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.
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.
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.
- Personalized group and individual messaging
- Save and send messages as templates
- Schedule SMS and emails
- Birthday reminders
- Email personalization
- Customizable themes and font size
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, Group SMS Personalized texting fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Group RCS SMS and Email | Group SMS Personalized texting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 31.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shan Shan Liu | Granjur |
Customer experience
Group RCS SMS and Email
Group SMS Personalized texting
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
Group RCS SMS and Email
- Group Text and Email Pro$7.99
Group SMS Personalized texting
- Facebook$0.99
- Birthday reminder$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Personalise$0.99
- Backup Contacts Feature$0.99
Questions
Is Group RCS SMS and Email free?
Is Group SMS Personalized texting free?
Which has better reviews, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting?
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting have ads?
Which is updated more often, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group SMS Personalized texting?
Other comparisons















