Group SMS+ vs ABC Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group SMS+
Send SMS messages to groups of any size with ease. This app allows for bulk messaging, batch sending, and contact import. Enhance your messages with photo attachments.
- Bulk SMS sending
- Batch messaging
- Contact import
- Photo attachments
- Send to large groups
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Get your message out effortlessly with Group SMS+. Group SMS+ makes it simple and powerful to send SMS text messages to both large and small groups. Group SMS+ is a powerful yet easy-to-use application for sending SMS text messages to large and small groups of people. #1 Productivity app in South Korea #1 Productivity app in Turkey #1 Productivity app in Egypt #1 Productivity app in Saudi Arabia #1 Productivity app in Kuwait #1 Productivity app in United Arab Emirates #1 Productivity app in Qatar #1 Productivity app in Mali #1 Productivity app in Pakistan KEY FEATURES • Bulk SMS Send a single message to an entire group with just a tap, saving you time and effort. • Batch Messaging Break down your recipients into manageable batches for better message control and delivery success. • Contacts Import Easily import your contacts directly from your phone to build your groups in seconds. • Photo Attachments Make your messages more engaging by attaching photos with ease. You will be charged for each individual SMS text message, not by group. For some mobile operators, you may have to limit the number of your SMS recipients as having too many recipients may cause failure in your recipients receiving your messages. Over hundred recipients messages might cause the heavy bill. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Please note that you will be charged for each individual SMS text message sent, not by group. Some mobile operators may limit the number of recipients per message to prevent delivery issues. Sending messages to over a hundred recipients could result in higher charges.
ABC Contacts
Manage your contacts with ease. Create, edit, and delete contacts and groups, send mass texts and emails, and organize your address book. Features include backups, birthday notifications, and sharing options.
- Create, edit, and delete contacts & groups
- Send mass texts and group emails
- Backup and restore contacts
- Birthday and anniversary notifications
- Share and export contacts
- Organize contacts by company and favorites
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ABC is the complete contact manager! With ABC, you can easily create, edit, and delete contacts & groups. Send mass texts and group emails. View recently created contacts. Share or print your contacts. Create backups. Get birthday notifications. And so much more: CONTACTS: • View all of your contacts organized by account or group • Easily find a contact with ABC's powerful search tool • Select multiple contacts and perform a number of actions including text, email, share, and delete • Quickly perform a number of functions with one touch directly from the contact card GROUPS: • Create groups of contacts from any account including iCloud, Google, Exchange or Outlook • Filter contacts by one or more groups at the same time • Add & remove contacts from a particular group • Add & remove groups from a particular contact FAVORITES: • Create a list of favorites allowing you to quickly call/message/email those contacts GROUP EMAILS & MESSAGES: • Send messages to groups via iMessage, SMS, & WhatsApp • Send emails to groups via Mail App or Gmail App • Attach photos & documents, including from Dropbox • Assign the to/cc/bcc email field to each contact individually • Give your message a personal touch - Automatically refer to each contact by name COMPANIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MOST VIEWED, RECENTLY CREATED/MODIFIED/DELETED: • Sort your contacts by company name • View upcoming birthdays & anniversaries • View your most frequently viewed contacts • View recently created & modified contacts • View & restore your recently deleted contacts SHARE CONTACTS: • Share one or more contacts via text message, email, or various other services • Export contacts in the CSV or vCard format DELETE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Quickly delete contacts & groups BACKUP: • Create a backup of any contact account • Restore your backup to any contact account CLONE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Clone a contact from the contact card screen including all contact fields & groups • Clone a group so you don't have to add all of the group members manually START SCREEN: • Specify whether the app should load the contacts, groups, or favorites screen at startup SHORTCUTS: • Press & hold a contact or group to conveniently perform a number of common functions SYNC CONTACTS WITH GOOGLE: • Fully compatible with the "Contacts Sync For Google Gmail" app so that you can sync your iPhone/iPad contact changes to Gmail WORKS WELL WITH OTHER CONTACT APPS: • Any contact changes you make with this app will be reflected in any other contact app that queries the iPhone address book (including the standard Contacts & Phone app) COMPATIBILITY: • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, iPod, iOS 15, iOS 16, iOS 17, iOS 18, iOS 26 LANGUAGES: • Translated into English, Spanish, French, German, & Italian SUBSCRIPTIONS: • ABC offers a "Premium" subscription which removes advertisements. • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $0.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of $0.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of use: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003030954 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/229824667
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Verdict
Group SMS+ and ABC Contacts both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of ABC Contacts's written reviews are positive against 65% of Group SMS+'s. ABC Contacts also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Group SMS+'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 1.2K). On price, rating, 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 SMS+ sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and ABC Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Group SMS+ against 4.6 for ABC Contacts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.1K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Group SMS+'s written reviews are positive against 87% of ABC Contacts's.
Group SMS+ ships an update fortnightly, ABC Contacts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group SMS+ | ABC Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cedars Software, LLC | Playa Apps |
Customer experience
Group SMS+
ABC Contacts
Bugs and requests
Group SMS+
Reported bugs
5 issues- Messages not sending to all recipients
- Repeated messages sent to the same contacts
- App freezing or crashing
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Search function not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to send photos and attachments
- Option to hide recipient list
- Automatic group splitting for large contacts
- Delivery status tracking
- Improved search and contact management
ABC Contacts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Group SMS+
- Bronze Tip$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Silver Tip$2.99
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- Gold Tip$4.99
- Diamond Tip$9.99
- Rocket Tip$19.99
ABC Contacts
- Premium (1 Year)$0.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
- Make Contribution$4.99
- Larger Contribution$9.99
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