QuickContact vs Picture Call
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickContact
Easily call or text your favorite contacts with a single tap. Assign contacts to customizable icons featuring their photos for quick access. Supports direct calls, SMS, FaceTime, and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.
- One-screen interface
- Up to nine pages of icons
- Assign contacts with photos
- Direct call, SMS, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Telegram
- Customizable icons
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Want to call or text your contacts with a simple touch? How about doing it just by touching his/her favourite photo? Then this is the app for you! - Just one screen - Up to nine pages of icons - Press and hold an icon to assign it one contact with its photo - Once assigned, just press the icon to call or text your contact (since iOS 10.3, the system ask for permission whenever a third party app tries to open a call) It's that easy! Nothing else to worry about! One thing you need, one thing the app does. You can directly start call, sms, FaceTime and Whatsapp or Telegram message. And you can customise it according to your preferences. Download it for free. If you use it and you find it useful, please contribute to its development (see info section). This application is specific to iPhone, as it makes use of call and sms functionalities.
Picture Call
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This app uses pictures for your contacts so you can easily call/FaceTime by picture. Touch the contact picture and you can call/FaceTime right from that screen. You add contacts from your phonebook along with their picture. No picture?..... No problem. Add a picture from the photos app on your phone. Still don't have a picture?.... Use an emoji for your friend's picture. Pick from dozens of emoji. See screenshots for details. Free for a limited time. This app does not make any changes to the contact info in your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: QuickContact at Free against Picture Call's $0.99. QuickContact also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months). Picture Call's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.6). On 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
QuickContact is free to download; Picture Call costs $0.99 up front. QuickContact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Picture Call asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuickContact ships an update every 3 months, Picture Call every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickContact | Picture Call |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CDM S.r.L. | Niagara Mobile LLC |
Bugs and requests
QuickContact
Reported bugs
17 issues- Symbols like pause (,) are stripped away after OS update
- Trouble adding names
- Will not allow deletion of the app
- Cannot delete and add contacts
- Double tap function does not work
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- Text feature takes you to messages instead of pre-populating
- Freezes up, will not let you call or text
- Background picture tool section doesn't cover tool area
- Won't let me edit contact pictures or names
- Cannot assign pictures to icons
- Crashes every time it's open
- Only one page working
- Doesn't work with iPod Touch
- Error message saying it does not work for this device (iPad 2)
- App wouldn't open until privacy settings were changed
- Double tap on iOS requires two touches
- Takes 3 touches to call (open app, select contact, confirm dial)
Requested features
22 requests- Ability for group texting
- Add other communication options (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal calls/texts)
- Ability to assign actions to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
- Option to choose text or call each time
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- Add more icons to a single page
- Smaller contact icons for more per page
- Option to assign actions to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
- Add additional background pictures
- Swipe up rather than left/right for next page
- Add page turn effect like iBooks
- Option to choose which number to call
- Personalization of colors and themes
- Add more than one number to a person
- Choose whether to call, send SMS or MMS per favorite
- Make it so that when you click the contact it gives you the option of Text or Call
- Instructions to get started
- Want icons on home screen
- Add pictures to icons
- Ability to assign the action to FaceTime and FT audio calls
- Ability to move contacts around
Picture Call
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QuickContact
- Support QuickContact$0.99
Picture Call
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is QuickContact free?
Is Picture Call free?
Do QuickContact or Picture Call have ads?
Which is updated more often, QuickContact or Picture Call?
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