@GroupHelpBot
Group Help or Rose keeps spam out, Quiz Bot and True Mafia get people playing, CountMeIn and Mitup show who is actually coming. Twelve of the 13 are free, and Mitup is free for up to five active meetings.
For most group chats, start with Group Help (@GroupHelpBot): it blocks spam, checks newcomers with a captcha and posts your rules, all set up from a button menu. Rose (@MissRose_bot) does the same with more control if you don't mind commands. Then add a bot for each thing your group actually does: Quiz Bot (@QuizBot) or True Mafia (@TrueMafiaBot) for games, CountMeIn (@countmeinbot) or Mitup (@mitupbot) to see who is coming, Whisper Bell (@WhisperBellBot) for reminders and Voicy (@voicybot) for voice messages.
We picked one or two bots per job a group has, not the top of a single ranking. For each one we compared what its catalog card says about working inside a group or through inline mode, the price, the admin rights it needs, interface languages and known limits; monthly user figures come from the bots' Telegram pages in September 2026. Scores follow our methodology, and anti-spam bots alone are ranked in the group moderation rating.
| Job in the group | Bots | Free? |
|---|---|---|
| Spam, captcha, rules | Group Help, Rose, Shieldy | Yes |
| Quizzes and games | Quiz Bot, True Mafia, Werewolf, UNO | Yes |
| Who is coming | CountMeIn, Mitup | Yes; Mitup up to 5 meetings |
| Reminders and to-dos | Whisper Bell, ToBeDo | Yes |
| Voice messages and music | Voicy, Stream Music | Yes |
Most of these bots have to be added to the group, and several need admin rights. If you haven't done that before, see how to add a bot to a group and which rights to give it.
The easiest full group manager to set up: once it is an admin, anti-spam, anti-flood, a captcha for newcomers, rules and welcome messages are all switched on from a button menu, with no commands to learn. Free, interface in many languages, about 2.4 million monthly users. Documentation for unusual settings is thin, so expect some trial and error.
The most-used free group manager, for admins who want finer control: warnings with limits, locks on links and forwards, keyword filters, a welcome captcha and federations that carry one ban across all your chats. /setlang switches the interface to dozens of languages. The price is a long command list, so plan an hour with its help pages.
Guards only the door: a newcomer has to press a button, solve simple math or answer your question within a time limit, or is removed. Good when you want to stop bot accounts without a full moderation suite, or next to one. Free and open source, with English settings and about 207,000 monthly users; it does not filter messages after entry.
Telegram's own quiz bot: write the questions in a private chat, add timers and explanations, then start the quiz in the group, where members answer in turn and the bot posts a leaderboard. Free with no limit on quizzes. There are no ready-made questions, so the quiz is in whatever language you write it.
Replaces the human host of Mafia: it deals secret roles in private, runs night and day phases, collects votes with buttons and announces the winning side. Free, no betting, close to 855,000 monthly users. It needs at least five or six active players and permission to manage messages in the group.
The same kind of host for Werewolf, with roles such as Seer and Doctor and the votes and night actions tracked for you. Its code is open on GitHub and the rules are documented at tgwerewolf.com. Free, about 87,000 monthly users, English interface; like any host bot, it is only fun with a lively group.
The quickest game to start: type @unobot in the group and friends tap to join, without adding the bot as a member. Hands stay private and the menu offers only legal cards, so there are no rule arguments. Free, standard UNO rules with no house-rule options; it works wherever the group allows inline bots.
A poll where the answer is a name: every option lists who picked it, so it works as a sign-up sheet for Saturday football or who brings what. Up to 10 options, and tapping again takes your name off. Free, English interface, running since 2016; it has no deadlines, reminders or export.
Group Help (@GroupHelpBot) is the easiest: anti-spam, the captcha, rules and the welcome message are all buttons in one menu, and it is free. Rose (@MissRose_bot) is also free and goes deeper, with keyword filters and federations for several chats, but it is set up with commands. Each has about 2.3–2.4 million monthly users.
Plans a dinner or a game night without a poll war: create the meeting in a private chat, share one card to the group, and friends join with a tap. Waiting list, reminders in each person's time zone, and no bot added to the group. Free for 5 active meetings of up to 20 people; €5 and €10 monthly tiers lift the caps.
Reminds the whole group: create a reminder in a group, a forum topic or a channel and it is posted there on time, once or on a schedule. It can warn in advance, ask members to confirm receipt, and reads only messages addressed to it. Free, no sign-up, interface in 14 languages; a small project with no public user count.
Turns a message into a shared checklist: post a list with one item per line and everyone in the group can tick items off, handy for chores, a packing list or a small team's to-dos. Free and open source. It needs admin rights in the group and has no due dates or reminders.
Replies to every voice message and video note in the group with a transcript, so members who can't listen still follow the conversation. Choose the recognition language in its settings and try a short message first. Free and open source; the audio goes to third-party speech services, which matters in private conversations.
For music during a group call: start a video chat in the group and the bot streams a track or a radio station into it for everyone listening, without sending files. Free, English interface. It needs an active call, and its card does not document where the audio comes from, so check that before relying on it.
The ones that act on messages do: Group Help, Rose, Shieldy (@shieldy_bot) and ToBeDo (@tobedo_bot) are added as admins, and True Mafia asks for permission to manage messages. UNO Bot (@unobot) works inline without being added, and Mitup (@mitupbot) works from a card you share. Give each bot only the rights its job needs.
Yes. True Mafia (@TrueMafiaBot) and Werewolf Moderator (@WerewolfBot) host social deduction games, handing out secret roles and counting votes. UNO Bot (@unobot) starts a card game inline in seconds. For a quiz night, Quiz Bot (@QuizBot) runs your own questions with timers and a leaderboard. All four are free.
Use CountMeIn (@countmeinbot): each poll option lists the names of the people who tapped it, and tapping again removes your name. For a meeting with a date and a place, Mitup (@mitupbot) shares a card that friends join with a tap, keeps a waiting list and sends reminders in each person's time zone.
Yes. Add Voicy (@voicybot) to the group and it replies to each voice message and video note with text; pick the recognition language in its settings. It is free and open source. The audio is processed by third-party speech services, so think twice before using it in a chat with sensitive conversations.
Whisper Bell (@WhisperBellBot) has 14 interface languages, among them Spanish, Hindi, Arabic and Indonesian. Rose (@MissRose_bot) switches among dozens with /setlang, Group Help and True Mafia are multilingual, and Mitup (@mitupbot) covers English, Spanish, German, Italian, Galician and Brazilian Portuguese. Voicy lets you pick the recognition language. The rest are English-only, but Quiz Bot questions come in whatever language you write them.
