Group RCS SMS and Email vs Mail Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group RCS SMS and Email
Easily manage your contacts and send bulk SMS or emails to groups with smart templates. Organize your address book into unlimited groups and smart groups based on criteria like upcoming birthdays or missing phone numbers.
- Import contacts
- Send group SMS and email
- Message templates and signatures
- Unlimited group creation
- Smart group organization
- Distribution list management
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Group SMS and Email make managing your address book groups a breeze directly from your iPhone. With just a simple tap, you can send SMS/Email to all your group members at once, making it the easiest and fastest way to broadcast messages to your groups without the hassle of manual typing! Features: 1. Import Contacts: Easily import your contacts. 2. Send Group SMS and Email: Support for Message Templates, Signatures, and attachments. Send SMS/Email to entire groups without the need to select contacts individually. Send SMS/Email to smart groups. Send SMS/Email to multiple groups. Send SMS/Email to selected contacts within groups, smart groups, or from all contacts. Send SMS/Email to a distribution list, especially useful for contacts with multiple phone numbers or emails. Send SMS to group contacts individually. 3. Group and Distribution List Management: Create an unlimited number of Groups, Smart Groups, and Distribution Lists. Edit, delete, or rename Groups, Smart Groups, or Distribution Lists. Add multiple contacts to a group simultaneously. Quickly manage groups by listing unfiled contacts without the need to scroll through your entire contact list. 4. Smart Group Feature: Smart Groups automatically organize your address book based on various criteria. Upcoming Birthdays: Set criteria to include entries occurring within the next month for a list of birthdays. Missing Phone Number: Identify entries without a phone number by setting the phone criterion to include unset entries. 5. Shortcuts Integration: Automate your go-to actions and streamline your day with full Siri Shortcuts support. Enhance your group communication and contact management experience with Group SMS and Email, the ultimate tool for seamless organization and messaging.
Mail Notes
Quickly send emails to yourself for reminders and notes. This app streamlines the process to under a second, allowing for easy email address switching, direct sharing from browsers, and even sending notes via an Apple Watch app. It offers features like labeling, history, and subject prefixes for efficient organization.
- Email under 1 second
- Share widget for browser links
- Apple Watch app for on-the-go emails
- Label emails with icons
- Sent email history
- Optional subject prefix
- Paste clipboard contents
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Like to send emails to yourself for reminders, notes and to-do? Mail Notes makes the process 100 times faster. Just launch the app, type, and tap Send. If you have multiple emails to which you would like to send notes, changing the email address is as simple as a tap. • Email under 1 second. • Share widget makes it super easy to email browser links and URLs directly, without opening the Mail Notes app. • The included Apple Watch app allows you to send emails on the go. • Label each email and add an icon for easy identification. • One-time-use email address. • Sent email history. • Add an optional subject prefix for each email address for easy email filtering. • Use single or multi-line mode. • Auto Correct option. • Paste your clipboard contents with a single tap. • Support for Dark mode for those late-night emails. • Haptics give you feedback when the email is sent successfully. Mail Notes is simply the fastest emailing app on the planet!
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Verdict
Group RCS SMS and Email and Mail Notes both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Mail Notes's written reviews are positive against 29% of Group RCS SMS and Email's. Group RCS SMS and Email's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 106) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, 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 RCS SMS and Email sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mail Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Group RCS SMS and Email against 4.3 for Mail Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group RCS SMS and Email has 1K ratings behind it against 106, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Group RCS SMS and Email's written reviews are positive against 75% of Mail Notes's.
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, Mail Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group RCS SMS and Email | Mail Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (106 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 106 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shan Shan Liu | Tech Positive |
Customer experience
Group RCS SMS and Email
Mail Notes
User reviews
Group RCS SMS and Email
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Useful for businesses to send group texts
- 👍 Saves time sending messages to large groups
- 🚀 Quick access to send messages to family/friends group
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches, crashes, and unreliable performance
- 🔒 Poor customer support and lack of developer response
- 🚫 Limitations on group size and features in free version
- 🤔 Confusing or unintuitive user interface
Mail Notes
From 106 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 💡 Simple and clean interface
- 👍 Handy for sending notes to self
- 🚀 Fast setup
Room to improve
- 💰 Unreasonable pricing
- 💸 Money grab business model
- 🚫 Features removed after purchase
- LIMIT Only 2 free reminders
- 🚫 Limited to 1 free email per day
Bugs and requests
Group RCS SMS and Email
Reported bugs
4 issues- Contacts search not working properly
- Groups not saving properly
- Inability to send group MMS or messages to large groups
- App reverting to free version after purchase
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to send messages with BCC to hide recipient details
- Option to schedule messages to be sent at a specific time
- Landscape mode support for iPad
- More efficient way to create and manage group templates
Mail Notes
Reported bugs
5 issues- iPad version cannot switch to horizontal view
- Ability to add pictures to notes removed
- Cannot send messages anymore
- App stopped working
- Paid version no longer works
Requested features
5 requests- Combine text notes, PDFs, and pictures in one app
- Allow horizontal view on iPad
- Option to set up multiple instances of the same email address with different subject prefixes
- Allow autocorrect to work
- Replace scroll wheel for multiple emails with radio button click
In-app purchases
Group RCS SMS and Email
- Group Text and Email Pro$7.99
Mail Notes
- All Access$2.991 Month
- All Access$29.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Version$69.99
Questions
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