Comparison

Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub vs StackPatch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub

Easily back up and transfer all your contacts with a single tap. Export your address book in VCF format via email or to Dropbox, with offline capabilities and secure storage. Restore contacts by simply opening the VCF file.

Highlights
  • One-tap contact backup
  • Export contacts to VCF/vCard
  • Email backup files
  • Upload backups to Dropbox
  • Offline backup option
  • Easy contact restore
  • Delete all contacts feature
Features
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Stop guessing whether your are safe. Back up, restore, merge duplicates, and transfer with a clear preview of every change before anything is saved or replaced. Everything you get • See your total contact count and backup health at a glance, with clear states for Healthy, Stale, Unverified Changes, and Not Backed Up Yet. • Tap Back Up Now to save a backup to iCloud Drive or any location you choose in Files. • Review a diff preview before every backup or restore, with named rows for new, changed, removed, and merged . • Expand a contact to see field-by-field changes so you can check the exact phone number, email, or other detail that changed. • Choose how photo conflicts are handled with Keep current, Use incoming, or Keep both. • Open Backup History to compare saved backups by date, destination, contact count, and what changed since the previous backup. • Restore from history with a preview that shows which will be added, updated, or replaced. • Find duplicate and review each likely pair with a plain-language reason before you confirm a merge. • Share a backup from history through the system share sheet, or export a contact file for use elsewhere. • Check backup health from widgets, start a backup from the Home Screen or Control Center, and follow backup, restore, or merge progress on the Lock Screen. Perfect for Pre-trade-in checks when you want to confirm every contact made it over before you wipe your old phone. Bringing back deleted from a backup you saved earlier. Cleaning up duplicate that keep appearing after imports. Sending directly to another iPhone on the same Wi-Fi and previewing every incoming contact before adding it. What makes it different Backup Share Sync helps people protect and clean up their address book with visible, named previews instead of blind backup and restore. Every important action goes through the diff sheet, so you can review by name, open detailed changes, and confirm only when it looks right. Duplicate-match reasons are written on-device, and wireless transfer works directly between phones with no account or signup in the middle. Paid features Pro adds encrypted backups with your own passphrase, longer backup history, unlimited wireless transfers, unlimited duplicate merge previews, spam contact triage, scheduled backups with review on next open, and export options for spreadsheet-ready contact lists. access is required to read, back up, restore, and merge your address book. Local network access is only requested when you start wireless transfer. Back up your, review every change, and keep your address book under control. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

StackPatch

Features
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StackPatch helps people with crowded address books repair duplicate records without losing context. It scans contacts on the device, groups likely duplicates by matching names, phone numbers, email addresses, and close-name similarity, then gives you a clear merge preview before changes are written. Bulk cleanup is the main workflow: review grouped records, merge the useful fields into one primary contact, ignore groups that should stay separate, or move unwanted records into a local recycle bin. Deleted records are snapshotted before removal so they can be restored if a cleanup pass goes too far. The app is built for private, practical maintenance. Contacts stay on the device, and you can export the whole address book as a VCF or CSV file through the iOS share sheet to keep your own copy. Settings covers export and the retention window for recycle-bin cleanup. Highlights - Find duplicate groups by name, phone, email, and close-name similarity. - Merge useful fields while keeping a preview of the resulting contact. - Move contacts to a local recycle bin before permanent removal. - Restore individual records or the full recycle bin. - Export the current address book as VCF or CSV. - Set the retention window for automatic recycle-bin cleanup.

Screenshots

Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub4 screens
StackPatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StackPatch at none against Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub's 10. StackPatch also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. StackPatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub versus StackPatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts Backup Share Sync HubStackPatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariGiang Nguyen Truong

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro Discount$79.99
  • Forever Pro$99.99
None

StackPatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub free?
Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StackPatch free?
StackPatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub or StackPatch have ads?
Contacts Backup Share Sync Hub shows ads; StackPatch does not.

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