A2Z Groups vs AlphaBell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A2Z Groups
Manage your contacts and send messages or emails to groups efficiently. Organize contacts, create custom groups, and send personalized mass communications. Features include backups, birthday reminders, and contact sharing.
- Create and manage contact groups
- Send mass texts and group emails
- Backup and restore contacts
- Birthday and anniversary notifications
- Share and export contacts
- Clone contacts and groups
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A2Z is the complete contact manager! With A2Z, you can easily create, edit, and delete contacts & groups. Send mass texts and group emails. View recently created contacts. Share or print your contacts. Create backups. Get birthday notifications. And so much more: CONTACTS: • View all of your contacts organized by account or group • Easily find a contact with A2Z's powerful search tool • Select multiple contacts and perform a number of actions including text, email, share, and delete • Quickly perform a number of functions with one touch directly from the contact card GROUPS: • Create groups of contacts from any account including iCloud, Google, Exchange or Outlook • Filter contacts by one or more groups at the same time • Add & remove contacts from a particular group • Add & remove groups from a particular contact FAVORITES: • Create a list of favorites allowing you to quickly call/message/email those contacts GROUP EMAILS & MESSAGES: • Send messages to groups via iMessage, SMS, & WhatsApp • Send emails to groups via Mail App or Gmail App • Attach photos & documents, including from Dropbox • Assign the to/cc/bcc email field to each contact individually • Give your message a personal touch - Automatically refer to each contact by name COMPANIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MOST VIEWED, RECENTLY CREATED/MODIFIED/DELETED: • Sort your contacts by company name • View upcoming birthdays & anniversaries • View your most frequently viewed contacts • View recently created & modified contacts • View & restore your recently deleted contacts SHARE CONTACTS: • Share one or more contacts via text message, email, or various other services • Export contacts in the CSV or vCard format DELETE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Quickly delete contacts & groups BACKUP: • Create a backup of any contact account • Restore your backup to any contact account CLONE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Clone a contact from the contact card screen including all contact fields & groups • Clone a group so you don't have to add all of the group members manually START SCREEN: • Specify whether the app should load the contacts, groups, or favorites screen at startup SHORTCUTS: • Press & hold a contact or group to conveniently perform a number of common functions SYNC CONTACTS WITH GOOGLE: • Fully compatible with the "Contacts Sync" app WORKS WELL WITH OTHER CONTACT APPS: • Any contact changes you make with this app will be reflected in any other contact app that queries the iPhone address book (including the standard Contacts & Phone app) SUBSCRIPTIONS: • A2Z Contacts offers a "Premium" subscription which unlocks all of the premium features in the app, including unrestricted group emails and texts, unrestricted sharing of contacts, and access to future premium features. • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $0.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of $0.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of use: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003030954 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/229824667
AlphaBell
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AlphaBell turns webhook POST requests into loud, persistent push notifications on your iPhone — alerts you actually wake up to. Built for on-call engineers, active traders, and anyone who needs a reliable way to be paged from their own systems. — HOW IT WORKS — 1. Create an alert in the app, give it a name 2. Copy your unique webhook URL 3. POST any JSON to it from your monitoring system, trading bot, or backend 4. Your iPhone rings — even when locked or in silent mode (alarm mode) — THREE DELIVERY MODES — • Off — alert disabled, webhook ignored • Chime — single push notification (standard) • Alarm — full-volume siren that re-fires every 10 seconds for up to 5 minutes, until you stop it — FEATURES — • Up to 20 named alerts per device • Per-alert quiet hours (silence overnight, page during the day) • 7-day webhook history with full payload preview • Custom alarm sounds (Pro) • Master kill-switch for vacation mode • Anonymous — no account required, no tracking, no analytics — ALPHABELL PRO — • $2.99/month or $19.99/year (7-day free trial on yearly) • Unlimited webhook payload size • Custom alarm sounds • Priority delivery — PRIVACY — We don't collect names, emails, contacts, or location. Webhook payloads are stored for 7 days then auto-deleted. No third-party analytics or ad networks. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy: https://thealphastack.app/alphabell/privacy Terms: https://thealphastack.app/alphabell/terms Support: https://thealphastack.app/alphabell/support
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Verdict
A2Z Groups and AlphaBell are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. A2Z Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and AlphaBell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | A2Z Groups | AlphaBell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playa Apps | Alphastack pte. Ltd. |
Bugs and requests
A2Z Groups
Reported bugs
4 issues- Contacts being deleted unexpectedly
- Inability to save contact information
- Syncing issues with Google/Outlook contacts
- Unreliable group messaging
Requested features
5 requests- Scheduled messaging
- Improved group management
- Better integration with native Contacts app
- Map feature
- Birthdays/anniversaries tracking
AlphaBell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
A2Z Groups
- Premium (1 Year)2 variants$0.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
- Make Contribution$4.99
- Larger Contribution$9.99
AlphaBell
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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