Comparison

Group RCS SMS and Email vs Group SMS Personalized texting

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

Group SMS Personalized texting

Easily send personalized text messages to individuals or groups. Save messages as templates, schedule them, and set reminders for important dates. Customize the app's appearance with themes and font sizes.

Highlights
  • Personalized group and individual messaging
  • Save and send messages as templates
  • Schedule SMS and emails
  • Birthday reminders
  • Email personalization
  • Customizable themes and font size
Features
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Unique features are now introducing in new version for group SMS. Sending text to single group or multiple groups or make it personalized for each recipient was not so much easy as it is right now. Group SMS allows you to send text to individual contacts as well. Extended version can give email personalization for groups and as well as for single contact. Enhancement of Group sms utilize standard text plan of carrier and data plan for emails. Want to send single message on daily basis? Just save it as template and keep sending it on one click. Never miss birthday of your member by setting up reminder. Key Features: Message to single Group of multiple groups Single contact messaging Built in template for group messaging Short codes to make it personalized Email personalization for individual and groups Schedule SMS and Emails. Birthday Reminder for Groups members and contacts Fully customization for font size Select your favorite theme color

Screenshots

Group RCS SMS and Email4 screens
Group SMS Personalized texting2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Group RCS SMS and Email at 4.5 against Group SMS Personalized texting's 2.8. Group RCS SMS and Email also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 4). Group SMS Personalized texting's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, 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 Group SMS Personalized texting sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Group RCS SMS and Email holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group RCS SMS and Email has 1K ratings behind it against 4, 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 32% of Group SMS Personalized texting's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, Group SMS Personalized texting fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Group RCS SMS and Email versus Group SMS Personalized texting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup RCS SMS and EmailGroup SMS Personalized texting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews31.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS159.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShan Shan LiuGranjur

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%

Group SMS Personalized texting

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative61.4%

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

Group SMS Personalized texting

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Group RCS SMS and Email

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

Group SMS Personalized texting

One-time5
  • Facebook$0.99
  • Birthday reminder$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
Show 2 more
  • Personalise$0.99
  • Backup Contacts Feature$0.99

Questions

Is Group RCS SMS and Email free?
Group RCS SMS and Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group SMS Personalized texting free?
Group SMS Personalized texting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting?
Group RCS SMS and Email is rated higher. Group RCS SMS and Email averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Group SMS Personalized texting averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting have ads?
Neither Group RCS SMS and Email nor Group SMS Personalized texting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting?
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, and Group SMS Personalized texting fortnightly. Most recently, Group RCS SMS and Email was updated on November 1, 2026 and Group SMS Personalized texting on November 1, 2026.

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