Comparison

Contacts Backup + Restore vs Run4Password

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Backup + Restore

Safeguard your address book with this app. Easily back up, restore, and transfer contacts to the cloud or export them in VCF format. Set reminders to ensure your contacts are always secure and accessible across devices.

Highlights
  • Easy backup and save contacts to cloud
  • Cloud sync across iOS devices
  • Export contacts in .vcf format
  • Recover contacts anytime
  • Custom backup reminders
  • Ad-free experience
  • VCF (VCard) file support
Features
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Contacts Backup + Restore is your ultimate solution for managing and safeguarding your Address Book. With just a few taps, you can back up, restore, and transfer contacts effortlessly. Whether you're switching devices or protecting your contacts, this app ensures your Address Book is always secure and accessible. Key Features: Easy Backup & Save Contacts: Securely back up and save your contacts to the cloud, making them easily recoverable whenever needed. Cloud Sync Across iOS Devices: Keep your contacts in sync across all your iOS devices for quick access and management. Contacts Export: Export contacts in .vcf format via AirDrop, Email, WhatsApp, and more. Effortlessly transfer contacts between devices. Recover Contacts Anytime: Restore your contacts from the cloud, whether you're setting up a new device or recovering lost contacts. Custom Backup Reminders: Set weekly or monthly reminders to back up your contacts, ensuring your Address Book is always up-to-date. Ad-Free Experience: Enjoy a seamless, ad-free experience while managing your contacts. VCF (VCard) File Support: Conveniently export and import contacts using the universal .vcf format. Try Contacts Backup Pro Free Experience the full benefits of Contacts Backup Pro with premium subscription. Keep your contacts safe and recover them with ease. Subscription Information: Subscribe monthly or yearly to unlock all premium features, including unlimited backups and advanced export options. Your free trial automatically renews to a paid subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage subscriptions through your Account Settings. Note that any unused portion of the free trial will be forfeited upon purchasing a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://contacts-pro-backup.web.app/privacy.html Terms & Conditions: https://contacts-pro-backup.web.app/terms.html If you have any questions about managing your contacts, feel free to reach out to our support team at: contactsprobackup@gmail.com

About

Run4Password

Features
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Run 4 Password keeps your passwords on your iPhone and nowhere else. There is no account to create, no email to hand over, and nothing to subscribe to. The app contains no networking code at all — and you do not have to take that on faith. Turn on Airplane Mode and use it. Everything works, because nothing was ever going to leave. WHAT IT DOES • Stores your passwords in a vault encrypted with AES-GCM, unlocked by a 6-digit PIN • Ties the encryption key to this iPhone's Secure Enclave, so the vault cannot simply be copied off and attacked somewhere else • Fills passwords for you in Safari and other apps, with Face ID or Touch ID • Signs you in with passkeys, and saves new ones, without a password to type • Keeps your 2FA codes beside the password they belong to, counting down • Brings your passwords, passkeys and codes across from Apple Passwords in one import • Keeps the site each password belongs to, and finds it when you search • Generates strong passwords and passphrases • Hides the app from the app switcher and blocks screenshots while it is open • Locks itself when you leave it • Moves your passwords to another phone by holding the two together — no server, no account • Works in English, German and Italian BACKUPS, HONESTLY Nothing leaves this phone unless you export it — and what you export is encrypted before it leaves. When you make a backup, the app seals your whole vault into a single file and asks you where to put it. It hands you ten randomly chosen words to write on paper; those words, and nothing else, open that file. We do not keep a copy, and there is no way for us to recover one. Put the file somewhere you can find it again and keep the paper somewhere else — either one on its own is useless. That backup restores onto a different phone. That is the point of it. MOVING TO A SECOND PHONE If you want the same passwords on two phones you own, you do not need a file, an account or a server. Hold the two phones facing each other. Each one shows the other a code, you check that both screens show the same six digits, and the passwords travel across as pictures on the screen. This is what the camera is used for, and it is the only thing it is used for. Nothing is photographed and nothing is saved — the camera reads a code and forgets it. Nothing is ever deleted by this. Passwords already on the receiving phone stay exactly as they are; anything new is added. If the same entry differs on both phones, that phone asks you which one to keep. WHAT WE CANNOT DO FOR YOU If you forget your PIN and have no backup, your passwords are gone. There is no reset link, no support address that can help, and no key escrow. That is not a gap in the product — it is what "only you can open it" actually means, and any app that offers you a way back in is telling you something about who else can get in. NO TRACKING No analytics. No crash reporting. No advertising identifier. Nothing is collected, because there is nothing here that could send it.

Screenshots

Contacts Backup + Restore3 screens
Run4Password4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run4Password at none against Contacts Backup + Restore's 3. Contacts Backup + Restore's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Contacts Backup + Restore sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Run4Password asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Backup + Restore ships an update monthly, Run4Password every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Contacts Backup + Restore versus Run4Password: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts Backup + RestoreRun4Password
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSamet MacitEni Veshi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Contacts Backup + Restore

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$8.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
None

Run4Password

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Backup + Restore free?
Contacts Backup + Restore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run4Password free?
Run4Password is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Backup + Restore or Run4Password have ads?
Neither Contacts Backup + Restore nor Run4Password shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Backup + Restore or Run4Password?
Contacts Backup + Restore ships an update monthly, and Run4Password every 5 months. Most recently, Contacts Backup + Restore was updated on June 1, 2026 and Run4Password on September 19, 2026.

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