SA Group Text Lite vs Contacts Groups
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.
Contacts Groups
Easily send mass text messages and emails to your organized contact groups. Save time and stay connected with friends, family, or customers by sending messages, vCards, or even attachments to multiple people at once. Features include push notifications, one-tap calling, and birthday reminders.
- Mass SMS and email sending
- vCard sharing
- Push notifications
- One-tap calling
- Birthday reminders
- Message templates
- iCloud sync
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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 at 4.1 against SA Group Text Lite's 3.5. Contacts Groups also leads on ratings volume (111 vs 11) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). SA Group Text Lite's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Contacts Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts Groups has 111 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of SA Group Text Lite's written reviews are positive against 33% of Contacts Groups's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SA Group Text Lite ships an update every 2 months, Contacts Groups every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SA Group Text Lite | Contacts Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (11 ratings) | 4.1 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., Ltd | LiveBird Technologies Private Limited |
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SA Group Text Lite
Contacts Groups
In-app purchases
SA Group Text Lite
No in-app purchases
Contacts Groups
No in-app purchases
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