Comparison

Contacts vs Sync for Google 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
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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

Sync for Google Contacts

Easily transfer and sync your phone contacts with your Google account or another iPhone. Create backups, recover deleted contacts, and clean up your address book with simple tools. Export and import contacts via QR code or VCF files.

Highlights
  • Sync Google and iPhone contacts
  • Manual and automated backups
  • Recover deleted contacts
  • Bulk contact cleaning
  • Export/import via QR code or VCF
Features
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Transferring contacts to your google account or to another iPhone is now made easy with our app. Main features: - Transfer and sync Google contacts with iPhone contacts ( iPhone contacts to Google, Google contacts to iPhone and 2 ways sync). - Create manual or automated backups of your contacts so you will never lose them. - Recover deleted contacts using stored backups. - Bulk clean and delete contacts with 1 simple click. - Send & export contacts using a QR code or a vcf file. - Import & receive contacts using a QR code or a vcf file. • Contacts Backup offers a "Pro" subscription to unlock premium features. This is an independent application and is not affiliated or endorsed by Google LLC. Google and Google Contacts are trademarks of Google LLC. Privacy policy: https://contactsbackup.netlify.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://contactsbackup.netlify.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Contacts4 screens
Sync for Google Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sync for Google Contacts at 75% against Contacts's 27%. Sync for Google Contacts also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months). Contacts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 120). 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. Sync for Google Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Contacts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sync for Google Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts has 3.3K ratings behind it against 120, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Contacts's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sync for Google Contacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts ships an update every 6 months, Sync for Google Contacts every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Contacts versus Sync for Google Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsSync for Google Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (3.3K ratings)4.6 (120 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better120
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleOrbion

Customer experience

Contacts

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

Sync for Google Contacts

All ratings120 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Sync for Google Contacts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Contacts

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sync for Google Contacts

Subscriptions3
  • Contacts Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro$12.991 Month
  • yearly pro$18.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forever Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Contacts free?
Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sync for Google Contacts free?
Sync for Google Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contacts or Sync for Google Contacts?
Sync for Google Contacts is rated higher. Contacts averages 3.5 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Sync for Google Contacts averages 4.6 from 120 ratings.
Do Contacts or Sync for Google Contacts have ads?
Neither Contacts nor Sync for Google Contacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts or Sync for Google Contacts?
Contacts ships an update every 6 months, and Sync for Google Contacts every 11 days. Most recently, Contacts was updated on September 22, 2026 and Sync for Google Contacts on August 13, 2026.

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