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Sign up to Repeat Raven
Create an account on the website. Free to start, no card needed.
Important limitation
Android only supports 30 messages per 30 minutes. That means you can send a maximum of 1,440 messages within 24 hours. If you need higher concurrent messaging, we do not recommend using this service. Alternatively, you can choose Twilio, sent.dm, or a custom carrier API.
Android Gateway
Your spare Android phone is now your SMS gateway.
Install one app. Scan a QR code. Send your Repeat Raven reminders and campaigns through your own phone, on your own number, at your own carrier's rates. No middleman fees. No paperwork. Done in a minute.
Works on any Android phone, version 8 and newer Samsung, Pixel, Xiaomi, OnePlus, the lot
Why use your own phone
A SIM you already pay for is a route you already own.
No extra per-text fees
Your messages go out on a SIM you already have. Whatever your phone plan charges, that's it. Nothing on top.
No business-SMS paperwork
No brand approvals, no sender registration, no compliance lawyer. You're just sending texts from your own phone.
Same number every time
Customers see your real number, not a strange short code. Easy to recognise, easy to save, easy to trust.
One heads-up: every carrier has its own rules on bulk SMS from personal SIMs. If you're sending a high volume of messages, it's worth a quick check with your phone provider first.
How it works
Four steps. No phone call to support.
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Choose ‘Use my phone’
Pick Device as your sending method in the dashboard. A QR code appears on screen.
03
Install the app and scan
Pop the Repeat Raven Gateway app onto your Android phone, open it, and point the camera at the QR code. Paired.
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Send like you always would
Build campaigns and reminders in the dashboard the same as ever. The phone picks them up and fires them at the scheduled time.
What it does
Quietly reliable, every single day.
You shouldn't have to think about it. Plug the phone in, leave it on the shelf, get on with your day. It does the rest.
Set up in under a minute
Open the Repeat Raven dashboard, show your phone a QR code, you're paired. No accounts to make, no passwords, no settings to fiddle with.
Sends from your own number
Your texts go out from the SIM in the phone. Customers see your number on their screen, just like a normal message from you.
Fires on time, even when the phone is asleep
Schedule a reminder for 9:01am tomorrow and it goes out at 9:01am, whether the phone is on your desk or sitting in a drawer.
Pick which SIM to use
Got a work SIM and a personal SIM in the same phone? Choose the one you want for sending. Change it from settings any time.
Survives reboots
Restart your phone, update the app, kick the cat into the charger cable, none of it matters. The gateway starts itself back up and carries on.
Tries again if a send hiccups
Tunnel, lift, dead spot? If a text fails, the phone quietly tries again a couple of times before giving up and telling you why.
Doesn't need Wi-Fi to send
SMS goes over the phone network, not the internet. Your gateway keeps sending even if your home Wi-Fi is down.
Works on 2G, 3G, 4G or 5G
It does not care what network badge is on the phone. As long as the gateway has internet for jobs and decent mobile reception for SMS, it keeps moving.
Locked to your account, and only your account
Each phone is paired to one Repeat Raven account with its own private key. Lose the phone? One click in the dashboard cuts it off.
Tells you what went out
Every send reports back to your dashboard with a tick or a reason it didn't make it. No staring at a phone wondering if it worked.
Warns before the phone becomes the problem
Low battery, offline app, weak signal, stuck queue. The dashboard can flag the boring failures before they become missed reminders.
Repurposes an old phone
Last year's Pixel sitting in a drawer is now your SMS engine. Plug it in, leave it on charge, let it do the heavy lifting.
App in action
A quiet instrument, not a chat app.
The UI's job is to make the device's state legible at a glance — is it paired, which SIM, when did it last sync. Ember on warm-white, Plus Jakarta Sans display, JetBrains Mono for anything numeric.
Setup · Step 1 of 3
Pair this phone
with your account.
Sign in to your Repeat Raven dashboard on a desktop, open Settings → SMS Provider, and choose Bring Your Own Device. You'll see a pairing QR.
QR codes expire after 5 minutes. Keep this phone on the same Wi-Fi as the desktop while pairing.
01 / PAIRING — IDLE
Scan pairing QR
Point the camera at the QR on your dashboard
Auto-captures · No tap needed
02 / PAIRING — SCANNER
Paired with
Acme Coffee Co.
repeatraven.com · SE-ST01
Next, pick the SIM
Your phone has 2 SIMs. Repeat Raven will send only from the one you choose.
03 / PAIRING — SUCCESS
Which SIM should send?
Recipients see this number. Change anytime from Settings.
1
Telia
+46 70 ••• 45 67 · 5G
2
Tele2
+46 73 ••• 12 89 · 4G
eSIM
Telenor eSIM
Not provisioned for SMS
We'll send a one-off SMS to your dashboard email to confirm the SIM works.
04 / SIM SELECTION
Repeat Raven Account
Acme Coffee Co.
Gateway running
synced 32s ago
Sent today
247
Queued
12
Failed
2
Sends · last 24hpeak 14:00
00:0006:0012:0018:00now
Home Queue History Settings
05 / HOME — PAIRED
12 pending · next at 14:30on schedule
Birthday — Maria T.
+46 70 ••• 45 67 · 1 segment
in 8m
14:30
Refill reminder — David K.
+46 73 ••• 12 89 · 2 segments
in 22m
14:44
Retry — Welcome — Jin L.
attempt 2 of 3 · +46 76 ••• 22 10
in 2h 30m
16:53
Loyalty — Sam P.
+46 70 ••• 99 81 · 1 segment
tomorrow
09:00
Home Queue History Settings
06 / QUEUE
Account
Acme Coffee Co.
paired 9 Apr · SE-ST01
Send
SIM
Telia · +46 70 ••• 45 67
Pause gateway
Hold sends without unpairing
Throttle
Max 100 SMS / minute
Notifications
Persistent status
Shown while gateway runs
Failure alerts
Buzz on a failed send
v1.0.0 · build 47
Home Queue History Settings
07 / SETTINGS
A few permissions
Repeat Raven needs these to act as your gateway. We never read inbound SMS or contacts.
Send SMS
So the gateway can send the messages your dashboard schedules.
Run in background
Stay running through screen-off and reboots, so sends fire on time.
Notifications
Show a quiet status while running. Required on Android 13+.
Battery exemption
Stops Android from killing the gateway when idle.
08 / PERMISSIONS
Gateway stopped
This device was unpaired
Your admin revoked this device from the Repeat Raven dashboard. No more sends will be made from this phone.
Local data cleared
We removed the API key, schedule cache, and any in-flight queue.
09 / UNPAIRED BY ADMIN
Safe & private
Locked to your account, kept on your phone.
The QR code that pairs the phone to your account only works once and expires after a few minutes. The link between your phone and your Repeat Raven account is encrypted, and the secret that proves it's yours is stored safely on the device. If you ever lose the phone, a single click in the dashboard unpairs it and stops it sending. That's it. No support tickets, no waiting around.
What's coming
Good now. Getting better.
Working today
- ✓Pair in seconds with a QR code
- ✓Send reminders and campaigns from your SIM
- ✓Pick which SIM sends when you have two
- ✓Auto-restart after reboots and updates
- ✓See every send in your dashboard
- ✓One-click unpair if the phone goes missing
Up next
- →Replies from customers pulled into your inbox
- →Listing on the Google Play Store
- →Even faster sends for time-critical messages
We don't have an iPhone version. Apple doesn't allow apps to send SMS on their own, so the bring-your-own-phone option is Android only.
Got an old Android in a drawer? That's a gateway now.
Sign up, choose Device as your sending method, scan the QR. Your spare phone is up and sending before your coffee goes cold.
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