Group RCS SMS and Email vs Skipio Messaging
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Skipio Messaging
This app provides a powerful texting solution for businesses to enhance lead conversion and customer retention. It offers a streamlined way to engage with customers and prospects directly through their mobile devices.
- Lead conversion texting
- Customer retention texting
- Business communication
- SMS marketing
- Prospect engagement
Read full descriptionHide full description
Skipio is the ultimate lead conversion and customer retention texting solution for your business.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Group RCS SMS and Email at 4.5 against Skipio Messaging's 3.8. Group RCS SMS and Email also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 125). Skipio Messaging's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (59% vs 29%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Group RCS SMS and Email sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Skipio Messaging asks for nothing beyond the download.
Group RCS SMS and Email holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group RCS SMS and Email has 1K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Group RCS SMS and Email's written reviews are positive against 59% of Skipio Messaging's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, Skipio Messaging every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group RCS SMS and Email | Skipio Messaging |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 3.8 (125 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 59.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 125 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shan Shan Liu | Skipio, LLC |
Customer experience
Group RCS SMS and Email
Skipio Messaging
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
Skipio Messaging
From 125 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Game changer for sales
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Many implementable features
- 👍 Convenient for on-the-go use
- 🚀 Saves time and increases revenue
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant sign-in required on Android
- 🐛 Error messages preventing response
- 🐛 Forwarding not working
- 🐛 Scheduled messages not received
- 🐛 Text messages going out scrambled
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
Skipio Messaging
Reported bugs
63 issues- Login issues on Android
- Error messages preventing client responses
- Forwarding not working
- Scheduled messages not being received
- Text messages appearing scrambled
Show 58 moreShow fewer
- Photo library not opening correctly
- No landscape mode on iPad
- Web version 'send' button missing
- Web version consistently logs out or disables login
- App is buggy
- App freezes frequently
- App does not send messages
- App requires account deletion to downgrade
- Cannot carry back-and-forth conversations without restarting
- New messages do not appear without manual refresh
- Getting back to the main screen is impossible
- Unable to view scheduled messages on the app
- App freezes on a daily basis
- App crashes daily
- App requires daily reinstallation
- App does not work on phone
- Cannot submit login credentials
- Cannot manually remove a contact from a campaign
- Previous version had more functionality
- Cannot call a contact from within the app
- Cannot text a contact from within the app
- Search for contact by name returns 'zilch'
- App crashes every single time
- Displays 'sorry. Something went wrong'
- No notifications on mobile devices
- No character count displayed
- Messages over character limit do not send
- Messages are not showing up in real time
- Significant delay in messages
- Users are replying to older messages
- No way to call a person from the app
- No answers from support for numerous requests
- Upgrades are less user-friendly
- Some tasks take longer to complete
- App quits unexpectedly
- Incoming messages never show or load
- Outgoing messages do not get sent
- Mechanism to report issues removed
- Login process is unclear
- Update is very glitchy
- Cannot see scheduled messages section
- Cannot see date and time when scheduling messages
- App does not work with newest iOS update
- App crashes immediately
- App does not deliver notifications for new texts
- App keeps crashing
- Mobile app is slow to sync with desktop
- App is confusing
- App glitched and missed important messages
- App does not work
- App does not load anything in the account
- Cannot send a new message
- Message counter shows negative red numbers
- Send icon is not clickable
- Cannot update customer info in the app
- App is missing a lot of functionality
- Cannot call a contact from the Contacts/Address Book Page
- Cannot edit a Campaign from the app
Requested features
34 requests- Fix Android sign-in issues
- Fix 'something went wrong' error
- Fix forwarding and scheduled messages
- Fix scrambled text messages
- Fix photo library access
Show 29 moreShow fewer
- Add landscape mode for iPad
- Fix 'send' button on web version
- Improve Chrome web version login stability
- Add dark mode
- Improve campaign building visibility in app
- Add ability to call contact from within the app
- Add ability to text contact from within the app
- Improve contact search functionality
- Add character count feature
- Improve real-time message display
- Add ability to call person from app
- Make upgrades more user-friendly
- Reduce steps for tasks
- Improve app stability
- Fix incoming/outgoing message issues
- Restore issue reporting mechanism
- Simplify login process
- Fix glitchy update issues
- Add scheduled messages section with date/time
- Ensure compatibility with latest iOS updates
- Improve notification delivery
- Allow updating customer info in app
- Add campaign management to app
- Allow adding people to groups within the app
- Allow changing groups within the app
- Add option to star messages like on desktop
- Add campaign creation directly from the app
- Allow calling a contact from the Contacts/Address Book Page
- Allow editing a Campaign from the app
In-app purchases
Group RCS SMS and Email
- Group Text and Email Pro$7.99
Skipio Messaging
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Group RCS SMS and Email free?
Is Skipio Messaging free?
Which has better reviews, Group RCS SMS and Email or Skipio Messaging?
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or Skipio Messaging have ads?
Which is updated more often, Group RCS SMS and Email or Skipio Messaging?
Other comparisons
