Contacts vs Sync for Google Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Sync Google and iPhone contacts
- Manual and automated backups
- Recover deleted contacts
- Bulk contact cleaning
- Export/import via QR code or VCF
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Contacts | Sync for Google Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (3.3K ratings) | 4.6 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.1% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 120 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apple | Orbion |
Customer experience
Contacts
Sync for Google Contacts
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
Contacts
No in-app purchases
Sync for Google Contacts
- Contacts Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
- Monthly Pro$12.991 Month
- yearly pro$18.991 Year
- Forever Pro$19.99
Questions
Is Contacts free?
Is Sync for Google Contacts free?
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