Recents vs Contacts Easy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recents
This utility app organizes your contacts based on the most recent entry. It offers a straightforward way to view and manage your address book without any unnecessary features.
- Sorts contacts by recent entry
- Simple contact management
- Clean interface
- No extra features
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Just your contacts sorted by the most recent entry, nothing fancy!
Contacts Easy
Effortlessly organize your contacts into custom groups. This app allows you to add contacts to multiple groups, perform bulk actions, and search or filter your address book with ease. It offers a clean, native iOS interface and operates entirely offline for enhanced privacy.
- Create custom contact groups
- Add contacts to multiple groups
- Bulk contact actions
- Quick search and filter
- Offline operation
- Native iOS interface
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Contacts Easy makes it simple to organize your iPhone contacts into groups. Create custom groups, add contacts to multiple groups, and manage them all in one place. Features: • Dark Mode — choose Light, Dark, or match your iOS system appearance • Pin important contacts to the top of your contacts list and groups for quick access • Bulk find & replace in contact names to update or clean up multiple contacts at once • Birthday reminders — set birthdays and get notified every year • Open with any messenger — reach contacts via WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, Signal, or FaceTime with a long-press • Smart phone number formatting for local numbers • Create and manage custom contact groups • Add contacts to multiple groups — use Select All to bulk add filtered contacts • Message multiple contacts at once from the list or a group • Share contacts from the details page or with a quick long-press • Set call reminders and get notified when it's time to call back • Search and filter contacts quickly • Select multiple contacts for bulk actions • Delete contacts from groups or from your phone • Sort contacts by first or last name • Clean, intuitive interface that feels native to iOS Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Privacy first. Your data never leaves your device — no accounts, no servers, no internet required. Everything works 100% offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Contacts Easy at Free against Recents's $0.99. Contacts Easy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Recents's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 4) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.5). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Contacts Easy is free to download; Recents costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Contacts Easy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recents has 21 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Recents's written reviews are positive against 100% of Contacts Easy's.
Recents ships an update every 69 months, Contacts Easy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recents | Contacts Easy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 69 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Donohue | Roman Poghosyan |
Customer experience
Recents
Contacts Easy
In-app purchases
Recents
No in-app purchases
Contacts Easy
No in-app purchases
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