Chomp SMS

Pros: Have appreciated the app since installing in preference to the default Android sms widget. Primary motivation is to be able to selectively delete multiple old messages in a stream, as a batch, in order to preserve the chat as an archive while removing extraneous exchanges.

Cons: Program failed basic error detection and correction ; automated release 9.24 dated 30 June 2025 failed to SEND ALL MESSAGES with no detection or report to user. Took me weeks to understand that it was not an intermittent error condition caused by Chomp and not my phone or carrier (Verizon)

Support glibly characterized my BUG REPORT as "feedback."

Overall: [slightly edited content of email exchange with support]

My original email:
Since most recent update virtually all outgoing messages failed. Because I had previously seen warnings, unexplained, about failed sending, with a red flag, I had no reason to suspect these failures.

Verizon support convinced me to switch to Google Messages which prominently shows ALL messages that were "sent" but not transmitted. That is how I learned Chomp is now literally useless.

Attached screenshot is a sample from conversation with a single contact showing Google messages interface with flags on messages never sent. Had no way to detect this with Chomp

Reply from Chomp support:
Hi there,

Thanks for the feedback.

Please toggle the delivery reports settings OFF and ON in Chomp SMS Settings > SMS and MMS.

Then, reboot your device and report back if it works.

My 2nd reply:
Before receiving your reply, I uninstalled and reinstalled Chomp. See that there is a release dated July with same version number.

Delivery reports were NOT on.
Toggled and reboot as directed.
Left reports ON

I have verified that a small number of recipients can acknowledge receipt.

Chomp did not detect that it's send function, THE BASIC PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION , was faulty. MULTIPLE re-sends did not work, with no alert shown. Whereas, Google Messages, displayed this status for all such messages, none of which it was responsible for creating.

Your only response is to direct the user to to perform an arbitrary and otherwise irrelevant setting change and REBOOT THE SYSTEM.

You characterize my ERROR REPORT as 'feedback' and fail to acknowledge that your automated update contains a fatal error.

You provide no means to verify that the application is functional as intended.

I am shopping for another vendor.

Pros: Absolutely love Chomp now that I have back engineered it..... I just didn't need a lot of the bells and whistles that came with the latest pro and to the 6.49 dollars ..... so I went ahead coming from hand sent, to Chomp, which they were both so very similar by design. I installed the 8. 11 I noticed all the trackers in the background and ads started appearing. Although it had said that 8.11 was ad free. And once I installed adguard. I didn't get any more ads and no more trackers, I just love it, it is so light on memory it hardly uses any at all now that the trackers and the ads are not appearing and it is totally ad free.

Cons: Install the ad guard it will be super light on memory and no ads and no trackers in the background you'll love it. 😁😁❤❤

Overall: See above.

Pros: Except for the "con" noted below, it provides all the features I want in a texting app. It handles SMS and MMS very well and has simple methods for adding attachments.

Cons: Whenever I have an appointment and the accountant, doctor, etc., sends a text requesting I confirm the appointment, I try using Chomp to respond. Usually, the request is for a letter or number. I can't get Chomp to respond. To send a response to the requester, I open a different text messaging app, make it the default and then submit my response. Chomp needs to be updated to include that feature.

Overall: A good texting program that just needs a few tweaks to make it great. If the programming group adds a feature allowing me to respond to appointment requests, I can use it for all my texting.

Pros: Easily customizable. Straight forward. Customer support gets back to you within 24 hrs. Very helpful no complaints.

Cons: I don't see that there are any. It's intuitive as far as being able to customize it.

Overall: Been a paid user since 2013. Very satisfied with it. It's the 1st app I install every time I upgrade to a new pH. Seamless easy and I'd feel funny as if somethings missing if I didn't install it.