Groups! Free vs ABC Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Groups! Free
Organize contacts into custom groups for easy communication via text or email. Send personalized messages to multiple recipients simultaneously and share your location. Find contacts quickly with advanced search and set reminders to stay in touch.
- Group contacts into custom lists
- Send mass texts and emails
- Personalize messages
- Attach images to emails
- Share location
- Search contacts by attribute
- Set contact reminders
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You've just found the best, easiest tool for communicating with your iPhone contacts. Downloaded by 2.6 million people in over 100 countries around the world. Don't take our word for it. See for yourself! It's free. Groups works with your native contacts and phone capabilities, so it's completely private. MANAGE + Group your contacts into Friends, Family, etc. + Easily create and manage any groups of contacts + Now translated into 15 languages! + Works with native iPhone groups + Set an icon for each group - now w/more icons! COMMUNICATE + Easily text or email many contacts at once + Works even if your contacts don't have the app + Personalize your texts with first name, last name, etc. + Attach images to your emails, use To | Cc | Bcc + Share your location with people you're meeting FIND + Search within groups, by any attribute + Set reminders to get in touch with people + Quickly build lists of people to contact + Supports all iPhone screen sizes + Takes advantage of the latest iOS features (like Do Not Disturb, Voice Messages etc.) Notes for iOS 7 and iOS 8 users: * Groups will obviously need to access your contacts in order to work. * If you have iMessage turned on, your phone will use it to send out group messages. * iOS 8 has much improved Group Texting capabilities that Groups can take advantage of.
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
The clearest difference is rating: ABC Contacts at 4.6 against Groups! Free's 2.5. ABC Contacts also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 15) and review sentiment (87% vs 67%). Groups! Free's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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! Free sells 9 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.
ABC Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABC Contacts has 1.2K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Groups! Free's written reviews are positive against 87% of ABC Contacts's.
Groups! Free ships an update every 3 months, ABC Contacts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groups! Free | ABC Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.2% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qbix, Inc. | Playa Apps |
Customer experience
Groups! Free
ABC Contacts
Bugs and requests
Groups! Free
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Groups disappear after use
- Contacts not syncing properly
- Inability to edit or remove groups
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to delete groups
- Faster load times
- More customization options for groups
- Ability to sort contacts within groups
ABC Contacts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Groups! Free
- Nice$1.99
- Sweet$2.99
- Turn off Ads$3.99
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- Helpful$4.99
- + 30 icons2 variants$4.99
- + 60 icons$4.99
- Awesome!$9.99
- + I just like your app$9.99
- + I really love your app!$19.99
ABC Contacts
- Premium (1 Year)$0.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
- Make Contribution$4.99
- Larger Contribution$9.99
Questions
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