Contacts vs Recent Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contacts
Easily back up your contacts to CSV or vCard files, and quickly delete multiple entries at once. Secure private contacts with passcode protection. Offers weekly, monthly, and lifetime premium access.
- Backup contacts to CSV/vCard
- Bulk contact deletion
- Hide and secure private contacts
- Passcode protection
- Weekly, monthly, lifetime premium options
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Contacts are essential to a phone. This app will help you backup your contacts to a csv (excel) file or vcf(vcard) file, you can save this file somewhere and bring them back when needed In addition, bulk deletion (or multi delete) is a feature that can save you bunch of time when you want to remove some unnecessary contacts in a second. Moreover, you have some important and private contacts to be hidden and secured, then this app makes it invisible to others but you, you can set a passcode to encrypt and hide contacts, protect your contacts safely from unwanted people sight. We offer three packages for purchasing: Weekly, Monthly and Lifetime. After purchasing one of these packages, you will have no limit accessing all of our features. Privacy Policy: https://duycao2506.github.io/secretcontactsbackup/privacy.html Terms and Conditions: https://duycao2506.github.io/secretcontactsbackup/terms.html
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Contacts at weekly against Recent Contacts's fortnightly. Contacts also leads on iOS requirement (11.2 vs 15.0). Recent Contacts's advantage is ratings volume (90 vs 29). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Contacts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days 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.
Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 90 respectively.
Contacts ships an update weekly, Recent Contacts fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacts | Recent Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (29 ratings) — better | 4.6 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khac Le Duy Cao | LE NGUYEN QUANG PHUOC |
Customer experience
Contacts
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In-app purchases
Contacts
- Weekly Premium$1.497 Days
- Monthly Premium$3.491 Month
- Lifetime Premium$5.99
Recent Contacts
- 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
- Lifetime$24.99
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