Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Import contacts
  • Send group SMS and email
  • Message templates and signatures
  • Unlimited group creation
  • Smart group organization
  • Distribution list management
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

Screenshots

Group RCS SMS and Email4 screens
Mail Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Group RCS SMS and Email versus Mail Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup RCS SMS and EmailMail Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better4.3 (106 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better106
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShan Shan LiuTech Positive

Customer experience

Group RCS SMS and Email

All ratings1,037 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative68.0%

Mail Notes

All ratings106 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

User reviews

Group RCS SMS and Email

From 1K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

1 purchases

Group RCS SMS and Email

One-time1
  • Group Text and Email Pro$7.99
3 purchases

Mail Notes

Subscriptions2
  • All Access$2.991 Month
  • All Access$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Pro Version$69.99

Questions

Is Group RCS SMS and Email free?
Group RCS SMS and Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mail Notes free?
Mail Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Group RCS SMS and Email or Mail Notes?
Group RCS SMS and Email is rated higher. Group RCS SMS and Email averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Mail Notes averages 4.3 from 106 ratings.
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or Mail Notes have ads?
Neither Group RCS SMS and Email nor Mail Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group RCS SMS and Email or Mail Notes?
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, and Mail Notes every 4 months. Most recently, Group RCS SMS and Email was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mail Notes on November 2, 2026.

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