# Clear SMS (open-source budget and finance app)

> Clear SMS is a free, open-source budget and finance app for Android. Privacy-first SMS app with smart inbox, finance dashboard and bill reminders. It has 105 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid.

Clear SMS is an open-source, privacy-first SMS app that automatically organizes your inbox - completely offline, on your device. Smart inbox Messages are automatically sorted into Important, Promotional, Personal, OTP and Unknown using a transparent, regex-based rules engine - no ML black box, every rule is human-readable JSON you can inspect and edit. 390+ community-maintained rules plus a 715k sender-ID directory. Full-text search with category and time filters, heuristic scam-awareness flagging. Finance dashboard Debit/credit transactions are extracted from bank SMS into accounts, credit cards and spend summaries with hand-rolled charts.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/itsluminous/ClearSMS |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 105 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/app.clearsms/ (package app.clearsms) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | not linked |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Budget & finance |
| Latest release | v0.24.1 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 28, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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