Comparison

ContactsFlow™ vs Recent Contacts

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

Head to head
About

ContactsFlow™

Easily manage and share your Google Workspace contacts from your iOS device. Control access, send grouped messages, and synchronize contacts across your Google ecosystem and other apps.

Highlights
  • Manage Google Workspace contacts labels
  • Share Gmail Contact lists
  • Manage access privileges
  • Access Google LDAP contacts
  • Add phone contacts to shared lists
  • Send grouped SMS/emails
  • Synchronize with Google ecosystem
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With ContactsFlow™, you can: Create AI-assisted contacts from voice, screenshots, chat, or business cards Manage your Google Workspace contacts directly from your iOS device Share Google Contact lists with specific users or groups of users Manage access privileges to the shared contacts (Read Only/Can Edit/Can Delete/Can Share) Access and manage your Google LDAP contacts details from your iPhone Add phone contacts directly in your shared lists Send grouped SMS or emails to a whole contact list or to all your contac Find and manage your shared contacts on any device Synchronize your shared contacts with Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and all the apps of the Google ecosystem Synchronize your shared contacts lists with your CRM contacts, your IP phone, or thousands of other app We’ve built ContactsFlow™ to make contact creation and sharing Google Contacts incredibly easy for Gmail and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) users. Simply install the app and start sharing your Google Contact labels. ContactsFlow™ is a Freemium product that offers the following features: Unlimited Contacts List Unlimited Contacts 15 AI Credits 1 Shared List 2 Team Members If you want to unlock more features, upgrade to the ContactsFlow™ Business plan, which provides: AI-powered contact creation Unlimited contacts sharing Synchronize contacts with user permissions Subscription Details: The Business - Premium subscription is priced at $9.99 per month with 5 licenses, which are $1.99 per license. This is available as an in-app purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed by the user, and auto-renewal can be turned off in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms of Service: https://www.getsharedcontacts.com/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://www.getsharedcontacts.com/privacy-policy/

About

Recent Contacts

Easily back up and restore all your phone contacts without a computer. Export contacts to Excel or vCard, find and merge duplicates, and remove incomplete entries. Share backups via message, email, or AirDrop.

Highlights
  • Backup contacts in one tap
  • Export to Excel (CSV) or vCard
  • Find and merge duplicate contacts
  • Remove incomplete contacts
  • Share backups via Message, Email, AirDrop
  • View recently added contacts
Features
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Easy Backup is the best way to backup and restores all your contacts from your phone without the computer. FEATURES: • See your most recently added contacts • Save all your contacts in one single tap. • Share and export backups via Message, Email, or AirDrop • Export contacts to Excel (CSV) or vCard • Find & merge duplicate contacts • Remove incomplete contacts ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: Subscription price: - 1 week: $4.99 - 1 month: $6.99 - Lifetime: $24.99 - Subscription may be canceled at any time within the iTunes and App Store Apple ID Settings. All prices include applicable local sales taxes. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/tlabs91 Terms of service: https://sites.google.com/view/tlabs-termofservice

Screenshots

ContactsFlow™4 screens
Recent Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Recent Contacts at 4.6 against ContactsFlow™'s 3.3. Recent Contacts also leads on ratings volume (90 vs 3). ContactsFlow™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (29% vs 0%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ContactsFlow™ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Recent Contacts sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recent Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recent Contacts has 90 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of ContactsFlow™'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Recent Contacts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ContactsFlow™ versus Recent Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsFlow™Recent Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.6 (90 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings390 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB36 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperG-APPS EXPERTS INC.LE NGUYEN QUANG PHUOC

Customer experience

ContactsFlow™

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Recent Contacts

All ratings90 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral1.1%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ContactsFlow™

Subscriptions1
  • Mobile Edition- 5 licenses$14.991 Month
One-time1
  • Mobile Edition-5 licenses$9.99
5 purchases

Recent Contacts

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium$7.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is ContactsFlow™ free?
ContactsFlow™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recent Contacts free?
Recent Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ContactsFlow™ or Recent Contacts?
Recent Contacts is rated higher. ContactsFlow™ averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Recent Contacts averages 4.6 from 90 ratings.
Do ContactsFlow™ or Recent Contacts have ads?
Recent Contacts shows ads; ContactsFlow™ does not.
Which is updated more often, ContactsFlow™ or Recent Contacts?
ContactsFlow™ ships an update fortnightly, and Recent Contacts fortnightly. Most recently, ContactsFlow™ was updated on July 19, 2026 and Recent Contacts on September 15, 2026.

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