SA Group Text vs Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text
Easily send group text messages and emails to multiple contacts simultaneously. Organize your contacts into groups for efficient communication, share vCards, and receive push notifications. Save time and stay connected with friends, family, or customers.
- Group email and text messaging
- Send messages to multiple contacts
- Share contacts as vCards
- Push notifications for messages
- Birthday reminders for groups
- Create message templates
- iCloud Sync for groups and contacts
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Contacts Groups make it easy to mass send messages to your groups of friends, family, customers, or others. The app can send text messages and emails to multiple contacts at one time. It's the best way to keep in touch. When sending a message to groups of contacts, you can include vCards in the email or message body. This makes it easy to send a message to your entire address book. Use Contacts Groups to save time and stay in contact with the people you care about. Note: You can install the app on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The app also provides you with several powerful features, such as: - Push notifications - Know when someone sends you a message - Email & SMS - Send text messages & emails easily - One-tap call - Call contacts directly from the app - iCloud Sync for Groups and Contacts - Birthday reminders - Send a bulk text message (SMS or iMessage) to a group of people. - Send out bulk emails with attachments - Create message templates in advance. - Import photos, videos, and files from iCloud Drive - Share contacts as vCard - Works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (iPad and iPod can only send iMessages) - In 11 Languages to Choose From, such as English, Español, Français, Deutsch, Português (Br.), Português, Italiano, 中文 (Simplified), Руcский, 日本語, 한국어 Please Note: If you found this app helpful, please Like, Review, and Comment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text at 4.2 against SA Group Text's 2.7. Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text also leads on ratings volume (59 vs 11). SA Group Text's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, 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
SA Group Text costs $2.99 and Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text has 59 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of SA Group Text's written reviews are positive against 28% of Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SA Group Text ships an update every 2 months, Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SA Group Text | Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (11 ratings) | 4.2 (59 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews — better | 28.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 59 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., Ltd | LiveBird Technologies Private Limited |
Customer experience
SA Group Text
Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text
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
Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SA Group Text
No in-app purchases
Contacts Groups Pro Mail, text
No in-app purchases
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