OK -- the first look is -- Seriously -- Excel Spreadsheets?
But for what I wanted to do this app really works and it does what it says it will do.
My son plays football and I have 40 parents that I text weekly updates to.
You know, football practice, games, help needed.
So I need to create a Group SMS to do this.
I also do not want all of these contacts in my main contacts for the iphone.
In two months football will be over and I will have to weed out my address book.
I looked all over for the App that I needed. I found this one and I was like -- "OK this will work but Excel -- really?"
But as I got into it -- it really started to work for me...
You take a template spreadsheet that the developer supplies to you if you want.
You add in the phone names and numbers -- then you upload to your phone and push a button and zip pow it is done.
But look even closer -- you can put the text message right in the excel spreadsheet and it adds it to your phone list.
"Practice tomorrow at 5pm." -- send it out to hundreds...
Now the best part -- it supports variables... you can get fancy... Put {firstname} in the message and it will take the first name of the parent and personalize the message...
"{family} Family -- Practice Tomorrow at 5pm for little {kidname}!" -- this becomes...
"Davis Family -- Practice Tomorrow at 5pm for little Johnny!"
The names change over and over again.... Amazing really.
There are a few things I would like that is not here -- you have to manage the message and the group list in an excel spreadsheet and import it each and every time.
It does not keep a copy or keep the list inside the app. It would be nice to be able to import the group into a local database (so not to kill your phonebook) and have that group accessable -- so you could just pick the group and type in a quick message and send it. Instead, as I said, you have to import it each time.
One very positive thing -- the developer is very involved and want to improve the app. I hate when a programmer throws an app over the wall and then runs away. You pay money and then it never works and no one ever gets back to you. That is NOT the case here... I wrote the developer several times to get my questions answered before I set down my cash to buy the app. He got back to me within a few hours each time and he was very helpful. In fact, I am encouraged that some of my suggestions might make it into an upgrade!
ExcelSMS is very good, does as advertised and is supported by someone who cares. Buy it... I did and it was worth it.
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