Safekeep vs Sync for Google Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safekeep
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Never lose a contact again. Safekeep is the complete contact safety kit for iPhone: automatically back up your address book, clean duplicates without losing details, restore deleted contacts, and move everything to a new iPhone. PROTECT EVERY CONTACT • Create VCF or CSV backups in one tap • Schedule automatic daily, weekly, or monthly backups • See backup status from the Home Screen widget • Keep optional copies in your private iCloud database CLEAN DUPLICATES SAFELY • Smart Merge finds duplicates across names, phone numbers, and email addresses • Preview every merge before making changes • Preserve the richest names, photos, birthdays, addresses, companies, and notes • Recover recently deleted contacts from Trash RESTORE AND TRANSFER • Restore selected contacts from VCF or CSV files • Import Google and Outlook CSV exports • Skip contacts already on your device to prevent new duplicates • Move contacts to a new iPhone with AirDrop or private iCloud backup • Export to Files, email, messages, and other apps BUILT FOR PRIVACY Contact analysis happens on your device. Optional cloud backups use your private iCloud account, so your address book stays under your control. EXTRA TIME-SAVERS • Ask Siri or use Shortcuts to start a backup • Filter contacts with missing names, numbers, or details • Track every saved backup and restore whenever needed Download Safekeep and give every contact a safe place. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sync for Google Contacts
Easily transfer and sync your phone contacts with your Google account or another iPhone. Create backups, recover deleted contacts, and clean up your address book with simple tools. Export and import contacts via QR code or VCF files.
- Sync Google and iPhone contacts
- Manual and automated backups
- Recover deleted contacts
- Bulk contact cleaning
- Export/import via QR code or VCF
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Transferring contacts to your google account or to another iPhone is now made easy with our app. Main features: - Transfer and sync Google contacts with iPhone contacts ( iPhone contacts to Google, Google contacts to iPhone and 2 ways sync). - Create manual or automated backups of your contacts so you will never lose them. - Recover deleted contacts using stored backups. - Bulk clean and delete contacts with 1 simple click. - Send & export contacts using a QR code or a vcf file. - Import & receive contacts using a QR code or a vcf file. • Contacts Backup offers a "Pro" subscription to unlock premium features. This is an independent application and is not affiliated or endorsed by Google LLC. Google and Google Contacts are trademarks of Google LLC. Privacy policy: https://contactsbackup.netlify.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://contactsbackup.netlify.app/terms.html
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Verdict
Safekeep and Sync for Google Contacts are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Safekeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Sync for Google Contacts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Safekeep ships an update weekly, Sync for Google Contacts every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safekeep | Sync for Google Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ferdi Kiziltoprak | Orbion |
In-app purchases
Safekeep
- 7 days free than$0.997 Days
- Lifetime Premium$9.99
- Lifetime$19.99
Sync for Google Contacts
- Contacts Pro Weekly$8.997 Days
- Monthly Pro$12.991 Month
- yearly pro$18.991 Year
- Forever Pro$19.99
Questions
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