Comparison

Remove Duplicate Contacts + vs Group Contact Lite

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

Head to head
About

Remove Duplicate Contacts +

Clean up your address book by finding and removing duplicate contacts and events. Manage contact groups, send messages to multiple contacts, and organize your calendar events efficiently. Offers basic duplicate detection with an option to unlock advanced merging features.

Highlights
  • Remove duplicate contacts
  • Delete multiple contacts at once
  • Backup and restore contacts
  • Find and remove duplicate events
  • Manage contact groups
  • Send group texts and emails
  • Organize calendar events
Features
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The best Duplicate Contacts Cleanup App for iOS. Remove duplicate contacts directly on iPhone/iPad. Delete multiple duplicate contacts with one tap. Backup, restore, and export contacts in your address book. Best Calendar Tools. Share ICS Events, Delete Events on your iPhone and iPad. Copy, Move Events for iOS. Basic version is designed to find and remove only 100% identical duplicate contacts. Want to find and merge contacts that share the same name but contain different information (such as phone numbers and addresses)? In-App Purchase our Contact Tools Function. Base version functionalities: 1. Find and Remove exact duplicate contacts (100% identical contacts) 2. Remove contacts without names 3. Remove contacts without phone numbers 4. Remove contacts without email addresses 5. Find and Remove duplicate events 6. Show days-until for events, filter events by date, create or edit events 7. Sort events alphabetically or by time order 8. Manage groups on iPhone (Add, delete, and/or rename groups) 9. Send group text/SMS 10. Send group emails 11. Assign multiple contacts to groups at once, remove multiple contacts from groups at once 12. Support search bar and index to fast locate a contact 13. View contact information, modify contact information, delete contacts from the address book, make phone calls, and send emails Shortcuts Integration: Automate your go-to actions and streamline your day with full Siri Shortcuts support. Home Screen Widgets: Get key insights and quick-access actions at a glance without even opening the app. Please send us emails at support@appiplayer.com if you have any questions or comments. Note: Group does NOT duplicate contact data, it reads from your address book and all changes you make will be saved to the same address book.

About

Group Contact Lite

Organize contacts into custom groups with drag-and-drop functionality. Automatically categorize contacts by company and send group emails or SMS messages. Includes contact backup and task scheduling features.

Highlights
  • Drag & drop group editing
  • Automatic grouping by company
  • Create, edit, delete groups
  • Search contacts
  • Send group email/SMS
  • Contact backup
  • Task scheduler
Features
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GContact is the most popular contact management software with easy-to-use. New Features(New!) Add todo task feature for contacts. Features 1.Drag & drop for the group editing 2. Contact could be gathered in the groups automatically by company names. 3. Groups could be created, edited, or deleted freely. 4. You could also create, delete, and edit a single contact. 5. It support to search for contacts 6. And send email to all group members 7. Fantastic respond speed 8. Support to send sms/mms to all group members *The group mms just support the emoji only,picture and camera it can not be support in this version. 8.You could change the group's sort 9.You could change the group's color 10.drag & drop for the group editing 11.Contacts backup 12.Suppot GMail app to send group mail 13.Backup your contacts and shared your archive file by iTunes connect or EMail 14.Scheduler for call or mail to somebody Mark: English,Japanese,Chinese versions are available. Tips: Click group bottom twice continuously, you will see the menu including “Edit Group Members” “Change Group Name/Color” “Delete Group” “Send Group Mail” “Send Group SMS/MMS" “Cancel”. FAQ: 1. How to add contacts to groups (1) Please have a browse of the tip mentioned above for reference. (2) Firstly, click a contact in “No Group”, which you would like to add to a certain group. And then you will see a menu including “Contact Detail” “Join in group” “Cancel”. Once you choose and click “Join In Group”, the contact could be ready to add to your favor group. 2. How to delete the group which has been already added? (1) Please have a browse of the tips mentioned above for reference. (2) If you have cancelled GContact software, and plan to delete the groups remained in Apple’s Contacts, there are several ways to deal with it. One is deleting the groups by Exchange or Itune, and connecting your iphone or itouch to the computer, then doing synchronization. Another one is installing GContact again, and deleting the groups by it. Because the function of deleting groups is not supported by Contacts, and only supported by SDK software of Apple. 3. How to change the name of groups? Please have a browse of the tips mentioned above for reference. 4.Why some groups are added automatically, although we did not do any edition on it? We are afraid it is not caused by GContact, but may be caused by other familiar software or others’ computers, while doing synchronization on it. By downloading or using this app, you agree to Apple's standard Terms of Use. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Remove Duplicate Contacts +4 screens
Group Contact Lite2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Group Contact Lite at 60% against Remove Duplicate Contacts +'s 23%. Group Contact Lite also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Remove Duplicate Contacts +'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Remove Duplicate Contacts + sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Group Contact Lite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Group Contact Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 565 and 451 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Remove Duplicate Contacts +'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Group Contact Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remove Duplicate Contacts + ships an update every 2 months, Group Contact Lite every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Remove Duplicate Contacts + versus Group Contact Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemove Duplicate Contacts +Group Contact Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (565 ratings)4.7 (451 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.9% of reviews59.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings565 — better451
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShan Shan LiuEJing

Customer experience

Remove Duplicate Contacts +

All ratings565 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive22.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative73.2%

Group Contact Lite

All ratings451 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews299 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral8.0%
Negative32.1%

User reviews

Remove Duplicate Contacts +

From 565 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Helpful for organizing contacts
  • 👍 Effective at removing duplicates

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 💰 Requires in-app purchases for full functionality
  • 🔍 Doesn't find all duplicates
  • 🔍 Doesn't properly merge similar contacts

Group Contact Lite

From 451 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Allows grouping of contacts
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient for sending group emails/texts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes after updates
  • 🐛 Groups not syncing properly
  • 🐛 Unreliable drag-and-drop functionality
  • 🐛 Contacts not displaying properly

Bugs and requests

Remove Duplicate Contacts +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleting contacts removes phone numbers and details
  • Sync issues with other platforms
  • Inconsistent performance across iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improved duplicate detection and merging
  • More transparent pricing model
  • Backup and restore functionality

Group Contact Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when trying to open the app
  • Groups disappearing or not updating
  • Contacts not syncing between app and device
  • Incompatibility issues with iOS updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to sort contacts by first/last name
  • More color options for groups
  • Integration with native Contacts app
  • Ability to send MMS/picture messages to groups

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Remove Duplicate Contacts +

One-time3
  • Merge Tools$3.99
  • Calendar Tools$4.99
  • Task$4.99
2 purchases

Group Contact Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Remove ADS$1.99

Questions

Is Remove Duplicate Contacts + free?
Remove Duplicate Contacts + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Group Contact Lite free?
Group Contact Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Remove Duplicate Contacts + or Group Contact Lite?
Group Contact Lite is rated higher. Remove Duplicate Contacts + averages 4.5 out of 5 from 565 ratings, while Group Contact Lite averages 4.7 from 451 ratings.
Do Remove Duplicate Contacts + or Group Contact Lite have ads?
Group Contact Lite shows ads; Remove Duplicate Contacts + does not.
Which is updated more often, Remove Duplicate Contacts + or Group Contact Lite?
Remove Duplicate Contacts + ships an update every 2 months, and Group Contact Lite every 6 weeks. Most recently, Remove Duplicate Contacts + was updated on September 20, 2026 and Group Contact Lite on September 24, 2026.

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