Supported destinations
Forward qualifying messages from your iPhone to Slack, Discord, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, email, another phone, or your own webhook.
FwrdAvailable on the App Store
Automatically forward iPhone texts to email, Slack, WhatsApp, Teams and more
Pick the texts you want, like sign-in codes, and each one goes where you choose. No account, no Fwrd server, and free for 15 forwards a month.
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Fwrd at a glance
What is Fwrd?
Fwrd is an iPhone app that automatically forwards incoming texts to email, another phone, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Telegram or your own webhook, using one Apple Shortcuts automation.
| What it does | Forwards new texts that arrive on your iPhone to the places you choose, automatically. |
|---|---|
| Works on | iPhone with iOS 26 or later |
| Destinations | Eight: email, another phone or iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Telegram and your own webhook, which works with Zapier, Make and n8n. |
| Who sends each forward | Slack, Discord, Telegram, Microsoft Teams and webhooks: Fwrd, straight from the iPhone. Email, another phone and WhatsApp: Apple’s or WhatsApp’s own Shortcuts action, with the text Fwrd hands it. |
| How it runs | One Message automation in Apple Shortcuts |
| Account | None. No sign-up and no Sign in with Apple. |
| Fwrd servers | None. Texts go from your iPhone straight to your destinations. |
| Filters | Every destination can keep only texts with certain words, verification codes, or texts at certain hours. For email, another phone and WhatsApp, a filter needs one more step in your shortcut, shown in their guides. |
| Price | Free for 15 forwards a month. Fwrd Pro is monthly or yearly, and the app shows its price before you pay. |
| App languages | 16: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese |
| Needs | The iPhone that gets the texts stays on and online |
How it works
Set up once. Forward forever
- 01
Install Fwrd
Add Fwrd to the iPhone that receives the texts you want to forward.
- 02
Connect destinations
Choose where texts go: Slack, Discord, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, email, another phone, or your own webhook.
- 03
Enable one automation
Add Fwrd’s ready-made shortcut and set it to run on its own, or build your own.
Fwrd works on your iPhone, so the iPhone needs to stay on and online.
What you get
Route the messages that matter
Fast, direct delivery
Each text goes from your iPhone straight to the destination service. There’s no Fwrd server in between.
Private by design
Your texts are handled on your iPhone. Fwrd has no server, so it never keeps them anywhere but on your iPhone.
Smart filtering
Use Apple Shortcuts’ Message criteria to choose which texts reach Fwrd, then filter each destination by words, codes or time of day.
Destinations
Where your texts can go
- Forward iPhone SMS to SlackDelivery updates and work alerts in one team channel.
- Forward iPhone SMS to DiscordThe alerts you need, in a channel you choose.
- Forward iPhone SMS to TelegramYour iPhone alerts, in your own Telegram bot chat.
- Forward iPhone SMS to Microsoft TeamsText alerts in the Teams channel your team already watches.
- Forward iPhone SMS to a webhook as JSONEach matching text as JSON with a stable Idempotency-Key, sent to an endpoint you run.
- Forward iPhone text messages to emailMatching texts in any inbox, Gmail included.
- Forward iPhone texts to another phoneMatching texts on a second phone, iPhone or Android.
- Forward iPhone SMS to WhatsAppMatching texts in a WhatsApp chat, from your own account.
Use cases
Which setup fits you?
Find your situation, send your texts where the table says, and follow the linked guide for every step.
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need more. The app shows the price before you pay.
Free
15 forwards each month
$0. No subscription or Fwrd account required. Includes every destination, with one filter condition on each. Resets each calendar month.
Annual
Free trial for eligible customers. Then billed yearly, for about half the monthly cost. Cancel anytime.
Monthly
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Included with Fwrd Pro
- Unlimited forwards with Pro
- Unlimited filter conditions on each destination
- A Never Forward list of words to always skip
Free and Pro both include every destination and Fwrd’s guided setup.
FAQ
Is there an app that automatically forwards text messages on iPhone?
Yes. With Fwrd and one automation in Apple’s Shortcuts app, the iPhone texts you pick, such as sign-in codes, go on their own to email, another phone, WhatsApp, Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Telegram or your own webhook. Fwrd needs no account and is free for 15 forwards a month.
What’s the easiest way to automatically forward texts from an iPhone?
Install Fwrd and open it: its setup asks where your texts should go, then hands you a ready-made shortcut to add in Shortcuts. On iOS 27, you switch on its automation; on iOS 26, you make a Message automation that runs it. From then on, matching texts forward on their own, with the iPhone unlocked or locked.
Can Fwrd send 2FA codes to a team in Slack or Microsoft Teams?
Yes. Fwrd posts each code text from the iPhone into a private channel your team already watches, through a Slack incoming webhook or a Teams Workflow you create. Give that channel a filter for verification codes in Fwrd, and only code texts go there.
Can I get texts from my home number while living abroad?
Yes. Keep your home number’s SIM in a spare iPhone that stays on and online at home, and Fwrd forwards its new texts, such as bank codes, to Telegram or any of its eight destinations; for email, another phone and WhatsApp it hands them to your shortcut’s send step. After the spare iPhone restarts, someone needs to unlock it once before forwarding works again.
How much does Fwrd cost?
Fwrd is free for 15 forwards a month, and Fwrd Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription. The app shows the price in your own currency before you pay. The free plan includes 15 forwards per calendar month to any destination, with no account and no subscription. Pro removes the monthly limit, allows more than one filter condition per destination, and adds a Never Forward list of words to always skip.
Does Fwrd need an account or its own server?
No. There’s no Fwrd account to create, and Fwrd has no server: it works on your iPhone, and texts go from the iPhone straight to the destinations you choose, where those services’ own privacy policies apply.
Which messages get forwarded?
Only new texts that match your Shortcuts Message automation, usually because they contain a word you chose, such as code or verification. The automation runs for messages that arrive in the Messages app, iMessages included. Each destination can then have its own filter in Fwrd, by words, verification codes or time of day; for email, another phone and WhatsApp, the send action in your shortcut goes inside an If first. Fwrd never reads your message history.
Does my iPhone need to stay on?
Yes. The iPhone that receives the texts has to stay powered on and connected to the internet, and after a restart you unlock it once before forwarding works again. Fwrd itself can stay closed: Shortcuts runs it in the background, even while the iPhone is locked, as long as the automation is set to run without asking.
Do I need a separate phone number?
No. Fwrd forwards texts that arrive on your existing number and SIM, so you don’t need a virtual number or a second line.
Start forwarding your texts
Free for 15 forwards a month. Set up in a few minutes.