Group SMS Lite vs GroupSpeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group SMS Lite
Easily send SMS messages or emails to multiple contacts simultaneously. Manage contact groups directly within the app or sync with your device's contacts. Offers email attachments and tutorial videos for guidance.
- Send group SMS messages
- Send group emails
- Manage contact groups
- Forward email attachments
- In-app tutorial videos
- Lite version group limit
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With Group SMS Lite you can send an SMS text message to a group of contacts. You can also send email to groups. Group SMS Lite will send the SMS using the built-in Messages app and the mobile operator of your iPhone. The costs of the SMSs will be charged by your mobile operator under the terms of your current text messaging plan. If a group contains 12 contacts, you will be charged 12 SMS. Of course, if you have an unlimited text plan with your mobile operator, you will not be charged. Group SMS Lite will show you the groups that are defined in the Contacts app of your iPhone or iPad. You can also create groups, but since this is the Lite version, you cannot add more than 5 contacts to a group. Group Email is always without cost. You can also forward email attachments to groups. Supported formats: PDF, RTF, Word and Excel. You can upgrade to the full version of Group SMS via In-App Purchase. Group SMS Lite is localized in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. Tutorial videos are available in the app (tap More, then tap Help) and on the web site (see link below). ALERT You cannot create groups larger than five contacts in Group SMS Lite. You will need the full version Group SMS to create larger groups. However, you can always create large groups on the desktop. 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!
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.
- Create and manage contact groups
- Send personalized mass texts
- Automatic group messaging
- Message templates
- iCloud sync across devices
- CSV contact import
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GroupSpeak at 4.2 against Group SMS Lite's 1.0. GroupSpeak also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 25%) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). Group SMS Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Group SMS Lite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases 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.
GroupSpeak holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GroupSpeak has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Group SMS Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of GroupSpeak's.
Group SMS Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, GroupSpeak every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group SMS Lite | GroupSpeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alco Blom | Elsayed Hussein |
Customer experience
Group SMS Lite
GroupSpeak
In-app purchases
Group SMS Lite
- Group SMS$4.99
- 50 SMS Bundle$14.99
- 100 SMS Bundle$24.99
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- 500 SMS Bundle$125.99
- 1000 SMS Bundle$239.99
GroupSpeak
- Monthly Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Subscription$14.991 Year
- GroupSpeak Pro$29.99
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