ExcelSMS - Group Text Tools is an app by samapp in the Business category. It includes native code only for ARM (legacy), so it won't run on 64-bit-only phones such as recent Pixels.
It asks for 10 permissions, 5 of them sensitive, including read contacts, read sms and send sms.
What's new in v2.9.1
1.Added support for automatically resending failed messages.
2.Added support for enabling or disabling progress notification on the status bar.
Description
From the listing uploaded by “addymore”.
ExcelSMS 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, …”…
ExcelSMS is also an easy way to send text messages to the contacts on your Phone. Just pick groups or individual contacts, type in a static or personalized message and send it.
Who uses ExcelSMS ?
★ Small Businesses
★ Religious Groups
★ Retail
★ Nightlife - Bars & Nightclubs
★ Restaurants
★ Banks/Financial Institutions
★ Insurance Companies
★ Event Marketers (With hundreds (or even thousands) of people attending your events)
★ Traditional Media
★ Schools
★ Social Groups
★ Real Estate
With ExcelSMS you can :
★ Import group SMS from an Excel file via USB/Email.
★ Create your own groups in an Excel spreadsheet and send messages to them.
★ 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.
★ 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.
★ Send SMS to as many recipients as you need within your Excel file
★ 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.
★ 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.
★ Schedule your messages you want to send at a specific time.
★ The lite version allow you to send 20 messages each time, The full version has no limit.
★ Pause and resume schedules. You have to long press the schedule to access pause/resume option.
★ Import and send more 10,000 personalized messages in one time.
★ Send unsent messages. If the app is terminated while sending group sms, the app can continue the sending schedule after you launch the app.
★ Make send report and reply report.
★ The lite version allow you to send 120 messages each time, The full version has no limit.
Due to Android’s SMS limitation, each app can only send 100 messages within an hour. You need to install Excel Group sms plug-in to extend the SMS limitation for ExcelSMS.
More detail and up-to-date help guides are available in samapp.net.
Keywords: excel group message sms text manage send mobile template bulk personalized excelsms schedule
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
Certificate issued to “samapp”The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
Store checks and file details
Developer signature verifiedJan 6, 2014
Antivirus scan passedOct 5, 2020
Signed byCN=Sam Yu, O=samapp, L=Shen Zhen, ST=Guang Dong, C=cn
Uploaded by “addymore”15 followers · uploading since 2012
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Permissions (10)
ExcelSMS - Group Text Tools requests 10 permissions, 5 of them sensitive.
Read phone status and identitySensitiveandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Read smsSensitiveandroid.permission.READ_SMS
Send smsSensitiveandroid.permission.SEND_SMS
Full network accessandroid.permission.INTERNET
Google Play license checkcom.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
Prevent the device from sleepingandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Run at startupandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
Write smsandroid.permission.WRITE_SMS
Required hardware & features
Portrait screenandroid.hardware.screen.portrait
Telephony (SIM)android.hardware.telephony
Touchscreenandroid.hardware.touchscreen
ExcelSMS - Group Text Tools APK: questions and answers
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.
Is the ExcelSMS - Group Text Tools APK safe?
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