Group SMS Personalized texting vs GroupSpeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group SMS Personalized texting
Easily send personalized text messages to individuals or groups. Save messages as templates, schedule them, and set reminders for important dates. Customize the app's appearance with themes and font sizes.
- Personalized group and individual messaging
- Save and send messages as templates
- Schedule SMS and emails
- Birthday reminders
- Email personalization
- Customizable themes and font size
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Unique features are now introducing in new version for group SMS. Sending text to single group or multiple groups or make it personalized for each recipient was not so much easy as it is right now. Group SMS allows you to send text to individual contacts as well. Extended version can give email personalization for groups and as well as for single contact. Enhancement of Group sms utilize standard text plan of carrier and data plan for emails. Want to send single message on daily basis? Just save it as template and keep sending it on one click. Never miss birthday of your member by setting up reminder. Key Features: Message to single Group of multiple groups Single contact messaging Built in template for group messaging Short codes to make it personalized Email personalization for individual and groups Schedule SMS and Emails. Birthday Reminder for Groups members and contacts Fully customization for font size Select your favorite theme color
GroupSpeak
Easily send the same text message to multiple contacts individually, ensuring privacy and personalization. Organize contacts into groups, use templates for common messages, and attach photos. Syncs across devices via iCloud.
- Private 1-to-1 texts
- Personalized messages with placeholders
- Contact group organization
- Import contacts from CSV
- Message templates
- Photo attachments
- iCloud sync
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Text your whole group in one tap. GroupSpeak sends the same message to many people at once, and each person gets it as a private 1-to-1 text addressed to them by name. It's for anyone who texts the same people again and again: coaches and team parents, church groups and choirs, clubs, teachers, small businesses, landlords, and event hosts. SEND IT YOUR WAY • One by one: each contact gets a private text, so nobody sees the other recipients and there are no reply-all chains • Automatically: send to the whole list hands-free with the free GroupSpeak shortcut • As a group: start one group conversation with everyone PERSONALIZE EVERY MESSAGE Add #[FirstName], #[LastName] or #[Company] and GroupSpeak fills in each person's details. "Hi Ava!", "Hi Liam!", "Hi Emma!", all from one message. ORGANIZE CONTACTS INTO GROUPS • Build groups from your phone contacts in seconds • Import contacts or whole groups from a CSV file • Choose which number to use when a contact has several • Search, edit and select or unselect everyone with one tap SAVE TIME WITH TEMPLATES Save the messages you send often, such as practice reminders, meeting updates, flash sales and holiday greetings, and reuse them in one tap. MORE • Attach a photo to your message • Email a group as well as texting it • Your groups sync across your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Messages go through your own Messages app, using your own number and plan • No account or sign-up needed GROUPSPEAK PRO GroupSpeak is free to download. Upgrade to Pro with a monthly or yearly subscription, or with a one-time lifetime purchase. No weekly plans. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://lazyboard.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://lazyboard.app/our-apps-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GroupSpeak at 4.2 against Group SMS Personalized texting's 2.8. GroupSpeak also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 32%) and ratings volume (17 vs 4). Group SMS Personalized texting's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Group SMS Personalized texting sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and GroupSpeak sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GroupSpeak holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Group SMS Personalized texting's written reviews are positive against 50% of GroupSpeak's.
Group SMS Personalized texting ships an update fortnightly, GroupSpeak every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group SMS Personalized texting | GroupSpeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) | 4.2 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Granjur | Elsayed Hussein |
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Group SMS Personalized texting
GroupSpeak
In-app purchases
Group SMS Personalized texting
- Facebook$0.99
- Birthday reminder$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
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- Personalise$0.99
- Backup Contacts Feature$0.99
GroupSpeak
- Monthly Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
- Yearly Pro Subscription$14.991 Year
- GroupSpeak Pro$29.99
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