Traccar SMS Gateway and SMS Mobile App
How Traccar SMS Gateway and SMS Mobile App compare, with the source and date of each fact.
An Android messaging app from the Traccar GPS project that exposes an HTTP API for sending SMS through the phone.
Last checked 7 November 2026. Check Traccar SMS Gateway's own page
Who Traccar SMS Gateway suits better
Choose Traccar SMS Gateway if you run a Traccar tracking server and want its alerts sent as SMS through a phone with a small HTTP API.
Who SMS Mobile App suits better
Choose SMS Mobile App if you need a list, a review screen, delivery reports and plan limits for sending to many people, not an API for one server's alerts.
What it costs
Traccar SMS Gateway did not state a price on the pages we checked.
Our plans
- Free: $0
- Pro: $9.99 a month
- Family: $8 per seat a month, at least 3 seats
Your carrier's SMS rate applies on top of any plan. See what each plan includes
Side by side
| What you might need | Traccar SMS Gateway | SMS Mobile App |
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| Sends from your own SIM | Yes (their page) | Yes |
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| An Android phone is the sender | Yes (their page) | Yes |
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| Web dashboard | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| HTTP API for your own software | Yes (their page) | No |
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| Receives replies | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
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| Several phones on one account | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Dual-SIM rotation | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Send-rate control | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Scheduled sending | Not stated on the pages we checked | Partly |
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| Delivery reports | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Spreadsheet recipient import | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Message templates | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| Open source | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
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| Free tier | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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| No per-message platform fee | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
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What SMS Mobile App will not do
- Pakistani mobile numbers only. Foreign numbers, landlines and short codes are refused, with the reason.
- Each SIM has daily and hourly caps. A SIM starts at 150 messages a day and can rise to 400 as delivery reports come back. Its hourly cap is a fifth of that, 30 to 80, and a job waits at least 30 seconds between sends. The Free plan stops at 100 messages a month.
- No HTTP API. Other software cannot send through it, so OTP codes and automated sends from your own system are not available.
- Your SIM and carrier decide the rest. Whether a message arrives depends on them, and their SMS rate is yours to pay on top of any plan.
- What you send stays your responsibility. The rules where you are, and whether those people agreed to hear from you, are not something the app can check.
Moving across
How to move from Traccar SMS Gateway to SMS Mobile App
Download the Android app. A signed APK from our own site. It is not on Google Play.
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