digits only, and set a length.
  5. For example, from 'Your code is 482913', with the start text 'code is', SMSRAVE delivers just 482913.
Messaging1:19

Run an SMS poll

Collect votes by SMS and watch the results live

Steps in this video
  1. People vote by sending an SMS to your phone number. Each option has a keyword, and SMSRAVE counts the votes for you.
  2. In the app, open the Polls tab at the bottom, then tap Create poll.
  3. Enter a poll title and the maximum votes per number; zero means unlimited. Then add each option with the keyword that matches it.
  4. The results update as votes arrive, on the phone and on the website under Polls.
  5. Recent votes show who voted, what they chose, and when.
  6. To reply to voters automatically, open Settings, then Auto responder, and choose your poll. Write the reply; the sender and message are filled in for you.
Settings2:14

Settings explained

What every option in the app does

Steps in this video
  1. Tap Settings at the bottom right of the app.
  2. Account: sign in or register to sync with smsrave.com. Your plan and expiry date are shown here, with blocked contacts, backup and app info.
  3. Preferences: Enable notification alerts you to new messages. Secure app with PIN locks SMSRAVE. Show poll notification alerts you for every vote.
  4. Save only mismatch SMS keeps messages that match your rules out of your inbox, so use it with care. Purge clears the bulk SMS and vote logs. Pending confirmations lets you approve deletes requested on the website.
  5. SMS per hour is the top sending speed for bulk and API messages; lower it if your network blocks fast sending. Webserver port is the port of the browser desktop.
  6. Premium features: Synchronise SMS with cloud keeps your dashboard up to date, at the sync interval you set in minutes. Enable SMS API lets the website send through this phone.
  7. API SMS fetch interval is how often, in seconds, the phone checks for messages to send. SMS fetch URL is your own server that the phone checks. The last buttons open the developer docs and these tutorials.
  8. Auto responder: choose Off, All messages, or one of your polls, write the reply, and tap Save.
Phone to PC1:11

Your phone on your PC

The browser desktop — nothing to install on the computer

Steps in this video
  1. In the app, start the web server. It shows an address on your Wi-Fi network.
  2. On your computer, open that address in any browser on the same Wi-Fi, and enter your app PIN to pair.
  3. All your apps are here: messages, contacts, phone, notes, files, polls, remote view and more.
  4. Read and reply to conversations with your keyboard. The phone sends from the SIM you choose.
  5. Remote view shows your phone screen live on the computer.
  6. Write notes, move files and share the clipboard between your phone and PC.
Developers1:28

Send SMS from your app — website API

Call smsrave.com from your own system; your phone sends

Steps in this video
  1. Your application calls smsrave.com with your API key. The message is queued in your account, and your phone sends it on its next sync.
  2. Open the dashboard, then API access, and copy your API key. Keep it secret, and regenerate it if it ever leaks.
  3. Download the Postman collection here, import it into Postman, and paste your key into the collection variables.
  4. To send, make a POST request to the SMS send endpoint, with your key in the Authorization header and the numbers and message in the body.
  5. Then check the commands endpoint. Each message shows queued, and then sent once your phone has sent it.
  6. You can send to up to five hundred numbers per request. Set store to false to skip the copy on the phone. Keep the phone online and signed in.
Open the developer docs →
Developers1:15

Send SMS from your app — phone API

Call the phone directly over Wi-Fi; it sends at once

Steps in this video
  1. Your application calls the phone directly on your network. No internet or website is needed, and the SMS goes out at once.
  2. In the app, start the web server and note the address it shows.
  3. On the browser desktop, open Developer and copy the API key, or download the Postman collection with this phone already filled in.
  4. To send, make a POST request to the phone's SMS send endpoint with your key, the number, the message and the SIM slot.
  5. You can also read the inbox, your contacts and your polls straight from the phone.
  6. The phone API can create senders and forwarders too. Five wrong keys lock the caller out for five minutes.
Open the developer docs →

Still stuck?

Ask us anything — we reply by email. Building an integration? The developer docs and Postman collection have every endpoint.

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