Comparison

Group SMS vs iSPOT FMS

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

Head to head
About

Group SMS

Easily send SMS or emails to groups of contacts, from small personal lists to large business clients. Supports attachments, templates, and importing contacts from CSV files. Offers both built-in messaging and a dedicated SMS gateway for bulk messaging.

Highlights
  • Send SMS to groups
  • Send bulk SMS
  • Send emails to groups
  • Add attachments to messages
  • Use message templates
  • Import contacts from CSV
  • Manage contact groups
Features
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With Group SMS you can send an SMS text message to a group of contacts, your friends or business contacts or clients. Group SMS is also the perfect app to send your Christmas and New Year greetings to your loved ones and friends. These groups can be small or very large (Bulk SMS) and send to tens, hundreds or thousands of contacts. You can also send email to groups. Group SMS is ideal when you need to send the same message to any number of contacts. Group SMS will show you the groups that are already defined in the Contacts app of your iPhone. It also allows you to create new groups as well as modify your existing groups and contacts. Using the built-in Templates feature, you can reuse often-used text messages or emails that you need to send to groups. You can also add attachments to your messages, like photos or PDFs. Group SMS will send the SMS using the built-in Messages app OR you can use the special SMS gateway of Group SMS. The costs of the SMSs will be charged by your mobile operator or you can buy SMS from within the app itself. If a group contains 12 contacts, you will be charged 12 SMS. When you have a very large group (more than 50 contacts), you can choose to bypass your own mobile provider and select to use the SMS gateway of Group SMS instead. This will allow you to send your Group SMS with less cost and with more control. This feature is also ideal for marketing campaigns. You can directly import a large set of phone numbers via a .CSV file (phone numbers separated by a comma and a newline). Group Mail is always without costs. You can also forward email attachments to groups. FEATURES √ Text message a group (SMS) √ Text message very large groups (Bulk SMS) √ Email a group and forward email attachments to groups √ Import a large number of phone numbers √ Text message to a CSV file of mobile numbers √ Text message with attachments (photo, PDF) √ Create groups √ Delete groups √ Rename groups √ Add contact to group √ Delete contact from group √ Edit contact information √ Templates √ Supports your built-in contacts and groups √ Supports your iCloud contacts and groups √ Uses built-in Messages app ór Bulk SMS Gateway √ Replies are received in Messages √ Uses built-in Mail app √ Forward attachments of any type √ Built-in video tutorials Group SMS requires iOS 12 or higher and is localized in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Video tutorials are available on the web site (see link below) and in the app itself. REVIEWS "Works Perfectly" - USA "This app does what it says it can, and does it very well." - United Kingdom "WELTKLASSE. Sehr gutes App!" - Germany "Kanon app!" - Sweden "Great app! Creates groups easily to SMS/ email to." - Singapore "Warum geht das nicht schon immer so toll." - Austria "This is an awesome app. I text more than I call and text to groups all the time. "- Australia "Actually, the best application on apple store. Thanks for this great application. " - Saudi Arabia SUPPORT Please refrain from sending bug reports and feature requests as customer reviews in the App Store. Instead email them to our support address : support@grouptext.info. You will always get a personal reply!

About

iSPOT FMS

Features
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iSPOT FMS mobile app maintains access to Ascent FMS platform anytime, anywhere. It offers both basic and advanced functionality of the desktop version in a user-friendly mobile interface. The features include: - Units list management. Get all the necessary information on movement and ignition state, data actuality, and unit location in real-time. - Work with unit groups. Send commands to unit groups and search by groups’ titles. - Map mode. Access units, geofences, tracks and event markers on the map with the option to detect your own location. Note! You can search for units directly on the map with the help of the search field. - Tracking mode. Monitor the unit’s exact location and all the parameters received from it. - Reports. Generate reports by selecting the unit, report template, time interval, and get analytics right where you are at the moment. PDF export is also available. - Notifications management. Alongside with receiving and viewing notifications, create new notifications, edit the already existing ones and view the notifications history. - Locator function. Create links and share unit locations. - Information messages from CMS. Do not miss important messages from the system. The multilingual native mobile application lets users experience the power of iSPOT FMS on the go and is available for smartphones and tablets.

Screenshots

Group SMS4 screens
iSPOT FMS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iSPOT FMS at Free against Group SMS's $9.99. iSPOT FMS also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Group SMS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On ads 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

iSPOT FMS is free to download; Group SMS costs $9.99 up front. Group SMS sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. iSPOT FMS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group SMS ships an update every 2 months, iSPOT FMS every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Group SMS versus iSPOT FMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup SMSiSPOT FMS
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating1.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlco BlomASCENT SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Group SMS

One-time5
  • 50 SMS Bundle$14.99
  • 100 SMS Bundle$24.99
  • 500 SMS Bundle$125.99
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  • 1000 SMS Bundle$229.99
  • 5000 SMS Bundle$999.99
None

iSPOT FMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Group SMS free?
Group SMS costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is iSPOT FMS free?
iSPOT FMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Group SMS or iSPOT FMS have ads?
Neither Group SMS nor iSPOT FMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group SMS or iSPOT FMS?
Group SMS ships an update every 2 months, and iSPOT FMS every 14 months. Most recently, Group SMS was updated on October 26, 2026 and iSPOT FMS on October 7, 2026.

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