Group RCS SMS and Email vs Fast Template Lite
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.
Fast Template Lite
Quickly send pre-written emails and messages with a single tap. Set reminders to ensure you never forget to send important daily communications, like reports or family updates. This version offers limited templates and includes advertisements.
- Create fixed phrase templates
- One-tap sending
- Share to email, SMS, and other apps
- Time-specified notification function
- Daily report templates
- Work start/end time logging
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This app makes it easy to send fixed form emails that must be sent every day. For example... ・Fixed format report to boss (daily report) ・Record the start and end times of today's work ・E-mail to family telling you to return home Once you have created a template, you only need is to launch the app and tap once. This app supports sharing to email, SMS and other apps. This app has a notification function of time specification. No more forgetting to send an email. This is the lite edition. There are the following differences from the standard edition. ・The number of templates created is limited to 2. ・Ads are displayed. If you want to create more than two templates, please use the standard version. Please try using this app. And I'd be happy if you could send me your opinions and impressions. Thanks for reading.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fast Template Lite at 5.0 against Group RCS SMS and Email's 4.5. Fast Template Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15). Group RCS SMS and Email's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1K vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Fast Template Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fast Template Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group RCS SMS and Email has 1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Group RCS SMS and Email's written reviews are positive against 33% of Fast Template Lite's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group RCS SMS and Email | Fast Template Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shan Shan Liu | Haruya Nakamura |
Customer experience
Group RCS SMS and Email
Fast Template Lite
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
Fast Template Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Group RCS SMS and Email
- Group Text and Email Pro$7.99
Fast Template Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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