Groups vs Group Text | Mass Message
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Groups
This app transforms your phone's contacts into a private social network. Organize people, share updates, and stay connected without sharing your data with large tech companies. It offers features for communication, event planning, and contact management.
- Organize contacts into custom groups
- Set reminders to reach out
- Send personalized group messages
- Create events and invite guests
- Share content from any app
- Data privacy focused
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You've just found the best, easiest app for staying in touch with people. Try it for yourself — it's free! Downloaded by millions in over 100 countries, Groups turns your phone's native contacts into a private social network. Organize your groups, share with friends and family, and stay connected — without feeding Big Tech your data. ORGANIZE YOUR CONTACTS: ◆ Group by how you know them — friends, family, work, hobbies ◆ See who you met recently and interaction history ◆ Smart search finds anyone instantly ◆ Clean up duplicates and merge contacts STAY IN TOUCH: ◆ Set reminders to reach out to people who matter ◆ Send personalized messages to your whole circle at once ◆ Message templates for birthdays, holidays, events ◆ Track who you haven't spoken to in a while SHARE TOGETHER: ◆ Exchange contact info instantly with QR codes ◆ Take Group Photos with fun AI effects ◆ Create events and invite people (they join via browser — no app needed) ◆ Share links, photos, and content from any app ◆ Custom icons for each group YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS: ◆ Unlike Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn, your contacts never leave your phone. ◆ Messages go directly through SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Email — recipients don't need Groups to receive them. ◆ No algorithms deciding who sees your posts. No ads. No data mining. No selling your information. ◆ Just a better way to stay connected with the people you actually care about. Through channels you already use. WORKS WITH EVERYTHING: ◆ Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. ◆ Fully compatible with iOS features like Do Not Disturb, Voice Messages, and Shortcuts. Now available on iPad. OWN YOUR COMMUNITY Every contact is real social capital. Whether you're organizing a book club, coordinating family events, or building a community around shared interests — Groups helps you bring people together on your terms. Free to download. Start growing your private social network today.
Group Text | Mass Message
Send individual text messages to multiple contacts simultaneously. Organize contacts into custom groups, utilize message templates for efficiency, and personalize messages with recipient details. Upgrade for unlimited groups and advanced features.
- Send individual texts to groups
- Create and manage custom groups
- Use message templates
- Personalize messages with tags
- Import iCloud groups
- Multi-number selection per contact
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Group Text is an easy, user-friendly, time-saving and well-designed app enabling individual text messages to a group of contacts at once. Easily create & change your groups. Quickly search your groups/contacts. Possibility to select multiple numbers per contact. Use “template” feature to instantly send recurrent content to your groups. When using Group Text you should abide by local regulations on sending out mass text messages. Please ensure that all recipients have provided prior consent. There is no advertising in the App! GROUPS FEATURES • Import your existing iCloud groups at first use • Create your own groups: Family, Friends, Colleagues… • Change your groups by assigning/removing contacts • Already assigned contacts/numbers are always marked • Use “Select All” feature to assign all your contacts at once • Enabling multiple numbers selection per contact • The total number of contacts is always shown for each group • Easily find your groups or contacts to be assigned/removed • Display order of contacts in line with your device settings • Newly created groups are always highlighted for easy access TEXT MESSAGING • Instantly send text message to your groups • Quickly add/remove contacts before sending TEMPLATES • Create predefined templates for your recurrent contents • Instantly send text message by selecting a template • Edit the selected template before sending if needed AVAILABLE IN 15 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES English, Nederlands, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Português , 中文 (Simplified), 中文 (Traditional), 日本語, 한국어, , Русский, Türkçe, العربية, עברית UPGRADE TO PREMIUM VERSION THROUGH IN-APP PURCHASE • Create unlimited groups • Split big groups • Personalize your text messages with tags (firstname, lastname, company) • Send to more than 5 contacts at once • Send using templates • Create your own templates SUPPORT • Integrated support functionality & FAQ • Submit bugs and issues directly from the App • 24/7 availability COMING SOON • Smart filters for contacts • Reminders for planned sendings • Update contact details directly from the App • Share groups • iCloud sync through all your devices • 3D Touch options • And much more... Feel free to propose awesome functionalities! NOTES * If you have iMessage turned on, the App will use it to send out group texts. You can find our Terms of Service here: https://masstextapp.s3.amazonaws.com/TOS.txt
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Group Text | Mass Message at none against Groups's shown. Groups's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Groups sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Group Text | Mass Message sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Groups against 4.3 for Group Text | Mass Message. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.9K and 5.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Groups's written reviews are positive against 43% of Group Text | Mass Message's.
Groups ships an update every 8 days, Group Text | Mass Message every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groups | Group Text | Mass Message |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (4.9K ratings) | 4.3 (5.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better | 43.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K | 5.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qbix, Inc. | Mass Text LLC |
Customer experience
Groups
Group Text | Mass Message
User reviews
Groups
From 4.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for organizing contacts
- 🚀 Efficient for group messaging
- 👍 Customizable groups
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Unreliable sync and data loss
- 🐛 Buggy updates
- 👎 Poor customer support
- 👎 Confusing UI changes
Group Text | Mass Message
From 5.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient for group messaging
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Helpful for business/work
- 👍 Great customer support
Room to improve
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with iOS updates
- 🐛 Unreliable message delivery
- 💰 Expensive subscription
- 🐛 Glitchy/buggy app
- 🐛 Contacts/groups disappearing
Bugs and requests
Groups
Reported bugs
4 issues- Groups disappearing
- Contacts not syncing properly
- Inability to create new groups
- Freezing and crashing on certain actions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to delete groups and contacts
- Improved group management and sorting
- Option to send mass texts without individual replies
- Better integration with native contacts app
Group Text | Mass Message
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashing/not opening
- Messages not sending
- Contacts/groups disappearing
- Compatibility issues with iOS
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to send images/attachments
- Option to schedule messages
- Improved contact/group management
- Email integration
In-app purchases
Groups
- Unlock All Features$0.991 Month
- Plus$1.991 Month
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Turn off Ads$1.99
- Turn off Ads$4.99
- + 500 icons$5.99
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- Unlock All Features$5.99
- + I just like your app2 variants$9.99
- Unlock All Features$9.99
- + I just like your app$14.99
- + I really love your app!2 variants$19.99
Group Text | Mass Message
- 1-Month subscription$6.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- 1-Month subscription$9.991 Month
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- All Access Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- 3-Months subscription$17.993 Months
- 12-Months subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 12-Months subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 12-Months subscription$39.991 Year
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 12-Months subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- 12-Months subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- All Access Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Text Groups Premium$39.99
- Lifetime purchase$79.99
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