Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial vs Phone List Five
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial
Easily and quickly call important personal contacts and emergency services, especially under pressure. Features large buttons, customizable contact lists, and automatic SMS alerts with optional location sharing. Designed for simplicity and accessibility, including Apple Watch integration.
- Large, easy-to-press call buttons
- Selectable personal contacts
- Up to four customizable emergency numbers
- Worldwide emergency number list
- Apple Watch synchronization
- Automatic SMS after calls
- Customizable app appearance
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RedContact puts the people and emergency numbers that matter most one tap away. It's made especially for elderly people, and for the moments when you're stressed, in a hurry, or simply can't find your way through a crowded phone. Set it up once and every important call or message is a single, unmistakable button. Give RedContact to your parents or elderly relatives, and you'll know they can always reach you when they need to. ONE TAP, NO CONFUSION • Large, clear call buttons that are hard to miss, even under pressure. • No need to aim for a small button: tap anywhere on a contact's row (the photo, the name or the number) to call. • Made for everyone, and especially suited to elderly people and anyone with visual impairments. • Choose how your contacts appear: a scrollable list of large rows, or one contact per full-screen page that you swipe through. YOUR PERSONAL CONTACTS • Pick the people you'd want to reach first, straight from the Contacts app on your iPhone. • Add as many as you like, then reorder or remove them at any time. • Setting it up for someone else? Add the contacts and numbers for them once, and all they have to do is tap. • Share your whole address book with RedContact, or only the few contacts you choose. The app works either way. CALL OR SEND YOUR LOCATION • Tap a contact to call them right away. • Or switch to message mode and tap to prepare a text that includes your current location and a small map, so the other person knows exactly where you are. • You always check the message before sending it, and you can cancel at any time. • Your location is used only while you are sending a message. EMERGENCY SERVICES, YOUR WAY • Set up police, fire, ambulance and any other service you might need: mountain rescue, roadside assistance, your doctor, a poison control line, and more. • Add as many services as you need, each with its own name, number and symbol, and edit them in place. • Fill in all the right numbers in one step by choosing your country from a built-in list of default emergency numbers. • A big red circle dials each service with a single tap. ON YOUR WRIST • RedContact is made for Apple Watch too. Your contacts and emergency services sync from your iPhone automatically. • Scroll with the Digital Crown, tap, and you're calling. It's just as quick as on your iPhone. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Choose light or dark appearance, independent of your iPhone's system setting. • A short built-in guide walks you through setup, and you can reopen it at any time with the Help button. • Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese and Simplified Chinese. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. Your contacts and numbers stay on your iPhone and Apple Watch. No clutter, just fast access when it counts. Please note: RedContact makes it easier to reach people and services, but it does not replace your iPhone's built-in Emergency SOS. Check that the emergency numbers you set up are correct for where you are.
Phone List Five
This utility app allows you to pre-configure up to five essential contacts with their phone numbers. It's designed for individuals who struggle with managing their iPhone's contacts or favorites list, simplifying quick dialing for them.
- Set up to five name/number pairs
- Simplified contact management
- Designed for users with iPhone difficulties
- Quick dialing functionality
- Easy setup via Settings app
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YOU will not use this app. You will set it up for a family member or friend who has trouble using their iPhone's phone app. (Perhaps an elderly relative keeps deleting their phone favorites list by accident and can't figure out how to add them back.) Go into the Settings app and look for Phone List Five. There are ten fields that you can use to enter up to five name/number pairs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phone List Five at Free against Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial's $0.99. Phone List Five also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (14.7 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Phone List Five is free to download; Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Phone List Five holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial | Phone List Five |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.7 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gianluigi Morganti | Jim Holloway |
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Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial
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In-app purchases
Red Contact Speed & Easy Dial
No in-app purchases
Phone List Five
No in-app purchases
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