PhoneLeash: Auto SMS Forwarder
Send incoming texts to email
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases
iPhone
PhoneLeash automatically forwards texts that arrive on your iPhone to the email address of your choice—perfect for when your phone is in another room, or another country! See your texts in your email inbox, whether at work or just away from your iPhone.
SETUP (follow the step-by-step instructions in the app)
1. Install PhoneLeash
2. Enter your destination email
3. Install the packaged Shortcut (no need for any config, just Save and done!)
4. Create the Automation: "When I get a message containing [your keyword]" → run the PhoneLeash Shortcut.
5. Send yourself a test message, "Allow" the Shortcut. Done!
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Access your texts when your phone is across the room
• Get delivery, shipping, and appointment alerts at your work inbox
• Get your texts while traveling internationally
• Build an email archive of important conversations
PRIVACY
• Messages only transit through PhoneLeash's secure servers, while staying encrypted the whole way. They are not stored once processed.
• PhoneLeash asks for Contacts permission to label your texts with both name and number. But this is optional, you can safely decline it without affecting functionality.
• Your data is never sold, there are no ads.
LIMITATIONS
PhoneLeash is based on iOS Shortcuts and Automation, and that limits the feature set. Here are a few key limitations.
• Attachments (photos, videos, audio) are not forwarded — only message text.
• For group messages, the list of participants is not forwarded. Only the sender of the message and its content.
• In high-traffic situations Shortcuts may not fire reliably, and some messages could be lost
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Handles multiple simultaneous Automation triggers
Improved debugging
The developer, GEARANDROID LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Contacts
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- GEARANDROID LLC
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Commercial — Semi-Annual USD 116.99
- Commercial Monthly USD 25.99
- Personal Semi-Annual USD 38.99
- Personal Annual USD 69.99
- Personal - Monthly USD 8.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 GEARANDROID LLC