I know there is an option to use less characters when that means less sms. But I have no way to know when I'm going overboard. Also every carrier has different limits of characters per sms. My last one was 160, now I'm using another carrier and only allows 120. So I end up spending a LOT on sms. By the way, with my earlier carrier I didn't care, because I had free sms. But the option of stripping extra characters so to spend less, does not work properly. I doesn't strip anything like accents etc. Please add character counter and a better way to deal with other languages! I had to move to go sms pro that offers these things and work but is a hideous app. Back to Textra wich I love and paid for. Please guys, this is more essential than esthetics! Sorry about my English it sucks when trying to explain something technical! Love! Paula