SA Group Text Lite vs Group Text Free
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SA Group Text Lite
Efficiently send personalized group text messages by importing recipient data from Excel files. Create custom messages with dynamic fields for a personal touch. Supports various Excel formats and offers options for managing contacts and sending messages.
- Import group SMS from Excel
- Personalized messages with tags
- Create custom Excel templates
- Send messages to unlimited recipients
- Split large messages into multiple parts
- Preview messages before sending
- Supports Twilio and Nexmo for online SMS
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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. 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.
Group Text Free
Easily send mass texts, iMessages, or emails to groups or selected contacts. Create and manage contact groups, send pre-written templates, and share photos without limitations on the number of recipients or attachments.
- Mass SMS, iMessage, MMS, and email sending
- Group contact management
- Template message creation
- Photo sharing to groups
- Address book management
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Group Text Free is a beautiful and easy to use message application. With Group Text Free, you can easily send mass texts (on iPhone) or mass iMessages (on all devices) or mass emails (on all devices) to group or handpicked set of contacts. Send your text over group the easy way! NO LIMITION Group Text Free DOES NOT limit the number of contacts or number of attachment photos. MANAGE GROUP CONTACTS Group Text help you create and manage your group contacts easily. Once group is created, you no longer have to select contact one-by-one for a group message or group email. SEND TEMPLATE If you need to send the same message or email many times, just create templates and pick the one you need. SHARE PHOTO Want to share your photos with friends, just pick photos to send over iMessage, MMS or email. ADDRESS BOOKS This app also help you manage your address book easily: add, edit, remove contact quickly. Key feature - Send mass SMS, iMessage, MMS, email to group quickly - Create and send template message and email - Send photos over iMessage or email to group
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Verdict
SA Group Text Lite and Group Text Free both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 66% of SA Group Text Lite's written reviews are positive against 7% of Group Text Free's. SA Group Text Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Group Text Free's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating 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
Both are free to download. Group Text Free sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SA Group Text Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
SA Group Text Lite holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of SA Group Text Lite's written reviews are positive against 7% of Group Text Free's.
SA Group Text Lite ships an update every 2 months, Group Text Free every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SA Group Text Lite | Group Text Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) — better | 3.4 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., Ltd | CONG DUC TRAN |
Customer experience
SA Group Text Lite
Group Text Free
In-app purchases
SA Group Text Lite
No in-app purchases
Group Text Free
- Sms Group Premium$4.99
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