Cardhop Contacts vs Text Flows
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cardhop Contacts
Effortlessly manage your contacts with natural language input. Search, add, edit, and interact with contacts using simple sentences. Offers business card scanning, relationship mapping, and customizable widgets for quick actions.
- Natural language contact search, add, and edit
- Business card scanning
- Contact relationship mapping
- Customizable widgets for quick actions
- Birthday notifications and reminders
- Extensive contact interaction actions (call, email, message, etc.)
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Until now, managing and interacting with your contacts has been a real frustration. Cardhop’s magical parsing engine is incredibly intuitive, letting you search, add, edit, and interact with your contacts using a simple sentence! Just type in “John G” and John’s card will instantly appear. Or enter “Sarah Smith sarah@cardhopapp.com” and Cardhop will add a new contact to Sarah’s card. Or type in “call Michael S” and Cardhop will instantly start a phone call. SEARCH, ADD, EDIT, AND INTERACT WITH YOUR CONTACTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE • Tap on the Cardhop search field • Type in the details for your contact • That’s it! TRY CARDHOP FOR FREE • Beautiful, clean, and easy to use contacts app letting you to manage contacts • Beautiful widgets to let you instant use and interact with your contacts (some widget actions require a Flexibits Premium subscription) UPGRADE TO FLEXIBITS PREMIUM (requires subscription) • Includes Cardhop on all platforms: Mac, iPhone, and iPad • Business card scanning: Use your camera to take a picture of a business card and Cardhop will automatically create a new contact • Relationships: View relationships between people in your Office 365 organization or between personal contacts through the related name field • Invite action: Quickly invite people to a new event with Fantastical • Fun alternate app icons to personalize your home screen • If you’ve already subscribed to Flexibits Premium through Fantastical, all premium features are automatically included! FEATURES • A beautiful and simple contacts app, designed exclusively for your iPhone and iPad • Instantly works with your existing iOS contacts, there’s nothing to configure • Groups: quickly toggle contact groups with a tap • Notes: a convenient and powerful way to add notes to your contacts, helping you to strengthen your relationships • Recents: quickly interact with your recent contacts • Birthdays: receive birthday notifications, instantly see upcoming birthdays, and easily send a wish on their special day • Multiple widgets to quickly access your favorite contacts and actions • Siri Shortcuts • Full accessibility and VoiceOver support • Dark and light themes • And much, much more! POWERFUL ACTIONS • Quickly interact with your contacts with the following actions: Call, Copy, Invite, Relationships, Directions, Email, FaceTime, FaceTime Audio, Facebook Messenger, Large Type, Message, Skype, Telegram, Twitter, URL, Viber, and VoIP • Simply enter an action or abbreviation (which you’ll find in the Help Book by entering “?” or “help”) followed by your contact’s name and Cardhop will handle the rest • Even better, some actions are flexible. For example, you can add a subject to an email by entering “email Kent Lunch tomorrow?” and the email including the subject will instantly appear, ready to go! • Customizable quick actions are also available per contact, allowing for single-tap actions Cardhop — the contacts app you’ll want to use.
Text Flows
This app allows you to convert your spoken words into text for notes, stories, or capturing ideas. It offers unlimited recording and prioritizes user privacy by storing all data locally on your device.
- Hands-free note taking
- Unlimited recording duration
- Local data storage for privacy
- Multi-language support
- Universal iOS compatibility
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TextFlows is a speech-to-text note taking app, use it to write stories, take some notes, or capture your thoughts, effortlessly and ultimately: Hands-Free Note Taking: Say goodbye to typing and hello to convenience! With TextFlows, you can effortlessly dictate your thoughts, ideas, and reminders, keeping your hands free for multitasking. Unlimited Recording: TextFlows empowers you to capture your voice for hours without interruptions. Whether it's a lengthy meeting, an inspiring lecture, or brainstorming sessions, our app ensures you never miss a single word. Privacy at Its Best: Your data, your control. TextFlows is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Unlike other apps, TextFlows doesn't rely on remote servers. All your notes are securely stored on your device, ensuring utmost privacy and eliminating any concerns about data breaches. Universal Compatibility: TextFlows is tailored for both iPhone and iPad, providing a seamless experience across all your iOS devices. Multi Language Support: TextFlows works in English, 中文, Français, Deutsch, Español, 日本語
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cardhop Contacts at Free against Text Flows's $2.99. Cardhop Contacts also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 1). Text Flows's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On update cadence, ads 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
Cardhop Contacts is free to download; Text Flows costs $2.99 up front. Cardhop Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Text Flows asks for nothing beyond the download.
Text Flows holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardhop Contacts has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cardhop Contacts ships an update every 6 weeks, Text Flows monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cardhop Contacts | Text Flows |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flexibits Inc. | 礼 付 |
Customer experience
Cardhop Contacts
Text Flows
Bugs and requests
Cardhop Contacts
Reported bugs
3 issues- Parsing issues when adding new contacts
- Contacts not syncing properly between devices
- Blank screen on launch after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more messaging apps (e.g. WhatsApp, Signal)
- Improve group management and organization
- Add option to display larger contact photos
- Integrate with calendar for event/anniversary reminders
- Provide a dialer within the app
Text Flows
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cardhop Contacts
- Flexibits Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium for Families (Monthly)14 Days trial$10.491 Month
- Flexibits Premium (Yearly)14 Days trial$56.991 Year
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- Premium for Families (Yearly)14 Days trial$89.991 Year
Text Flows
No in-app purchases
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