Comparison

Export contacts by Covve vs Paragraph

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

Head to head
About

Export contacts by Covve

Easily export your iPhone contacts into CSV or Excel files. The app processes your contacts directly on your device, ensuring privacy without requiring sign-up. All contact fields, including notes, are included in the export.

Highlights
  • Export contacts to CSV/Excel
  • Includes all contact fields
  • Supports notes
  • No sign-up required
  • On-device processing
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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Export your iPhone contacts in CSV / Excel format. As simple as: - download and launch Covve Export - tap the ‘Export contacts’ button - choose where to save/send the file with your exported contacts The exported file contains all contacts and all contact fields, including notes. Export contacts by Covve does not need sign-up and your contacts are processed directly on your phone, guaranteeing your privacy. Covve Export is brought to you by the award winning team behind Covve. Contact us on support@covve.com for any questions and feedback.

About

Paragraph

A modern writing application offering powerful features for creating and organizing documents. It supports real-time collaboration, password protection, and iCloud syncing across iOS devices. Enhance your writing with Smart Markdown, attachments, and customizable themes.

Highlights
  • Smart Markdown formatting
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Password-protected documents
  • iCloud syncing
  • File attachments and photos
  • Text sorting and tags
Features
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Paragraph is a notes app for people who write more than a line. Type Markdown and it becomes styled text as you go: headings, lists, tasks, quotes and links. Add tables, charts, formulas, code and images where you need them. Your notes are the same on every iPhone, iPad and Mac signed in to your Apple Account. WRITE • Three levels of headings, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough and inline code • Bullet, numbered and task lists, nested with a tab • Quotes and dividers • A buttons bar above the keyboard for everything you would type by hand MORE THAN TEXT • Tables: tap a cell to edit it, or paste a Markdown table • Charts: a few lines of CSV become a bar or line chart you can edit later • Math: formulas written in TeX, drawn in the note • Code blocks that keep their spacing and colour the syntax • Images and files that travel with the note • Notes inside notes: a card you tap to open ORGANISE • Tags: write #work or #ideas anywhere and the tag appears in the sidebar • Colours and stars to mark what matters • Search across all notes, and Find inside a note • Sort by date, title or stars • Deleted notes wait in the Trash SHARE AND SYNC • Share a note as Markdown, PDF, text, HTML or RTF • Share with People: invite others to write a note with you through iCloud • iCloud sync, with Sync Now when you cannot wait • Nothing is lost when a note changes on two devices at once: both versions are kept FITS ANY SCREEN • iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape, Split View and Stage Manager • The layout follows the window as it changes size Paragraph for Mac is available separately on the Mac App Store.

Screenshots

Export contacts by Covve3 screens
Paragraph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paragraph at Free against Export contacts by Covve's $3.99. Paragraph also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Export contacts by Covve's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 12). On review sentiment, ads, 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

Paragraph is free to download; Export contacts by Covve costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Export contacts by Covve holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Export contacts by Covve has 1.6K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Export contacts by Covve's written reviews are positive against 57% of Paragraph's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Export contacts by Covve ships an update every 2 months, Paragraph every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Export contacts by Covve versus Paragraph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExport contacts by CovveParagraph
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better4.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCovveHurryApp LTD

Customer experience

Export contacts by Covve

All ratings1,587 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.7%

Paragraph

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Export contacts by Covve

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Export button not working
  • Contacts not exporting correctly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to restore or import contacts
  • Support for more file formats

Paragraph

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Export contacts by Covve

No in-app purchases

None

Paragraph

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Export contacts by Covve free?
Export contacts by Covve costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paragraph free?
Paragraph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Export contacts by Covve or Paragraph?
Export contacts by Covve is rated higher. Export contacts by Covve averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Paragraph averages 4.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Export contacts by Covve or Paragraph have ads?
Neither Export contacts by Covve nor Paragraph shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Export contacts by Covve or Paragraph?
Export contacts by Covve ships an update every 2 months, and Paragraph every 5 months. Most recently, Export contacts by Covve was updated on November 7, 2026 and Paragraph on November 7, 2026.

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