Comparison

Multi Groups vs Group SMS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Multi Groups

Easily send text messages and emails to multiple contacts simultaneously. Create custom groups, schedule messages for later, and use pre-designed templates with your location.

Highlights
  • Create multiple contact groups
  • Send group text messages and emails
  • Schedule messages for future delivery
  • Save and use message templates
  • Attach photos and videos to emails
  • Include current location in messages
Features
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Multi Group allows you to instantly send text messages and e-mails to a group of contacts. You no longer have to pick each contact every time you want to send a text message or an e-mail to a group of people. Just create a group with the contacts you want and every time you want to send them a message do it with a single click! You can attach as many photos or videos as you want (e-mail), schedule messages to send in a later time, or even send a pre-designed template with your current location! it's all very quick & easy! Special Features: -Create multiple groups from your iPhone's contacts with a fast & handy address book manager. -Attach multiple photos & videos at unlimited length from your media library or just capture new ones and send them (for e-mail groups). -Create up to 60 scheduled messages for a specific time in the future! Choose the contacts, type the message, set the deployment time and forget about it! When the time comes the application will notify you to send the message. -Instead of typing the same message again & again, save it as a template and when you want to send it, just pick the template & send. -Add your current location (from the built in GPS - Address or MapLink) to the template. -Add a single or multiple phone numbers (text messages) or e-mails for each contact. -Designed for iPhone, iPad & iPod (Requires iOS 5.0 or greater). -Supports both portrait & Landscape orientations.

About

Group SMS

Easily send personalized SMS messages to multiple contacts at once. Create custom lists, use templates with variables, and schedule messages for future delivery. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Personalized group SMS
  • Custom contact lists
  • Message templates with variables
  • Scheduled SMS sending
  • Send history log
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Need to text the whole team, wish 200 people a happy holiday, or tell your customers you're open on Sunday? Group SMS writes to whole groups and lists in seconds, straight from your iPhone and on your own plan: no third-party service, no per-message fees. HOW IT WORKS, HONESTLY Messages go out through your iPhone's own Messages app. Group SMS prepares everything (recipients, text, attachments) and you confirm with a tap. iOS doesn't let any app send texts on its own, and Group SMS is no exception: it never sends anything behind your back. NOBODY SEES THE OTHERS With one-by-one sending, every contact gets their own message: no group chat, no reply-all, not even with iMessage or RCS. The next message opens by itself as soon as you send the previous one, so it's one tap per person. Skip someone or stop whenever you like: the ones you missed are recorded, and you can send to just them later. REACH EVERYONE • Use your iPhone's contact groups, or build your own lists • Import lists from a CSV file: separator, encoding and columns are detected for you, and your address book stays untouched • Big lists go out in blocks, so even hundreds of contacts stay manageable MESSAGES THAT SOUND PERSONAL • {name} and {surname} fill themselves in for each contact • Reusable templates for reminders, wishes, promotions and notices • Photo and PDF attachments (MMS) SCHEDULE IT, GET REMINDED Prepare a message for a set date, or have it repeat daily, weekly or monthly. When it's time, a notification brings you back to the app with everything ready: you confirm and it goes. CAMPAIGNS (PRO) Need to reach 3,000 people? Create a campaign: choose the recipients, how many days and what time. The app works out a daily quota, reminds you every day and splits the send into manageable batches. Pause, resume or extend it whenever you want. KNOW WHAT WENT OUT • After every send: how many messages went out and how many didn't, with a one-tap resend to the ones missed • Pick up where you left off (PRO): close the app mid-send and resume from the exact point, without anyone getting the message twice • Statistics (PRO): trends compared with the previous period, your most contacted groups, CSV export • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen • iCloud sync of lists, templates, campaigns and scheduled messages (PRO) FREE AND PRO Free, for good: one-by-one and block sending, 2 groups and 1 list of up to 25 contacts each, 3 templates. Messages sent with the free version end with a short "Sent with Group SMS" line. PRO unlocks unlimited groups, lists and contacts, placeholders and attachments, scheduling, campaigns, statistics, history, resume and iCloud sync, and removes the signature. Monthly or yearly (they renew automatically, cancel anytime), or Lifetime: a one-time payment that never renews. MADE FOR Coaches and sports clubs • Schools and class reps • Churches and associations • Shops, salons and restaurants • Professional practices • Event organisers Texts and MMS cost whatever your carrier plan says. Your contacts are never sent to our servers: we don't have any. =========================================================================== Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://appjuice.it/nodino/privacy.html ===========================================================================

Screenshots

Multi Groups4 screens
Group SMS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Multi Groups at 76% against Group SMS's 25%. Multi Groups also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Group SMS's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 78 months). On price and ads 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. Group SMS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Multi Groups asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multi Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Multi Groups has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Multi Groups's written reviews are positive against 25% of Group SMS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multi Groups ships an update every 78 months, Group SMS fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Multi Groups versus Group SMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMulti GroupsGroup SMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (20 ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 78 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEran KatsavCarlo Di Giuseppe

Customer experience

Multi Groups

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative23.5%

Group SMS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

None

Multi Groups

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Group SMS

Subscriptions2
  • Group SMS Pro – Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Group SMS Pro – Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Banner$0.99
  • Group SMS Pro – Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Multi Groups free?
Multi Groups is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Group SMS free?
Group SMS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Multi Groups or Group SMS?
Multi Groups is rated higher. Multi Groups averages 4.2 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Group SMS averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Multi Groups or Group SMS have ads?
Neither Multi Groups nor Group SMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multi Groups or Group SMS?
Multi Groups ships an update every 78 months, and Group SMS fortnightly. Most recently, Multi Groups was updated on June 9, 2026 and Group SMS on October 1, 2026.

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