Is there a good app for schedule a message to send later?
Lacks Features: 2 apps already serve this, and 12 data points mined from real user reviews show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
A messaging app's value is the people already on it, not the software. WhatsApp and iMessage own the network and run closed protocols, and Apple actively blocks reverse-engineered clients — Beeper Mini was shut down within days. A better messenger with no users is worthless.
Moat: a network effect — worthless without the crowd · platform risk: high · why: WhatsApp/iMessage are closed protocols · Apple killed Beeper Mini in days (Dec 2023) · direct network effect = zero value below critical mass
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to schedule a message to send later, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| schedule messages on iOS | missing-feature | 1 | the ability to schedule messages to be sent in the future. The android version of the app has it, but the iOS version doesn't |
| no message scheduling | missing-feature | 1 | Also scheduling messages would be nice. |
| scheduled-messages-ios | missing-feature | 1 | when will the iOS users be able to schedule messages |
| no scheduled send / send later | missing-feature | 1 | It could still include a send later feature |
| delay sending and receiving messages | performance | 1 | massive delay sending and receiving messages |
| no scheduled messages on iOS | missing-feature | 1 | I wish I could schedule messages like you can do on the Android version |
| can't schedule post | bug | 1 | I couldn’t schedule my post for tomorrow |
| no scheduled messages | missing-feature | 1 | would ge great if scheduled messages was an option similar to t***gram |
| no scheduled send | missing-feature | 1 | You should do an update with “send later” chats |
| delayed messages | performance | 1 | constantly glitching and delayed |
| delayed message notifications | reliability | 1 | I only receive them once I manually open the app |
| outgoing message send delay | bug | 1 | my outgoing messages take up to 2 hours to send |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alarrrm - Future Event Alarm | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
| Sent It: Individual Messaging | 5.0 | 3 | $4.99 |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 31 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
Just 3 attempts, all active but led by a 165-star tool; a small but live niche with one clear contender.
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extended-Thunder/send-later | active | 165 | JavaScript |
| ih8js-git/messageScheduler | active | 14 | TypeScript |
| WolfFr1/messageSchedulerV2 | active | 4 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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