Comparison

Group Text Free vs GroupSpeak

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Group Text Free

Easily send mass texts, iMessages, or emails to groups or selected contacts. Create and manage contact groups, send pre-written templates, and share photos without limitations on the number of recipients or attachments.

Highlights
  • Mass SMS, iMessage, MMS, and email sending
  • Group contact management
  • Template message creation
  • Photo sharing to groups
  • Address book management
Features
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Group Text Free is a beautiful and easy to use message application. With Group Text Free, you can easily send mass texts (on iPhone) or mass iMessages (on all devices) or mass emails (on all devices) to group or handpicked set of contacts. Send your text over group the easy way! NO LIMITION Group Text Free DOES NOT limit the number of contacts or number of attachment photos. MANAGE GROUP CONTACTS Group Text help you create and manage your group contacts easily. Once group is created, you no longer have to select contact one-by-one for a group message or group email. SEND TEMPLATE If you need to send the same message or email many times, just create templates and pick the one you need. SHARE PHOTO Want to share your photos with friends, just pick photos to send over iMessage, MMS or email. ADDRESS BOOKS This app also help you manage your address book easily: add, edit, remove contact quickly. Key feature - Send mass SMS, iMessage, MMS, email to group quickly - Create and send template message and email - Send photos over iMessage or email to group

About

GroupSpeak

Effortlessly send personalized text messages to multiple contacts simultaneously. Organize contacts into groups, utilize message templates for recurring texts, and sync across devices. Import contacts and groups easily from CSV files.

Highlights
  • Create and manage contact groups
  • Send personalized mass texts
  • Automatic group messaging
  • Message templates
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • CSV contact import
Features
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Text your whole group in one tap. GroupSpeak sends the same message to many people at once, and each person gets it as a private 1-to-1 text addressed to them by name. It's for anyone who texts the same people again and again: coaches and team parents, church groups and choirs, clubs, teachers, small businesses, landlords, and event hosts. SEND IT YOUR WAY • One by one: each contact gets a private text, so nobody sees the other recipients and there are no reply-all chains • Automatically: send to the whole list hands-free with the free GroupSpeak shortcut • As a group: start one group conversation with everyone PERSONALIZE EVERY MESSAGE Add #[FirstName], #[LastName] or #[Company] and GroupSpeak fills in each person's details. "Hi Ava!", "Hi Liam!", "Hi Emma!", all from one message. ORGANIZE CONTACTS INTO GROUPS • Build groups from your phone contacts in seconds • Import contacts or whole groups from a CSV file • Choose which number to use when a contact has several • Search, edit and select or unselect everyone with one tap SAVE TIME WITH TEMPLATES Save the messages you send often, such as practice reminders, meeting updates, flash sales and holiday greetings, and reuse them in one tap. MORE • Attach a photo to your message • Email a group as well as texting it • Your groups sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Messages go through your own Messages app, using your own number and plan GROUPSPEAK PRO GroupSpeak is free to download. Upgrade to Pro with a monthly or yearly subscription, or with a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://lazyboard.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://lazyboard.app/our-apps-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Group Text Free4 screens
GroupSpeak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GroupSpeak at 50% against Group Text Free's 7%. GroupSpeak also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.3). Group Text Free's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Group Text Free sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GroupSpeak sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GroupSpeak holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of Group Text Free's written reviews are positive against 50% of GroupSpeak's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group Text Free ships an update every 3 days, GroupSpeak every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Group Text Free versus GroupSpeak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup Text FreeGroupSpeak
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (53 ratings)4.2 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCONG DUC TRANElsayed Hussein

Customer experience

Group Text Free

All ratings50 ratings
Positive56.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative34.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative86.7%

GroupSpeak

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral18.8%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Group Text Free

One-time1
  • Sms Group Premium$4.99
3 purchases

GroupSpeak

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Subscription$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • GroupSpeak Pro$29.99

Questions

Is Group Text Free free?
Group Text Free is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GroupSpeak free?
GroupSpeak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Group Text Free or GroupSpeak?
GroupSpeak is rated higher. Group Text Free averages 3.3 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while GroupSpeak averages 4.2 from 17 ratings.
Do Group Text Free or GroupSpeak have ads?
Neither Group Text Free nor GroupSpeak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group Text Free or GroupSpeak?
Group Text Free ships an update every 3 days, and GroupSpeak every 5 weeks. Most recently, Group Text Free was updated on November 6, 2026 and GroupSpeak on November 3, 2026.

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