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TextHook Live

Narrative Systems Ltd1 app · 5 installsToolsFreeIn-app purchases: $4.99 per itemcom.texthook.app

Automate your texts and notifications: set a trigger, forward them anywhere

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Total installs
5
exact · Play shows 5+
Installs / day
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Rating
—★
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Released
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Last update
10 Aug 2026
2mo ago
Countries
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Install history

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4.96.27.48.71010 Oct11 Oct11 Oct
4.96.27.48.71010 Oct11 Oct11 Oct

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Permissions

7 in 3 groups
2 Sensitive2 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emails
  • Receive and read incoming text messages, including one-time login codes
ContactsSensitive1

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

  • See every contact saved on your phone, including names, numbers and emailsread your contacts · READ_CONTACTS
SMSSensitive1

Access to read, send, and edit your text messages

  • Receive and read incoming text messages, including one-time login codesreceive text messages (SMS) · RECEIVE_SMS
OtherNotable5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
TextHook is a device automation tool for incoming text messages and, with Pro, app notifications. You set the trigger, TextHook performs the action. It is for forwarding your own messages, from your own device. An automation in TextHook is a single rule: when an incoming SMS or notification matches conditions you defined, it will automatically send it to a destination you chose. Nothing runs until you create that rule, and nothing is forwarded that your rule did not match. How an automation works 1. Add a destination: a webhook URL, Discord channel, Telegram chat, or email address you enter yourself. 2. Add a rule. The incoming message is the trigger: match on sender (number or contact name) and on content (contains / starts with / ends with). That's the whole automation. From then on all matching notifications or received SMS fire it automatically. Non-matching are ignored and never leave your device. Example automations people build: push bank or delivery alerts into a Telegram chat, forward on-call texts into a Slack workspace, or POST to your own server to kick off something downstream. Why TextHook needs SMS access: The incoming message is the trigger. TextHook has to see a text arrive in order to test it against your rule, which is why it asks for SMS access on first run. It reads incoming messages only. It does not read your message history, sent messages or drafts, does not send texts, and is not your default SMS app. Without this permission TextHook cannot run any automation at all, and the app says so until you grant it. The same goes for notifications. You need to approve the monitoring of every individual app you want to forward notifications for. You stay in control • Every trigger and every destination is one you created. TextHook ships with none • An activity log shows each automation that fired, what matched it, and whether the send succeeded • Turn any rule off without deleting it • One tap wipes everything: Settings → Delete all data Private by design • No servers and no account. Your messages are never sent to us • No analytics, no crash trackers, no ads, no advertising ID • Custom header values are encrypted on-device (AES-256-GCM via the Android Keystore), and the app keeps no off-device backups • Every send uses HTTPS; cleartext HTTP is blocked • Optional biometric app lock Free vs Pro Free includes 1 rule, 1 webhook, POST forwarding, and a 7-day activity log. Enough to build and run a complete automation end to end. Pro is a one-time $4.99 unlock (no subscription): unlimited rules and destinations, all HTTP methods, custom request headers, notification triggers, up to 90-day history, and the message-template editor for shaping the payload into the exact format your endpoint expects. Permissions • SMS (receive only): the trigger source. TextHook must see an incoming message to test it against your rule. Requested on first run, and available any time from Settings → Permissions • Contacts (optional): only if you build a rule that triggers on a contact name; requested at that moment, never at startup • Notifications: the ongoing notice that TextHook is active • Notification access (optional, Pro): only if you turn on notification triggers, and only for the apps you pick. Off by default, revocable any time TextHook is for forwarding your own messages, from your own device.

What's new

Fixed: retrying a failed forward now updates that entry in place — it shows the new result and the Retry button disappears once the message goes through. Retry now shows a "Retrying…" state while it works, and always reports the outcome. A retry that finishes after you leave the Activity tab is no longer discarded.

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