Comparison

SA Group Text Lite vs Sms Planner

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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. 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

Sms Planner

Schedule appointments and deadlines for clients, then send personalized SMS, email, or instant messages to remind them. It integrates with iPhone and Google calendars and allows for location-specific details. This app is designed for professionals who manage client appointments.

Highlights
  • Schedule appointments and deadlines
  • Send personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, Telegram
  • Sync with iPhone and Google calendars
  • Specify appointment addresses
  • Print weekly appointment calendar
  • Send special announcement messages
Features
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SmsPlanner is dedicated to professionals who work with customers by appointment. Are you a doctor, lawyer, or do you offer services of various kinds? Do you want to remember appointments or the various deadlines to your customers? SmsPlanner is for you !!! With SmsPlanner you can schedule appointments and deadlines of your customers and then send your personalized SMS, email, WhatsApp, and Telegram to remind individual appointments. To work properly WhatsApp, you must enter the international prefix of cellular numbers in your contacts (eg "+44" for United Kingdom numbers). You can send a SINGLE message for appointment, or a single message with the SUMMARY of the appointments of a given period. It is also possible to send SPECIAL messages (greetings, announcements, communications, etc ...). SmsPlanner can send the appointments to calendars on your iPhone and can synchronize with calendars configured on your Google account. Those who use Google calendars must first add them on the iPhone, and then select them within SmsPlanner by choosing them from the list of iOS calendars. SmsPlanner allows you to specify days and hours for each appointment, but if you get your customers in multiple locations, you can also specify the single address (street and city). In addition, you can print the weekly calendar of appointments. This new version replaces and unifies the previous Free and Paid APP, including all features with no limits and no advertising. There is a free 60-day user license, after which it is possible to purchase further extensions of 1 month, 6 months, or 1 year. If you need to SHARE and SYNCHRONIZE your appointments with all your devices, you can download the dedicated version SmsPlanner-E. This also allows you to PAIR your devices to those of OTHER PEOPLE (colleagues, friends, etc.) via QR code. For suggestions, requests and comments, please write to: smsplanner.info@gmail.com NOTE: sending of SMS is done from your iPhone, then the cost of the messages will be charged according to the tariff plan subscribed by your telephone company.

Screenshots

SA Group Text Lite4 screens
Sms Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sms Planner at 5.0 against SA Group Text Lite's 3.5. Sms Planner also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). SA Group Text Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Sms Planner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. SA Group Text Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sms Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SA Group Text Lite has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SA Group Text Lite ships an update every 2 months, Sms Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SA Group Text Lite versus Sms Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSA Group Text LiteSms Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., LtdAlessandro de Sanctis

Customer experience

SA Group Text Lite

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral15.6%
Negative18.8%

Sms Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SA Group Text Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Sms Planner

One-time3
  • 1 Month license$2.99
  • 6 Months license$12.99
  • 1 Year license$22.99

Questions

Is SA Group Text Lite free?
SA Group Text Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sms Planner free?
Sms Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SA Group Text Lite or Sms Planner?
Sms Planner is rated higher. SA Group Text Lite averages 3.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Sms Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SA Group Text Lite or Sms Planner have ads?
SA Group Text Lite shows ads; Sms Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, SA Group Text Lite or Sms Planner?
SA Group Text Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Sms Planner every 3 weeks. Most recently, SA Group Text Lite was updated on September 19, 2026 and Sms Planner on September 18, 2026.

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