Comparison

Cardhop Contacts vs NoteBrief

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.)
Features
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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.

About

NoteBrief

Features
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NoteBrief is a minimalist yet powerful note-taking app designed for fast capture and smart organization. Whether it’s meeting minutes, sudden ideas, or daily memos, record with minimal effort and manage with ease. Key Features: Instant Input: Text, voice-to-text, and image OCR for quick capture—no formatting hassle. Auto-Organization: Intelligently categorizes content (e.g., tasks, book notes) with tags and outlines. Deep Search: Find anything instantly, even with partial keywords. Cross-Device Sync: Start on mobile, refine on desktop, with real-time updates. Privacy-First: Local storage by default, optional end-to-end encryption. EULA:https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appstoreconnectapi/end-user-license-agreements-eula?changes=_3 Privacy Policy:https://sites.google.com/view/notebrief/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5

Screenshots

Cardhop Contacts4 screens
NoteBrief4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoteBrief at none against Cardhop Contacts's 4. Cardhop Contacts's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Cardhop Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. NoteBrief asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cardhop Contacts versus NoteBrief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardhop ContactsNoteBrief
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlexibits Inc.Si Yong Limited

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

NoteBrief

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cardhop Contacts

Subscriptions4
  • 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
None

NoteBrief

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cardhop Contacts free?
Cardhop Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoteBrief free?
NoteBrief is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cardhop Contacts or NoteBrief have ads?
Neither Cardhop Contacts nor NoteBrief shows ads.

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