Comparison

Group SMS vs SMS Helper

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

SMS Helper

This app helps manage your text messages by blocking spam and unknown numbers. You can set custom keywords for both blocking and filtering, and also send mass texts to your contacts. It offers monthly and yearly subscription options for enhanced features.

Highlights
  • Block spam and unknown messages
  • Set blacklist keywords for blocking
  • Set whitelist keywords for filtering
  • Send mass text messages
  • Monthly and yearly VIP subscriptions
Features
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SMS Helper:SMS Blocker&Group SMS Mainly features: *Spam&Unknow SMS Filter Set up keyword blacklists&whitelists/phone number to filter and block spam text messages. *Group SMS Creat a group and send text messages to the group. App's Subscriptions: *Weekly VIP (USD$6.99/Week) This subscription auto-renews at the end of each 1 week term at USD$6.99,unless cancelled 24 hours in advance.Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase.Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. App's Terms of use: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DTEJPQnFJWGJhZ0VB App's Privacy Policy : https://docs.qq.com/doc/DTHJ0VHpnWmtRWUNB

Screenshots

Group SMS4 screens
SMS Helper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SMS Helper at Free against Group SMS's $9.99. SMS Helper also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Group SMS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On rating, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

SMS Helper is free to download; Group SMS costs $9.99 up front. Group SMS sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and SMS Helper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.7 for Group SMS against 1.8 for SMS Helper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group SMS ships an update every 2 months, SMS Helper every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Group SMS versus SMS Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup SMSSMS Helper
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating1.7 (7 ratings)1.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlco BlomSENZONE

Customer experience

Group SMS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive34.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative59.3%

SMS Helper

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

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
3 purchases

SMS Helper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Group SMS free?
Group SMS costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is SMS Helper free?
SMS Helper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Group SMS or SMS Helper?
SMS Helper is rated higher. Group SMS averages 1.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while SMS Helper averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Group SMS or SMS Helper have ads?
SMS Helper shows ads; Group SMS does not.
Which is updated more often, Group SMS or SMS Helper?
Group SMS ships an update every 2 months, and SMS Helper every 6 days. Most recently, Group SMS was updated on November 10, 2026 and SMS Helper on November 3, 2026.

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