Open the downloaded file
Tap the downloaded file (named like “EarnSMS-12.apk”) in the download notification, or find it in My Files > Downloads. Then tap Install.
Download the EarnSMS app
For approved testers. Enter your registered tester phone number and the download code you were given.
Installing EarnSMS on Android: every message you may see and what to tap, with steps for each phone brand.
Updating later? You won’t need this page again: the app updates itself.
Before you install
- Sleeps until a test arrivesVery low battery use: about 8 mAh a day when idle. See the measurement.
- Secure downloadA signed app, and your download link works for 10 minutes only.
Latest version
- Version
- Released
- Size
- SHA-256
- Signing certificate
How to verify
Checksum: after downloading, compare the file's SHA-256 with the one above (for example with a file manager or checksum app that shows SHA-256).
Developer certificate: apps such as App Manager show an installed app's signing certificate. Its SHA-256 must match the one above, and every update is signed with the same certificate.
How EarnSMS protects your privacy
- What never leaves your phone
Your personal messages never leave your phone.
Outside a test, the app ignores your messages completely. It does not open your inbox or read older messages.
- What is sent during a test
Only the test message, and only while a test is running for you.
- Phone data we collect
Network, phone and app details, so tests go only to phones that can receive them.
Why: to send tests only to phones that can receive them, to tell whether a missed test was caused by the phone (no signal, SIM removed, battery saver), to help you fix problems, and to prevent fraud.
- What the app never does
- Never asks for your contacts
- Never asks for your call log
- Never asks for your location
- Never asks for your camera or microphone
- Never asks for your photos or files
- Never sends SMS from your phone
- Never opens your inbox or reads older messages
- Crash reports
Crash reports never contain your messages or your phone number.
If the app runs into an error, technical details of that error (where in the app it happened), the phone model, Android version and app version are sent to Google Firebase so we can fix the bug.