Comparison

Contacts Grouping Lite vs Group Text

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Grouping Lite

Organize your contacts into custom groups with this intuitive app. Automatically categorize contacts by company name or create your own groups. Easily manage, search, and communicate with your contact lists.

Highlights
  • Automatic grouping by company name
  • Custom group creation, editing, and deletion
  • Single contact management
  • Contact search functionality
  • Email all group members
  • SMS/text all group members (iPhone only)
  • Customizable group sorting and color
Features
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Contacts Grouping is the most popular contact management software with easy-to-use. Features 1. Contact could be gathered in the groups automatically by company names. 2. Groups could be created, edited, or deleted freely. 3. You could also create, delete, and edit a single contact. 4. It support to search for contacts 5. And send email to all group members 6. Fantastic respond speed 7. Support to send sms/text to all group members(just for iPhone) 8.You could change the group's sort 9.You could change the group's color Mark: English,Japanese,Chinese versions are available. By downloading or using this app, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Group Text

Easily send personalized group SMS messages to contacts from your address book or Excel files. Automate message content with custom fields for a tailored communication experience.

Highlights
  • Personalized group SMS
  • Excel file import/export
  • Address book integration
  • Customizable message templates
  • System group management
  • Contact search
  • Message encryption/decryption
Features
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Send SMS like this:"{FirstName}, Happy New Year",the actual SMS will be replaced with "tom,Happy New Year" Send group SMS to contacts in Excel file or iPhone's address book This is the easiest way to manage contacts group SMS Easy Pro is very effective, if you need to send text messages to a large temporary recipients , this is a very effective tool. When you defined text message , recipient names and phone numbers in an Excel file, you can send personalized SMS like this: "{FirstName}, Happy New Year", the actual SMS content will be replaced with "mechanical, Happy New Year"," jack,Happy New Year "," tom, Happy New Year "... You can create an Excel file on the computer that contains the definition of personalized SMS content and receive numbers, and then uploaded to the iPhone via WiFi / iTunes, you can send personalized text messages to contacts in Excel. The Excel file must include the recipient number column which named "TEL", the other columns are optional. You can also export a sample file, edit the sample file and recipient information. SMS Easy Pro can also texting to contacts in iPhone's address book. FEATURES: 1. Support send personalized group SMS and normal SMS, the number of the recipient is not limited to the contacts in Excel. 2. Support send personalized group SMS and normal SMS to the contacts in iPhone's address book. 3. Personalize content of messages very easily, for example, in an Excel you had customized the content of the message like this:"Hello, {FullName}, please come to pick up the gift," when you import this file to iPhone , you can insert the label if you want, such as: "Hello , {FullName}, please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: {GiftNum}". Messages will be converted into something like this: "Hello, mack tinda, please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: 1942", "Hello,qiongs join , please come to pick up the gift, your gift order number is: 2012" ... 4. Import Excel file with three ways: AirDrop,iTunes and WIFI. 5. Export sample file: AirDrop,iTunes or WIFI. 6. System group management,you can increase, delete, modify one group. You can also add or remove the contacts in one group. 7. Searching quickly by phone number or name of contact. 8. The message can be record after sent if you want. 9. You can define some template, which can help you enter message fast next time. 10. You can encrypt and decrypt text if you want. 11. It is very simple to create an Excel file, you can create one using a variety of software, Please give us your feedback on the app! Thanks for testing SMS Easy Email: sms_easy_support@163.com

Screenshots

Contacts Grouping Lite4 screens
Group Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Contacts Grouping Lite at Free against Group Text's $2.99. Contacts Grouping Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.8) and ratings volume (69 vs 6). Group Text's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence and device support 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

Contacts Grouping Lite is free to download; Group Text costs $2.99 up front. Contacts Grouping Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Group Text asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contacts Grouping Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts Grouping Lite has 69 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Contacts Grouping Lite's written reviews are positive against 56% of Group Text's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Grouping Lite ships an update every 2 months, Group Text every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Contacts Grouping Lite versus Group Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts Grouping LiteGroup Text
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better1.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEJing延瑶 纪

Customer experience

Contacts Grouping Lite

All ratings69 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.1%

Group Text

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Contacts Grouping Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
None

Group Text

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Grouping Lite free?
Contacts Grouping Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group Text free?
Group Text costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contacts Grouping Lite or Group Text?
Contacts Grouping Lite is rated higher. Contacts Grouping Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Group Text averages 1.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Contacts Grouping Lite or Group Text have ads?
Contacts Grouping Lite shows ads; Group Text does not.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Grouping Lite or Group Text?
Contacts Grouping Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Group Text every 3 months. Most recently, Contacts Grouping Lite was updated on October 16, 2026 and Group Text on October 13, 2026.

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