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Sign up to Repeat Raven
Create an account on the website. Free to start, no card needed.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.