Comparison

Contacts vs Safekeep

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
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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

Safekeep

Features
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Never lose a contact again. Safekeep is the complete contact safety kit for iPhone: automatically back up your address book, clean duplicates without losing details, restore deleted contacts, and move everything to a new iPhone. PROTECT EVERY CONTACT • Create VCF or CSV backups in one tap • Schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups • See backup status from the Home Screen widget • Keep optional copies in your private iCloud database CLEAN DUPLICATES SAFELY • Smart Merge finds duplicates across names, phone numbers, and email addresses • Preview every merge before making changes • Preserve the richest names, photos, birthdays, addresses, companies, and notes • Recover recently deleted contacts from Trash RESTORE AND TRANSFER • Restore selected contacts from VCF or CSV files • Import Google and Outlook CSV exports • Skip contacts already on your device to prevent new duplicates • Move contacts to a new iPhone with AirDrop or private iCloud backup • Export to Files, email, messages, and other apps BUILT FOR PRIVACY Contact analysis happens on your device. Optional cloud backups use your private iCloud account, so your address book stays under your control. EXTRA TIME-SAVERS • Ask Siri or use Shortcuts to start a backup • Filter contacts with missing names, numbers, or details • Track every saved backup and restore whenever needed Download Safekeep and give every contact a safe place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Contacts4 screens
Safekeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contacts at none against Safekeep's 3. Contacts also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Safekeep's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price and ads 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. Safekeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Contacts asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts ships an update every 6 months, Safekeep weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contacts versus Safekeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsSafekeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (3.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews27.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleFerdi Kiziltoprak

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

Safekeep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Contacts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Safekeep

Subscriptions1
  • 7 days free than$0.997 Days
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Contacts free?
Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Safekeep free?
Safekeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Contacts or Safekeep have ads?
Neither Contacts nor Safekeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts or Safekeep?
Contacts ships an update every 6 months, and Safekeep weekly. Most recently, Contacts was updated on September 25, 2026 and Safekeep on September 4, 2026.

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