Comparison

Group RCS SMS and Email vs ScreenMax

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

ScreenMax

Features
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Block the apps stealing your time. Earn them back by actually learning something. ScreenMax is a Screen Time companion for people tired of mindlessly scrolling. Pick the apps you want to block — Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, whatever — and ScreenMax shields them. When you want them open, you don't tap "1 more minute." You solve a small challenge: a vocabulary question, a reasoning puzzle, or a short essay with comprehension questions. Get it right, and you've earned 15 minutes back. THE LIBRARY Over 350 short readings spanning science, history, psychology, philosophy, business, finance, conversation skills, animals, food, and culture. Each essay takes 3-5 minutes and ends with a few comprehension questions. The quiz pool covers vocabulary in context, fill-in-the-blank, analogies, idioms, sentence clarity, emotional intelligence scenarios, logical fallacies, subtext reading, and reasoning. New material is added regularly. MCAT MODE For pre-med students preparing for the MCAT, flip MCAT Mode on in Settings. Unlock challenges become real MCAT-style questions across: • Psychology / Sociology • General Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Biochemistry • Physics Over 1,600 multiple choice questions plus 100+ passage-based items modeled on the actual P/S section. A separate Study tab uses spaced repetition (the same logic Anki uses): questions you nail get pushed into the future, questions you miss come back soon. Rate each card Again / Hard / Good / Easy. Filter by subject. See your daily due count. Study without any unlock attached. WHY IT WORKS The friction is the whole point. Tapping a button doesn't engage your brain — answering a question does. After a few unlocks, you've learned something instead of scrolling past it. PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. ScreenMax doesn't collect, transmit, or store any of your screen time data, app usage, or quiz answers. No accounts, no servers, no ads, no tracking, no data sold. HOW IT WORKS ScreenMax uses Apple's Family Controls / Screen Time framework to block apps locally on your device. You choose what to block, and you choose how hard to make it to get back in. Re-lock or unlock from inside the app at any time. You stay in control. (~2,180 chars, well under 4,000 limit) Paste both into App Store Connect → ScreenMax → Version 1.0 → "App Information" / "Prepare for Submission" sections.

Screenshots

Group RCS SMS and Email4 screens
ScreenMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScreenMax at none against Group RCS SMS and Email's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ScreenMax asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Group RCS SMS and Email versus ScreenMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup RCS SMS and EmailScreenMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShan Shan LiuRaj Khettry

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

ScreenMax

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

ScreenMax

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 ScreenMax free?
ScreenMax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Group RCS SMS and Email or ScreenMax have ads?
Neither Group RCS SMS and Email nor ScreenMax shows ads.

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