Comparison

Contacts vs Delete 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

Delete Contacts

Manage your contacts efficiently with batch deletion, backup, and recovery features. Easily transfer, export, and import your address book. Personalize your caller screen with custom backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Batch contact deletion
  • Contact backup and recovery
  • Contact list transfer and export
  • Address book import
  • Customized caller show
Features
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This address book management application can be a good helper for you whether in life or work. Function description 【Delete contacts in batches】 One-click operation avoids the trouble of deleting one by one, and the messy address book is saved. 【Contacts Backup】 Quickly save and back up important contact information, and no longer worry about finding phone numbers. 【Contact recovery】 If you accidentally delete a contact's phone number, you can restore it through our app's backup. 【Contact list transfer and export】 Share with one click and save as any file. 【Address book import】 One-click import, convenient and fast. 【Customized Caller Show】 Cool and changeable ringtone backgrounds.

Screenshots

Contacts4 screens
Delete Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Delete Contacts at 4.4 against Contacts's 3.5. Contacts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 10). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Delete Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts has 3.3K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Contacts versus Delete Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsDelete Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (3.3K ratings)4.4 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApple伟琦 刘

Customer experience

Contacts

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

Delete Contacts

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

Delete Contacts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Contacts

No in-app purchases

None

Delete Contacts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts free?
Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Delete Contacts free?
Delete Contacts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contacts or Delete Contacts?
Delete Contacts is rated higher. Contacts averages 3.5 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Delete Contacts averages 4.4 from 10 ratings.
Do Contacts or Delete Contacts have ads?
Delete Contacts shows ads; Contacts does not.

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