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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/team-communication/groupme-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/team-communication/groupme-profile/alternatives/) # GroupMe User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 118 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.6/5 - Functionality: 4.1/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 64 reviews (54%) - 4 stars: 37 reviews (31%) - 3 stars: 13 reviews (11%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (3%) - 1 star: 1 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - Our company has been using GroupMe for several years now in order to make announcements that are easily searchable in the future. While email will always be needed for formal communications, GroupMe acts as both a digital message board and sometimes like a digital intercom due to its phone notification features. - I use GroupMe exclusively for sports team communications and the features that are offered for quick replies are top notch (including the user interface). - I have used GroupMe with some church groups and it is great for communicating with others about events, however once any mission trips were involved to other countries we no longer could depend on the app due to lack or encryption. ### Most mentioned cons - The app would never notify anyone when people would direct message or post something in the group chat. - There's also no end-to-end encryption. If your making a public group, its very easy for spammers to join and flood the chats. - Limited features compared to other messaging apps - lack of message reactions, clunky search, and occasional notification issues. ## GroupMe customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 118 (page 1). ### Simple and Effective - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Halima M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I used to for college and the club meeting dates. It's easy to use rather than making a Facebook page or group chat #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Team Communication and easy to use and chatting with others is really easy to use. I do like how simple it is to use, and it's not all over the place and complexed. #### Cons I would say the design of the app could have styled it differently. I like the idea of the app being stylish and presentable. Of course, I understand that is not the main course of action. which I mean, I don't have an issue with it. --- ### GROUPME REVIEW - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I love groupme. I use it for so many organizations I am involved with. It's an excellent way to communicate and to plan. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love groupie because I can keep in touch with a group of people for events, zooms, meetings, etc. I can also add polls, calendar events, tag people and add them by email or phone number to the group. Its perfect for business or recreational! #### Cons Sometimes when a person adds you to GroupMe through text messages, it comes through in as an sms. It's clunky and it's kind of analog. And it comes through with everybody's messages. And it's hard to remove yourself from it because someone else added you this way. And there doesn't seem to be an unsubscribe button for it. You have to go into GroupMe and remove yourself. --- ### Good for creating or joining groups - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Criselen V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is a good place to create a group chat without having to give out your phone number like in a message chat #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros You can connect with people you know, find groups to join or create a group like myself from my child’s sports team #### Cons It can give more personalized suggestions of groups by asking interests of the person or by having categories --- ### Great cross-platform messaging app for larger groups - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Absana P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Compared to competitors GroupMe is the best for large groups, especially if some don't have SMS or are travelling international. It's easy to use with a simple interface and works cross-platform. However, it lack good media quality for attachments and there are security issues. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I love that GroupMe is free and connects iPhone and Android users. It's perfect for large groups, easy to use and has a good amount of features including, gifs, location, file/photo attachments and emojis. #### Cons Calling can be difficult since it uses Microsoft teams, and it does not have a video calling option. Furthermore, it does have a low media quality since it uses native camera. It also lacks some features like pinned messages. There's also no end-to-end encryption. If your making a public group, its very easy for spammers to join and flood the chats. --- ### GroupMe Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ja'Michael H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Real Estate - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. GroupMe is a dependable, no-frills group messaging tool that keeps communication simple and organized. It’s great for teams, friend groups, or quick coordination without unnecessary complexity. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros GroupMe is a simple, effective group messaging platform. It’s easy to set up chats, add members, and keep communication organized. Notifications are clear, and the app runs smoothly across devices. #### Cons Lacks some of the more advanced features found in other messaging apps Media quality (photos/videos) can be compressed Search and message organization could be stronger --- ### Group Me helps keep the Team connected - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Faith H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Group Me is easy to use and keep a great record of converstion between staff. We also love using it as a tool to give reconization to employees #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Group me is a great way to connect teams and for admins to have an overview of mutiple departments while still keeping them organized #### Cons Group is is overall great but if there was a way to comment on specific messages within a group that would be helpful --- ### Group Me and maybe lose one or two! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: James G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Transportation/ Trucking/ Railroad - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We would consider using this product again if there were fewer lost users - when it worked it worked well! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros We enjoyed using GroupMe for many, many months - ease of use and costs were big factors. We found team members of all ages were easily learning to use the platform. #### Cons Unfortunately, many users in our group reported loss of access and many were kicked out of groups on the platform causing lost time and data. #### Reasons for switching to GroupMe Needed product with more reliable features. --- ### Awesome app! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Christina K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. GroupMe is great to use for efficient and trustworthy communication. Staff and employers can both access it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I liked that GroupMe was a good spot for staff communication. All messages could be saved to go back and look at if need be. #### Cons Sometimes the app scheduler lagged a bit but overall a great app. No other complaints. Highly recommend. --- ### Group Group GroupME - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Crystal E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food Production - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall my experience with Group me has been a good one. I love how effective it is with communication #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I like most about Group Me is the fact that it makes communication so easy. It is a very simple program. #### Cons What I least like about Group me is that I cannot access it via the internet or online. I have to have the app to use it. --- ### GroupMe - Clarissa May - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Clarissa M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used GroupMe for years. I appreciate the simplicity of the app version. I will continue to use GroupMe for various sports teams. The ability to have communications and quick replies is vital when sharing updates. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I like most about GroupMe is the simplicity of the software. The fact that communications can stay in one place is helpful. I use GroupMe exclusively for sports team communications and the features that are offered for quick replies are top notch (including the user interface). The prices cannot be beat either. The fact that you get some much integrated without a cost is truly game changing. #### Cons The interface can be a bit outdated. The inability to search individual chats can make finding information difficult. And it can, at times, run slow or have issues syncing. But none of these are deal breakers. --- ### Community Focused - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Josh W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall, my experiences been great. It helps me stay organized with the different groups and helps us communicate better and create better community. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It’s easy to differentiate between different chats and I love that you can have different topics within each chat! #### Cons If I had to pick one thing I didn’t like about GroupMe it’s that topics notify everybody in the whole GroupMe instead of just the people in that topic #### Reasons for choosing GroupMe GroupMe address the issues that we were facing as far as communication goes and didn’t have a bunch of other bells and whistles, and we like that it was so straightforward giving us exactly what we needed for our community --- ### GroupMe for team communication - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Matt B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Group Me has been super smooth. All the parents quickly get use to the functionality and communicate effectively during the season. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Having every parents picture and name is so much smoother than a group text with random numbers in it. #### Cons The web based app doesn’t always work when adding numbers. Copying and pasting numbers from a list to the app is cumbersome. #### Reasons for choosing GroupMe Group Me was more commonly used. Better dialogue between parents. #### Reasons for switching to GroupMe Easier to use --- ### GroupMe Is Fine for Individual Use, but Not Business Use - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Reema D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Individual & Family Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Some good features, but overall not the best solution to group text management and communications. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros GroupMe does have some decent features. It allows you to connect with people using wifi instead of data, and you can include those who don't have the app in chats, and they will still get SMS messages, unlike some other applications that exclude outside users. You can add people based on email or phone number to invite them to chats. #### Cons There is little to no moderation. From a business aspect, we initially used GroupMe to try and unify a work chat for important announcements, communication, etc. However, we quickly found that, without an admin feature, chats would get bogged down, important communications would get lost in the general shuffle, and documents would get missed with the overwhelming amount of messages. There were no pinning feature, no admin moderation options, etc. And there isn't a desktop version to be used in the office setting. Overall I am sure it's a decent app for individuals who are looking for an alternative to a limited texting plan, but not well suited for business uses. #### Reasons for switching to GroupMe We switched from GroupMe to Telegram, as Telegram's software is much more conducive to a workplace environment, and they offer a ton of additional features to help moderate and keep important announcements fresh and pinned in conversations. --- ### Great app for work/sports - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: drea V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. its a great app to communicate with peers. makes collaborating easy. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Group me is a great app to communicate with work / sports teams. #### Cons If i can change the notification sound and it when you delete a message it still shows the group you deleted something. --- ### Business Analyst Group Me Review - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Alan O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Sports - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Solid tool for managing large group conversations, but the interface feels outdated, and functionality is limited compared to modern alternatives like Slack. It works best for simple basic group communication. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros Ability to connect and communicate with large groups easily, especially for coordinating events or sharing updates. #### Cons Limited features compared to other messaging apps - lack of message reactions, clunky search, and occasional notification issues. --- ### GroupMe Review - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Sadie N. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Child Day Care Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall I had a positive experience with using GroupMe. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros What I like most about GroupMe is how easy it is to be a part of several different group chats simultaneously. #### Cons What I like least about GroupMe was that the app would often crash. --- ### Great way to stay in touch. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jeff B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Public Policy - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I am happy using the groupme app. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like how Groupme makes it easy to keep in touch with everyone. We have a management team that's spread out over multiple states and we can easily keep each other updated in this one spot. #### Cons For me personally, sometimes my app says I have new messages that don't want to show up. --- ### GroupMe User - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Leah L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have used GroupMe to stay in touch with multiple groups of people. For example, my long distance extended family is all in a group and it keeps us all connected, as some of my family members do not have social media. I have also utilized GroupMe for my work team to stay connected and for different clubs I was a part of in school. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I like that Group me is a separate app for group messages as it limits the amount of notifications in my regular inbox. I also like that there are more customizable options, even if not everyone has an iPhone. #### Cons I do not like how GroupMe notifies the whole group when you leave. --- ### Not Great — Almost Nothing That Distinguishes It From Other Messaging Apps - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Bob A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. GroupMe is an OK experience. It’s less intuitive than Apple Messages. For me, it’s just one more of too many ways to communicate. Some in our organization just ignore it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Easier to add folks to groups and works better across platforms than Apple Messages. #### Cons Tacky, cartoony emojis; less straightforward usage than Messages. And it’s a Microsoft product. --- ### Easy to use, not much of a competitive advantages over other brands - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Britta B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 5001-10000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's easy to use. Follows the same use procedures as other communication devices #### Cons Not really cons, but not a lot of advantages over competitors --- ### GroupMe Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. GroupMe was fine, I’ve used it in several different employment/group scenarios and it’s been helpful. Personally I prefer Slack, but GM was a fine alternative. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros I appreciated the ability to send and receive real-time updates on work matters right to my smartphone #### Cons I disliked the ability for any of the coworkers to post in our channel. There may have been a setting that wasn’t applied, but my biggest pet level was receiving 74 notifications of employees wishing someone a happy birthday from a work channel. --- ### Group me, and you and you! - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Destin G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I would say it’s been somewhat of a pleasant experience, but I will say that if I had the opportunity to use a different system, I would #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros I what I like most about GroupMe is it does what it’s supposed to do. It’s simple easy to use and most importantly free. #### Cons What I like least about groupme is sometimes when someone is sending you a message, It takes a really long time to get a notification about it. #### Reasons for choosing GroupMe Other coworkers had used it previously at another job --- ### Workplace chat - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kerry S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Well it's gonna be a lot easier then having to run back and forth to the office or no need to write it down and have to wait for a response and it is perfect for the work place no waiting for service on messages it's instant and everyone can follow everything like they was standing next to you #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like how I can report in my area everything and they will not have to worry about what place I'm reporting about also u can group chat with coworkers and yet then with just one certain one also when I report the person is able to comment or like it to let me know that is what information they was needing. Gonna be convenient for when there not around and they need to know very important information won't forget just opem the chat and let them know asap #### Cons Haven't experienced anything I don't like about the app it's very useful --- ### Nothing groundbreaking, but a solid group chat app for anyone to use! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We’ve used GroupMe for years for communication within our team, which fluctuates in size between about 20-30 people. Again, it’s really quite simple to use, almost anyone can learn it, and it’s a great way to push out announcements, events, promotions, etc to the entire team at once. I like that groups can be silenced, so you don’t keep receiving notifications from groups with tons of people in it, but it can still remain in your list of chats so you can check it as much or as little as you’d like. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros What I liked most was that it works well for what it was intended for. Once it’s installed and you have your profile, it is incredibly easy to start a direct or group chat. You can also search for chats, or be invited. It is very simple to use for group or team communication. #### Cons Sometimes inviting people to group chats become a bit of a struggle, mostly when they have never used or installed the app before. For some reason there were times when I’d invite someone via text or other means, and the person would download the app and create a profile, but couldn’t find or join the chat. We always got it figured out, but it just seems like that process should be smoother. --- ### Best app for Groupchats! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kari Z. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Individual & Family Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall this is my go to group chat app and the app i recommend for everyone! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros My favorite part about the app, is there anybody can join but if they have an iPhone or an android phone! #### Cons Sometimes signing up and joining a group chat didn’t always go smoothly. ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/team-communication/groupme-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- GroupMe Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice