Comparison

Group RCS SMS and Email vs Group Text

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 Text

Easily send personalized group SMS messages to contacts from your address book or Excel files. Automate message content with custom fields for a tailored communication experience.

Highlights
  • Personalized group SMS
  • Excel file import/export
  • Address book integration
  • Customizable message templates
  • System group management
  • Contact search
  • Message encryption/decryption
Features
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Send SMS like this:"{FirstName}, Happy New Year",the actual SMS will be replaced with "tom,Happy New Year" Send group SMS to contacts in Excel file or iPhone's address book This is the easiest way to manage contacts group SMS Easy Pro is very effective, if you need to send text messages to a large temporary recipients , this is a very effective tool. When you defined text message , recipient names and phone numbers in an Excel file, you can send personalized SMS like this: "{FirstName}, Happy New Year", the actual SMS content will be replaced with "mechanical, Happy New Year"," jack,Happy New Year "," tom, Happy New Year "... You can create an Excel file on the computer that contains the definition of personalized SMS content and receive numbers, and then uploaded to the iPhone via WiFi / iTunes, you can send personalized text messages to contacts in Excel. The Excel file must include the recipient number column which named "TEL", the other columns are optional. You can also export a sample file, edit the sample file and recipient information. SMS Easy Pro can also texting to contacts in iPhone's address book. FEATURES: 1. Support send personalized group SMS and normal SMS, the number of the recipient is not limited to the contacts in Excel. 2. Support send personalized group SMS and normal SMS to the contacts in iPhone's address book. 3. Personalize content of messages very easily, for example, in an Excel you had customized the content of the message like this:"Hello, {FullName}, please come to pick up the gift," when you import this file to iPhone , you can insert the label if you want, such as: "Hello , {FullName}, please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: {GiftNum}". Messages will be converted into something like this: "Hello, mack tinda, please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: 1942", "Hello,qiongs join , please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: 2012" ... 4. Import Excel file with three ways: AirDrop,iTunes and WIFI. 5. Export sample file: AirDrop,iTunes or WIFI. 6. System group management,you can increase, delete, modify one group. You can also add or remove the contacts in one group. 7. Searching quickly by phone number or name of contact. 8. The message can be record after sent if you want. 9. You can define some template, which can help you enter message fast next time. 10. You can encrypt and decrypt text if you want. 11. It is very simple to create an Excel file, you can create one using a variety of software, Please give us your feedback on the app! Thanks for testing SMS Easy Email: sms_easy_support@163.com

Screenshots

Group RCS SMS and Email4 screens
Group Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Group RCS SMS and Email at Free against Group Text's $2.99. Group RCS SMS and Email also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (1K vs 6). Group Text's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (56% vs 29%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Group RCS SMS and Email is free to download; Group Text costs $2.99 up front. Group RCS SMS and Email sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Group Text asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Group RCS SMS and Email holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Group RCS SMS and Email has 1K ratings behind it against 6, 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 56% of Group Text'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 Text every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Group RCS SMS and Email versus Group Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup RCS SMS and EmailGroup Text
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better1.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1510.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShan Shan Liu延瑶 纪

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 Text

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

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 Text

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
None

Group Text

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Group RCS SMS and Email free?
Group RCS SMS and Email is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group Text free?
Group Text costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group Text?
Group RCS SMS and Email is rated higher. Group RCS SMS and Email averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Group Text averages 1.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or Group Text have ads?
Neither Group RCS SMS and Email nor Group Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Group RCS SMS and Email or Group Text?
Group RCS SMS and Email ships an update every 2 months, and Group Text every 3 months. Most recently, Group RCS SMS and Email was updated on November 1, 2026 and Group Text on November 1, 2026.

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