Dex vs HelloCRM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dex
This personal relationship manager helps you stay in touch with your network by providing timely reminders and remembering important details about your contacts. Organize and visualize your relationships, and leverage connections to strengthen your network. Integrates with social networks and email via a browser extension.
- Relationship reminders
- Contact detail memory
- Network visualization
- Contact organization with groups and tags
- Browser extension integration
- Social network consolidation
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Dex is a personal relationship manager and CRM that reminds you to keep in touch with people you would otherwise forget. Visualize, manage, and stay on top of all your relationships. With Dex, be a better friend and leverage your network. Stay in touch better: Configure Dex to send regular reminders: maintain relationships even when life gets busy. Stay warm with your network and see people you haven’t seen in a while. Remember important details: Remember the name of your coworker’s daughter? What about the last time you met your friend from college? Dex makes it easy to remember important details. Be more thoughtful by showing you care. Become a superconnector: Organize all your relationships with groups, custom tags, and views. Search through notes you’ve taken in one place. Make connections that help your friends and strengthen your relationships. Integrate where you need it: Use Dex with the Dex Browser Extension to manage relationships from social networks like Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Gmail, and more! No data entry or separate website logins needed. Dex is a paid subscription service. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://getdex.com/privacypolicy
HelloCRM
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HelloCRM helps sales and support teams manage every customer conversation in one place – WhatsApp, SMS, email, calls, and live chat – all connected to your CRM. From the first touch to closed deal, you get a clear timeline of every interaction so nothing slips through the cracks. Quickly search and select contacts from your phone or CRM, then start a conversation on the channel they prefer. View all previous WhatsApp, SMS, email, and call history in a single, organized thread so your team always has context. Use message templates to reply in seconds, send documents or media, and switch channels without losing the conversation. Real‑time notifications make sure you never miss an important reply. Whether you’re at your desk or on the move, HelloCRM keeps you and your team in sync so you can respond faster, follow up on time, and close more deals. Key features Unified inbox: See WhatsApp, SMS, email, calls, and live chat for each contact in a single conversation view. Multi‑channel replies: Choose the best provider (WhatsApp, SMS, email, etc.) for each message with one tap. Contact picker: Browse thousands of contacts, search by name, number, or email, and start chats instantly. Rich composer: Send text, images, documents, audio, video, and templates directly from the message composer. Templates & snippets: Use pre‑approved message templates to reply faster and keep communication on‑brand. Smart notifications: Get push alerts for new messages and important replies so you can act immediately. Conversation filters: Quickly view all, open, closed, read, or unread conversations to stay organized. CRM‑ready: Designed to work alongside your CRM so conversations, activities, and follow‑ups stay in sync. HelloCRM is built for modern teams who want to manage every customer interaction from one simple, powerful mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HelloCRM at none against Dex's 9. HelloCRM also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Dex's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Dex sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. HelloCRM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dex ships an update every 6 days, HelloCRM monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dex | HelloCRM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (265 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 265 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dana HQ, Inc. | OSHI B2B INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED |
Bugs and requests
Dex
Reported bugs
16 issues- Mobile app freezes when using features
- Card scanner crashes iPhone
- LinkedIn sync fails to load contacts
- Contact import checkboxes behave erratically
- Map view won't load or shows incomplete data
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- Deleted groups reappear after deletion
- Tagging feature crashes or doesn't work
- Note-taking functionality fails
- App crashes on startup
- Slow response times for all actions
- Search function frequently fails
- Duplicate contact merging fails
- Contact navigation glitches
- Google sign-up button unresponsive on mobile
- Syncing takes several minutes between devices
- Contacts not saving properly
Requested features
13 requests- More AI-powered automation features
- WhatsApp integration (currently in maintenance)
- Tag management on mobile app
- Dark mode option
- Microsoft account integration
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- Company/organization pages
- Two-way contact syncing
- Better search functionality
- Sort by company feature
- Mac desktop application
- Improved card scanner without crashes
- Better duplicate detection and merging
- Offline data access
HelloCRM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dex
- Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Dex Professional Monthly7 Days trial$34.991 Month
- Professional - Monthly7 Days trial$39.991 Month
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- Premium - Quarterly7 Days trial$47.993 Months
- Dex Professional Quarterly7 Days trial$79.993 Months
- Professional - Quarterly7 Days trial$79.993 Months
- Premium - Annual7 Days trial$143.991 Year
- Dex Professional Yearly7 Days trial$239.991 Year
- Professional - Annual7 Days trial$239.991 Year
HelloCRM
No in-app purchases









