Hit Em Up: Mass Text Bulk SMS 4+

I went through an experience where I was having to send 30+ people updates by text 2-3 times a day. It was exhausting to copy and paste my message into each individual chat every time. I wished that someone had invented a way to send texts like you send emails - to a group, but not in a group chat. Suddenly I had the idea, “Maybe there’s an app for this.” I typed it in on the App Store and tried and deleted a few terrible duds before I came across this app. Hit Em Up is exactly what I was looking for! Now when I need to send my 30+ contacts an update, I simply go to this app, paste the message ONCE (not 30 times!), and hit “send” to each person. Everyone gets their own individual message, and you can even personalize it with their name. The text sends just like a normal text message, with no “footer” or advertisement for this app attached. Today someone wrote back to me, “How do u send out group texts but it seems as if they are individual texts. Is there a "Bcc" version of text messaging?” I was proud to share them a link to this app! They wrote back, “That’s pretty neat. Brava!” Yep, I’d have to agree!

Hi, anon-anon-anon-2016!

Wow, you just totally melt our team's heart!
We're really sorry about your struggles with texting in the past, yet so happy you've found your way to us! We really hope to live up to your expectations in the future, and we hope that you'll continue using HitEmUp for your communication. All we want is to make texting more comfortable and quicker for you!

Please, don't hesitate to leave your other feedback about the app on feedback@hitemupapp.com, or you can contact us directly on hitemupapp.com/contact. It would really help us to grow!

Iya @ Hit Em Up ❤️Customer Success Team. 👩‍💻

I purchased a one-month subscription to communicate with a non-profit group's biennial conference. It worked, but much was lacking for what I wanted it to do--and that is communicate with important updates and changes. 1) I wanted to import >400 names; 2) But I didn't really want all those names in my private contact list (they are); 3) the restriction that permits sending only 50 texts at a time meant I had to make 9 groups, but the app doesn't identify what has been sent so it's counting on fingers; 4) Each of the groups requires multiple click-throughs to actually send a text. Need to be aware of that!; 5) the interface is clunky; and 6) the request to rate the ap is intrusive....again...and again. (I'll rate it when I know what it can--and cannot--do.)
I think there is promise with this app. It worked. It was just difficult to manage and I felt like I was working with 10-year-old software.

This app gets higher marks since Zake contacted me so quickly. Unfortunately, although I'd tried out sending texts to a small group--and it did well--the scale up did not perform well for me. I did make separate groups in my contacts by labeling the company field and using that to make my 50-person group text. I still must now delete. More than 400 entries from my personal contact list--unless there is a simpler way?
Zake--are you saying that if I used the personalized option, I could have distributed them in one go?

EDIT Reply 2: Hi again! Can you please reach out to us directly on our website or me @ Zak@hitemupapp.com? I'd love to walk you through the app and what we're doing to suit your needs. It takes time for our replies to get approved on the app store so it's a lot easier to just chat via email or on the phone. As far as the 400 entries, yes you can technically use that and send them sequentially in one go— However! You should note the limitations of sending a lot of messages from your device through SMS and iMessage in quick succession with or without us due to what's called rate limiting (something carriers do to help cut down on potential spam). I would love to discuss with you personally because you're the exact type of person we're building our platform for so if you can email me directly it's a lot easier to help you out :)

Best,
Zak Kline
Hit Em Up Founder

This app has given me zero problems m. Previously i used an app group text app, which strung together all 72 of my contact list and sent my morning message out all at once. The problem with this although in theory it was simplistic and amazing and no heavy lifting is that the new i0s shortly after iPhone X or right before iPhone X started causing problems with group text, and not everyone in the list of 72 received the messages. You have no way of knowing until someone ask you why they have not received it.

With this app, i have to individually press send on each contact which is annoying and if i ever surpassed 100 i will need a more efficient solution or hope that iOS has their crap together so i can go back to sending just one string of all contacts. But the other positive with individually sending the text is that i know everyone received and if For some reason there is an error you will be able to see on that persons text thread that they didn’t receive it. I have had 0 percent Failures since using this app.

Hey, macnealean!

Thank you a lot for your comment! Our team is really sorry that you've experienced some trouble with the app you've used previously, and we're sorry that you have to deal with the inconvenience of having to individually press "send" for each contact now. Sadly, we can't eliminate Apple's algorithm. Apple keeps tight security over spammers, and while you send out each message individually through your messaging app of choice, it detects you as a spammer, because you send out more than one message per second. That can result in you being caught in a spam filter or even getting your texting function enabled for up to 48 hours. WE really hope that you understand!

It would be really great to receive any other comments, wishes, or questions about the app on feedback@hitemupapp.com, or you can always contact us directly on hitemupapp.com/contact. It would really help us to grow!

Iya @ Hit Em Up ❤️Customer Success Team. 👩‍💻