Contacty for Messages vs Pull
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contacty for Messages
Effortlessly share contact information directly within your messaging conversations. Quickly find and send contacts, with options to select specific fields or send frequently used contacts with a single tap. Access all your contacts' details and preview them before sending.
- Share contacts directly in messages
- Select specific contact fields
- Quick access to frequently sent contacts
- Preview and edit contacts before sending
- Search and alphabetic contact index
- Optimized for iOS 16
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With Contacty for Messages, sharing a contact becomes a simple task - as it should be: 1. Tap the Contacty icon 2. Locate the contact directly within Messages 3. Tap to send The contact is added directly to your current conversation. If you want to immediately send one or more contacts, just long press or use 3D Touch to select a contact, then tap "Send now". All the capabilities of the Contacts app are available within Contacty. Preview (and edit if needed) a contact. Search or use the alphabetic index to jump quickly to a name. Names are sorted and displayed according to the system settings, just like in the Contacts app. Frequently sent contacts are readily available; no need to search. For advanced control, send only the fields you want. Long press or use 3D Touch to select a contact, then tap "Select fields...". You can even send a contact to your friends with the green bubbles. Access to Contacts must be granted in Settings. Contact data is only used to send via Messages and otherwise never leaves your device. Optimized for iOS 16.
Pull
This app displays real-time acceleration and braking forces experienced while driving. It provides a live telemetry view to help drivers understand their vehicle's dynamics and driving smoothness.
- Real-time acceleration monitoring
- Real-time braking force monitoring
- Live telemetry experience
- Vehicle dynamics analysis
- Driving smoothness feedback
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Pull turns your iPhone into a live longitudinal g-force meter for driving — every push into your seat and every dive into the belt, traced the instant it happens. New in 1.3: Runs quietly catches every launch and roll while you drive, so a quarter-mile just gets banked without ever tapping a stopwatch. FEATURES • Live G-force readings for acceleration and braking • Real-time scrolling telemetry chart with drag-to-explore review • Peak acceleration and braking captured on every drive • Runs — set a roll or launch from a stop, floor it, and Pull banks your 60-foot, 0–60, and quarter-mile automatically. No button, no countdown • History — every banked run files itself in a logbook you never wrote • Records — your personal bests across every measure, one trophy shelf • Garage — add your cars, and every run is stamped with the one you set it in. Each car remembers its own dash color • Share any peak, whole ride, or banked run as a clean card • Ten dashboard tints — pick what reads cleanest against your dash • Follows your region for miles or kilometres — flip whenever you like • Automatic setup — no calibration step; it learns your direction of travel as you drive • Works in any mount or orientation — dashboard, vent, or a flat console charger HOW IT WORKS Pull uses your iPhone's motion sensors and your direction of travel to measure longitudinal acceleration accurately. It works the moment you start moving and sharpens within seconds — no calibration step and no fixed mounting position. While you drive, Runs watches quietly in the background. Set a roll or come to a stop and launch, and Pull times it against your true from-crossing — no stopwatch to tap, no countdown to fumble. You decide it was a run after the run. Ordinary driving stays silent. Location is used only to sense the direction of travel. It's processed entirely on your device and never leaves it. Place your phone in any mount — dashboard, vent, or a flat charging pad — open Pull, and drive. GREAT FOR • Enthusiasts who want their 60-foot, 0–60, and quarter-mile without fuss • Drivers working on smoother acceleration and braking habits • Exploring how a car pulls, brakes, and settles across a drive • Anyone who's ever wished the pull they just made had been timed PRIVACY Your measurements, location, and drive data stay on your device and are never uploaded to the cloud. Pull does not collect, store, or share your personal data. No account. No signup. No internet connection required. QUICK START 1. Place your iPhone in any mount in your vehicle 2. Open Pull and allow Location access 3. Drive and watch live acceleration data update in real time 4. Review your session history and telemetry afterward IMPORTANT Pull measures longitudinal acceleration only (forward and backward motion). Always drive responsibly and obey local traffic laws. Never operate the app in a way that distracts from safe driving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pull at none against Contacty for Messages's 7. Contacty for Messages's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Contacty for Messages sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Pull asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Contacty for Messages against 5.0 for Pull. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacty for Messages has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Contacty for Messages ships an update every 2 weeks, Pull every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacty for Messages | Pull |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel McGloin | Carl Sieber |
Customer experience
Contacty for Messages
Pull
In-app purchases
Contacty for Messages
- Tier 1 Tip$0.99
- Tier 2 Tip$1.99
- Tier 3 Tip$2.99
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- Coffee Tip$3.99
- Tier 4 Tip$3.99
- Tier 5 Tip$4.99
- Tier 6 Tip$5.99
Pull
No in-app purchases
Questions
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