Comparison

SA Group Text vs Twice A Day

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SA Group Text

Easily send personalized group text messages by importing recipient lists and messages from Excel spreadsheets. This app allows for dynamic message content based on recipient data, streamlining communication for businesses and organizations.

Highlights
  • Import group SMS from Excel
  • Personalize messages with tags
  • Create and manage contact groups
  • Send unsent messages
  • Preview messages before sending
  • Split large messages
  • Supports online SMS providers
Features
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SA Group Text is the most efficient way to send group messages. You can add recipient names and phone numbers in an Excel file. You can enter static or personalized text messages right in the Excel spreadsheet. For example, if you enter “Hi {first name}, ...” in a message, the app will take the first name of the recipients and personalize the message, generating text such as “Hi David, …” , “Hi Michael, …”… You can use an Excel spreadsheet again without editing the spreadsheet on your computer. You can just pick an Excel file, type in a quick message and send it. It is similar to sending a message to a group. SA Group Text is also an easy way to send text messages to the contacts on your iPhone. Just pick groups or individual contacts, type in a static or personalized message and send it. Who uses SA Group Text ? 1) Small Businesses 2) Religious Groups 3) Retail 4) Nightlife - Bars & Nightclubs 5) Restaurants 6) Banks/Financial Institutions 7) Insurance Companies 8) Event Marketers (With hundreds (or even thousands) of people attending your events) 9) Traditional Media 10) Schools 11) Social Groups 12) Real Estate With SA Group Text you can : 1. Import group SMS from an Excel file via USB/WiFi/Email. 2. Create your own groups in an Excel spreadsheet and send messages to them. 3. Send unsent messages . If the app is terminated while sending group SMS, the sending task will be continued next time you launch the app.. 4. Insert tags ({nickname},{firstname},{lastname},{nickname},{company} etc) in your text message in order to create personalized messages. When you use this function, each message has a personal touch. For example: Dear {firstname}, Welcome to our dinner party. 5. Use MS Excel 2003 / 2007 / 2010 , OpenOffice.org , Apple Numbers or any other Excel-compatible applications to create your group text messages. Be sure to save as an Excel 97-2003 Workbook. 6. Export an Excel template , and use it to create your own Excel file. 7. Send SMS to as many recipients as you need within your Excel file 8. Limit the number of recipients per message. The app will split a large message into multiple separate messages. 9. Create a formatted Excel file easily. The file can contain only two columns : Mobile and Message. You can find more example spreadsheets on the app’s website. 10. Create flexible group SMS in your spreadsheet. For example “{family} Family – Practice Tomorrow at 5pm for little {kidname}!” becomes “David Family – Practice Tomorrow at 5pm for little Johnny!”. The names change over and over again. 11. Create contact groups, you can create in-app groups for Exchange contacts. 12. Choose contacts organized in groups, companies, job titles and cities. 13. Preview messages before sending them out. 14. Skip duplicated phone numbers and messages. 15. The lite version has ads. 16. Send online sms, supporting Twilio and Nexmo. 17. Find a way to send messages without user interaction, please contact to samyuservice@gmail.com for details. IMPORTANT NOTE : Please check the setting of "Group Messaging" on the iPhone settings. If the option is available, set it to OFF (yes OFF) to be able to send to large groups. If it's on, the iPhone will try to send MMS instead of SMS and will fail to send to large groups. More detail and up-to-date help guides are available in samapp.com.

About

Twice A Day

This app helps users follow through on their daily plans by locking in commitments and providing accountability. It offers personalized insights into user behavior and helps identify patterns that hinder progress.

Highlights
  • Lock in daily commitments
  • Voice task input
  • Smart suggestions from other apps
  • AI coach for motivation
  • Track promises and self-trust score
  • Personalized weekly reports
  • End-of-day reflection
Features
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Planning is easy. Actually doing what you said you'd do is the hard part. Twice A Day is a personal accountability system for people who already know what to do—but struggle to consistently follow through. Most productivity apps help you make plans. Twice A Day helps you keep them. HOW IT WORKS 1. Decide what matters Choose a few realistic priorities for your day. Add them manually, talk through them with your voice, or get intelligent suggestions from your calendar, mail and notes. 2. Lock in your commitments When you’re ready, commit to your plan. Once it’s locked, tasks can’t be changed, deleted or pushed to tomorrow. Because if you can rewrite the plan whenever things get difficult, it isn’t really a commitment. 3. Follow through Twice A Day remembers what you said you would do and brings you back to it throughout the day. Your commitments stay visible, even after the motivation that created them fades. 4. Reflect honestly Come back at the end of your day and close the loop. Review what you completed, acknowledge what you didn’t and understand what got in the way. ACCOUNTABILITY THAT GETS MORE PERSONAL Over time, Twice A Day helps you see: • Where you consistently follow through • Where you avoid or procrastinate • When you’re taking on too much • Which priorities keep getting neglected • How your actions align with your goals • Whether you’re becoming more consistent Your weekly reports turn your actual behavior into personalized insights, helping you make better commitments and recognize the patterns holding you back. WHEN YOU NEED MORE SUPPORT • Brain-dump tasks using your voice • Get smart suggestions from the tools you already use • Ask your AI coach for motivation or guidance • Track promises kept, perfect days and your Self-Trust Score • Connect daily commitments to your long-term goals Twice A Day isn’t about doing as much as possible. It’s about deciding what matters, making a realistic promise to yourself and keeping it. Twice-a-day check-ins. All-day accountability. Plan. Commit. Follow through. Reflect.

Screenshots

SA Group Text4 screens
Twice A Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Twice A Day at Free against SA Group Text's $2.99. Twice A Day also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 58%). On ratings volume, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Twice A Day is free to download; SA Group Text costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Twice A Day holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of SA Group Text's written reviews are positive against 100% of Twice A Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SA Group Text ships an update every 2 months, Twice A Day every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SA Group Text versus Twice A Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSA Group TextTwice A Day
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (11 ratings)4.8 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., LtdTahj-Edward Atkinson

Customer experience

SA Group Text

All ratings11 ratings
Positive27.3%
Neutral27.3%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative32.0%

Twice A Day

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SA Group Text

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • Cannot edit contact groups
  • App down/not working
  • Cannot upload excel files
  • App stuck on black screen
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  • Not sending to Android users
  • Requires iMessage
  • Cannot load contacts from Excel
  • Decimal point rounding issue
  • Site rarely reachable
  • Messages fail to send
  • No background operation
  • Cannot upload documents via WiFi
  • Requires .xls format
  • No updates, app crashes
  • Duplicate messages
  • Looks bad/zoomed on larger phones
  • 90 messages remain in queue on iOS 7
  • Not sending to Android users
  • App crashes when updating contacts
  • Too expensive for poor implementation
  • Messages not sending after updates
  • App crashes
  • Not working on iOS 7
  • Bad since iOS 7
  • Potential security risk/hack
  • Cannot send photos
  • Server not responding
  • Bugs after upgrade
  • Cannot select/erase unwanted contacts
  • Lag when switching to iPhone SMS mode
  • Not sending to non-iPhones
  • App does not work on i5S
  • Does nothing needed on iPhone 5
  • No export functionality
  • Cannot send texts unless recipients are iPhones
  • Does not support older iOS versions
  • Keep lists inside the app
  • Import group into local database
  • Allow sending to all contacts with one click
  • Improve dark mode support
  • App crashes anytime I want to update contacts
  • Cannot upload excel docs from email
  • Paid app charged full price with discount
  • App is useless
  • Last update not working
  • Cannot see sent messages
  • Messages not sending
  • Group SMS is difficult
  • Program gives errors with >100 people

Requested features

21 requests
  • Integration with Launch Center Pro/widget
  • Touch ID in iOS 11
  • Automatic sending with pre-defined pauses
  • Automatic sending without manual confirmation
  • Update for iPhone 6 Plus compatibility
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  • Ability to send photos
  • Blacklist feature
  • Automate sending with one click
  • Add 'search' fields to filter recipients
  • Manage contacts section
  • Automatic send when tag is inserted
  • Automate sending
  • Send to all numbers with one click
  • Add a tutorial
  • Automatic sending option
  • Export SMS messages to computer
  • Support for older iOS versions
  • Keep lists inside the app
  • Import group into local database
  • Allow sending to all contacts with one click
  • Improve dark mode support

Twice A Day

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SA Group Text

No in-app purchases

None

Twice A Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SA Group Text free?
SA Group Text costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Twice A Day free?
Twice A Day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SA Group Text or Twice A Day?
Twice A Day is rated higher. SA Group Text averages 2.7 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Twice A Day averages 4.8 from 17 ratings.
Do SA Group Text or Twice A Day have ads?
Neither SA Group Text nor Twice A Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SA Group Text or Twice A Day?
SA Group Text ships an update every 2 months, and Twice A Day every 9 days. Most recently, SA Group Text was updated on October 29, 2026 and Twice A Day on October 30, 2026.

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