Comparison

Contacts vs Contacts

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Contacts

Organize and manage contact details, including birthdays and custom posters. Easily connect via messages, calls, or FaceTime. Share your information instantly with new contacts using NameDrop.

Highlights
  • Manage contact information
  • Sync across devices
  • Quickly connect via calls/messages
  • Store personal information for autofill
  • Customize Contact Posters
  • Share contacts with NameDrop
  • Use on Apple Watch
Features
Read full description

With Contacts on iOS, iPadOS and macOS, you can store and manage your and other’s contact information, birthdays, Contact Posters and more. Easily connect with your contacts with Mail, Messages, Phone, or FaceTime. Or instantly share your Contact Poster and your number or email address with someone new through NameDrop on iPhone and Apple Watch. Manage Your Contacts Easily add people to your contacts, and sync their contact information across all your devices with iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Google, and other syncing services. If your contacts choose to, you can automatically get updates to their Contact Poster through Messages, Phone and FaceTime as well. Get Connected Quickly When you need a contact’s information, you can search to find who you’re looking for. You can then quickly message, call, FaceTime, email or even Apple Pay them. If you add their social profile to their contact card, you can jump to it with a tap. And if you add their birthday, you’ll also see it in Calendar so you never miss it. Store Your Personal Information Create a My Card in Contacts to store your own contact information including your phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, and more. You can then use the information in your My Card to use Autofill to instantly complete forms online or in apps across iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Customize Your Contact Poster Create a customized poster to represent yourself when you connect with others using Messages, Phone and FaceTime. Choose from various treatments for photos, Memoji and your name, and choose to automatically share it with your contacts or be asked every time before you share. Share your Contact with NameDrop Exchange contact information with someone new by simply bringing your iPhone near their iPhone or Apple Watch. Your name and Contact Poster are automatically included every time, and you can select the phone number or email address you want to share from your My Card along with it. Use Contacts on Apple Watch Select people from your contacts to use as a complication on your watch face for easy access, and quickly connect with them through Messages, Phone or Mail right from your wrist. You can also create new contacts and customize existing contacts, or exchange contact information with someone new using NameDrop with their iPhone or Apple Watch.

About

Contacts

Easily back up your contacts to CSV or vCard files, and quickly delete multiple entries at once. Secure private contacts with passcode protection. Offers weekly, monthly, and lifetime premium access.

Highlights
  • Backup contacts to CSV/vCard
  • Bulk contact deletion
  • Hide and secure private contacts
  • Passcode protection
  • Weekly, monthly, lifetime premium options
Features
Read full description

Contacts are essential to a phone. This app will help you backup your contacts to a csv (excel) file or vcf(vcard) file, you can save this file somewhere and bring them back when needed In addition, bulk deletion (or multi delete) is a feature that can save you bunch of time when you want to remove some unnecessary contacts in a second. Moreover, you have some important and private contacts to be hidden and secured, then this app makes it invisible to others but you, you can set a passcode to encrypt and hide contacts, protect your contacts safely from unwanted people sight. We offer three packages for purchasing: Weekly, Monthly and Lifetime. After purchasing one of these packages, you will have no limit accessing all of our features. Privacy Policy: https://duycao2506.github.io/secretcontactsbackup/privacy.html Terms and Conditions: https://duycao2506.github.io/secretcontactsbackup/terms.html

Screenshots

Contacts4 screens
Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Contacts at 4.8 against Contacts's 3.5. Contacts also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Contacts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Contacts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Contacts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts has 3.3K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts ships an update every 6 months, Contacts weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Contacts versus Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsContacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (3.3K ratings)4.8 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better29
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better11.2
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleKhac Le Duy Cao

Customer experience

Contacts

All ratings3,333 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral11.0%
Negative31.4%
Written reviews586 reviews
Positive27.1%
Neutral11.9%
Negative60.9%

Contacts

All ratings29 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.4%

Bugs and requests

Contacts

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Contacts not syncing properly across devices
  • Editing contact information causes data loss
  • App crashes or freezes when performing basic tasks
  • Incorrect or missing contact details

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to create and manage contact groups
  • Improve search and filtering functionality
  • Allow customization of contact information fields
  • Integrate with more third-party apps and services
  • Add option to lock/secure sensitive contact information

Contacts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Contacts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Contacts

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
  • Monthly Premium$3.491 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Contacts free?
Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contacts free?
Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contacts or Contacts?
Contacts is rated higher. Contacts averages 3.5 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Contacts averages 4.8 from 29 ratings.
Do Contacts or Contacts have ads?
Contacts shows ads; Contacts does not.
Which is updated more often, Contacts or Contacts?
Contacts ships an update every 6 months, and Contacts weekly. Most recently, Contacts was updated on September 22, 2026 and Contacts on June 1, 2026.

Other comparisons