How to Keep Track of SMS Usage in iOS 7 (Video)

Not all of us have the pleasure of having unlimited messaging plans. For those that don’t it can be quite cumbersome to remember to limit the chatting to save themselves from a higher than average monthly bill. For those of you in that predicament, there’s a great, simple jailbreak tweak that gives you a small icon in the messaging app that you can tap to then figure out how many messages you’ve sent over the last 28 days (and thereby reminding you to slow it down when it gets a little too close to your limit). Here’s how to install and use SMS Stats 2 for iOS 7.

I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad

To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the time of writing this is 7.0.5). Once done with that procedure and you have Cydia installed, head back here to continue.

*Don’t be scared, it’s easy to unjailbreak your device.

II. Install SMS Stats 2

1. Open Cydia.

2. Tap Search in the bottom right corner.

3. Type in SMS Stats 2.

4. Tap on SMS Stats 2 when it shows up.

5. Tap Install in the top right corner.

6. Tap Confirm.

7. Tap Restart.

III. Use SMS Stats 2

1. Open the Messaging app.

2. Tap on the S in the top right corner of the conversations view.

3. Check out all of the stats for SMS/iMessage.

Enjoy!