Contact Groupist vs Celbrate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contact Groupist
Organize contacts into custom lists that sync across iOS, macOS, and iCloud. Useful for managing Do Not Disturb settings and other contact-based features. Primarily for users with local or iCloud contacts.
- Create and manage contact lists
- Syncs with iOS, macOS, and iCloud Contacts
- Integrates with Do Not Disturb settings
- Minimalist user interface
- Supports local and iCloud contacts
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Contact Groupist is a minimalist utility for creating and maintaining lists of contacts. The lists will appear in the iOS, macOS and iCloud Contacts apps. Contact Groupist is intended primarily for users whose default Contacts account is either local to their iOS device, or in iCloud. Not all Internet accounts support contact lists. Feedback is welcome: email support@lobitoscreek.com
Celbrate
Never forget important dates like birthdays and name days again. This app imports events from your contacts and displays upcoming celebrations on your home screen with customizable widgets.
- Birthday and name day reminders
- Import dates from contacts
- Home screen widgets
- Upcoming events display
- iOS 16 lock screen widgets
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Never forget someone's birthday or name day ever again! Thanks to Celbrate you don't have to remember tens of dates of birthdays of your friends or family. You won't even have to look up the name day, because it is right in this app. With Celbrate you have all this information at hand and even displayed right on your home screen thanks to the beautiful Celbrate Widgets. AUTOMATICALLY FROM YOUR CONTACTS - in a few taps you import all the important dates right from your contacts - bulk import of all the contacts WIDGETS - simply always on home screen - upcoming events - name days up to a few days ahead - new iOS 16 Widgets for the lock screen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contact Groupist at none against Celbrate's 1. Contact Groupist also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). Celbrate's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Celbrate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Contact Groupist asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Contact Groupist against 5.0 for Celbrate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contact Groupist has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Contact Groupist ships an update every 3 months, Celbrate every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contact Groupist | Celbrate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lobitos Creek | Martin Ledl |
Customer experience
Contact Groupist
Celbrate
In-app purchases
Contact Groupist
No in-app purchases
Celbrate
- Premium$3.99
