Contact Groups

Open the app and go to the app’s settings. Tap on the Contact Groups Pro tab at the top. Tap on the Restore Purchase link.

Assuming you did purchase the Pro version to begin with, this will unlock all Pro features.

Yes, if you bought it on one device, you can unlock it on another device for free. The only requirement is that both devices use the same Apple ID.

1) In the Groups or Templates tab, tap on the Edit icon (looks like 3 lines next to the + icon) at the top right corner of the screen.

2) Once in edit mode, drag the icons that looks like 3 grey lines and rearrange groups/templates order to your liking.

3) When done, tap the Edit icon again to save your changes and get out of edit mode.

Selecting all your contacts at once is a Pro feature. If you are using the free version of the app, you can only select up to 10 contacts.

1) Tap on the Contacts tab at the bottom of the screen.

2) Tap on the Select icon in the upper left corner.

3) Tap the yellow checkmark in the upper right corner. It will select all your contacts.

From there you can create a new group, share these contacts, or delete them all.

Note that contact deletion is irreversible!

1) Tap on the Contacts tab at the bottom of the screen.

2) Tap on the Select button in the upper left.

3) Select all the contacts you want to delete.

4) Tap on the red Delete button.

5) Confirm you want to delete the contacts.

If you are using iCloud to store your contacts, you may be able to restore deleted contacts by following these instructions.

If your contacts are stored somewhere else (ie. Google Gmail), please search the web to find out how to recover them.

To add contacts to an existing group:

– Tap on the group to select it.
– Tap Edit in the upper right corner.
– Tap on Add contacts.
– Select the contacts you want to add to the group, and tap Save.

To remove contacts from an existing group:

– Tap on the group to select it.
– Tap Edit in the upper right corner.
– Tap on the contacts you want to remove from the group.
– Tap Save.

On the main screen of the app that lists all groups, swipe from right to left on the event you want to delete.

In order to send group emails with the app, you must have an email account set up in the default iPhone Mail app. If you don’t, it will not work.

That means that if you, for example, only use the Gmail app on your iPhone to send emails, it will not work.

If that is the case, the simple solution is to add your email account to the default Mail app.

Of course you will still be able to use the Gmail app (or whatever email application you use) as your main application for day to day use, but group emails will be sent through the default Mail app.

No, you cannot forward emails. You can only create new emails with this app.

For group emails, you can follow these instructions to attach photos and files.

Yes. After selecting your contact list and tapping on the Email button, select all email addresses your want to include and tap on the “To” label next to each address.

Tapping once will turn the To label into Cc, and tapping twice will turn it into Bcc. Note that there must be at least one contact selected as To for the email to go out.

There are 2 things you must do for this to happen:

1. If all the contacts in your text message are using an iPhone, by default, your iPhone will send the message as an iMessage. In a group iMessage, everyone can see responses from the group. If you don’t want this to happen, you must disable iMessage altogether by going into Settings > Messages, and turning off the iMessage toggle at the top. We understand this is not an ideal solution but we are limited by what Apple allows apps like ours to do.

2. With iMessage disabled, you iPhone will try to send the message as an MMS. In an MMS, everyone can see responses from the group. If you don’t want this to happen, you must disable the MMS feature by going to Settings > Messages, and turning off the MMS Messaging toggle.

With these two options disabled, you will unfortunately not be able to attach photos or images to your text messages. We are truly sorry for the inconvenience, but please understand we are limited by what Apple and carriers allow apps like ours to do.

You may learn more about the different types of messages in this support document on Apple’s website.

Because not everyone uses iPhones, this could be a tricky situation.

First, make sure that iMessage and MMS Messaging options are enabled in Settings > Messages.

If everyone in the group uses an iPhone, the text will be sent as a group iMessage. If not everyone uses an iPhone but uses recent smartphones, the text will be sent as an MMS. In these situations, everyone will see responses from the group and will be able to reply to the group as well.

But if some members of the group are using older phones, it could break the chain and prevent these people from seeing everybody’s response, or even having the responses seen by everyone.

Please understand this has nothing to do with the application itself. This is all about the type of phones your contacts are using.

For group texts, you can follow these directions. Note that if for some reason you still cannot send photos, it is not related to the app itself but is rather a limitation of iOS. If that’s the case, you will first have to send a text to the group without any attachment. Then open the Messages app, find the group text, and attach the photo from there following the instructions linked above.

The app itself doesn’t have any limit, but some carriers do set some limits on their end. You will have to check with your carrier directly to find out what their limit is.

Go to Settings > Messages, and enable the Send as SMS option.

If the issue persists after enabling the Send as SMS option as described above, it is very likely that there are too many people in your group text. Please see the section above about limits for group texts.

Another potential reason is that you didn’t set your iPhone to send group texts. To fix this go to Settings > Messages, and make sure to enable the 2 options that say MMS Messaging, and Group Messaging.

The app works with all phones, not just iPhones, but some settings on your phone may prevent messages to send properly.

In order to fix this, go to Settings > Messages, and enable the Send as SMS option.

If the issue persists after following the directions above, it is very likely that there are too many people in your group text, and only iPhone users can be part of that large group.

Please see the section above about limits for group texts for more details about limitations set by carriers.

To prevent this from happening, make smaller groups.

The likely reason this is happening is because your groups are too large. As mentioned above, the app itself has no limit as to how many contacts can be in a group text, however your cellular carrier definitely has limits (please read section above for more details on group limits).

You might have been able to send group texts to a large amount of recipient in the past, but your carrier could block this at any time. The reason why your carrier would block these messages is because they are likely considered as spam.

You may talk to your carrier about this issue, but from experience, I can tell you that most customer service representatives you talk to wouldn’t even be aware of this situation. They might even tell you this is not the issue. But believe me, it is the issue.

To prevent this from happening, make smaller groups. I suggest groups of no more than 10 people.

If you do not see a text field to type in your SMS and the keyboard is taking over the screen, tap on a name of phone number in the list to select it, then hit the Return key on your keyboard.

You will then be able to type your SMS.

Yes and no. You can export all the contacts included in a group, but you cannot export a group that includes the contacts as well as the name of the group. So in short, the contacts in the group can be exported as a single file, but the name of the group cannot be exported.

To export the contacts from a group, select the group, then tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen. Select how you want to share the contacts (ie. email or text). The recipient will receive a .vcf file which can be imported into most phones or computers.

While it may actually look like you are exporting only one contact, all contacts in your group are actually being exported. The problem lays with how iOS shows the preview of the exported file, and unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it.

But try it for yourself. Send that file and the recipient will receive the entire group.

No, you cannot do that. If you want the same groups on two devices, you will have to manually create the groups on both devices.

Yes, this is part of the Pro version of the app. Simply upgrade to the Pro version and enable the feature in the app’s Settings panel.

After enabling the option in the app Settings, select your group, select whether you want to create a group email or a group text, and then select what email address or phone number you want to use for each contact. For instance, if Joe has a Home phone number and a Mobile phone number, select the Mobile phone number. Repeat for each contact in your group. Finally, draft your message and send it. Next time you select that group, your contact preferences (ie. Joe’s Mobile number) will be preselected.

Open the Settings app on your device. Scroll down to the Contacts section, and change the Display Order. The app will then match whatever you selected there.