Comparison

Contact Snapper vs CircleBack

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

Head to head
About

Contact Snapper

Instantly convert business cards, QR codes, and text into contacts. Save time by avoiding manual entry and manage your contacts with advanced features like export, merging, and grouping. Works across iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Scan business cards
  • Convert QR codes to contacts
  • Convert text to contacts
  • Export contacts to Excel/PDF
  • Merge duplicate contacts
  • Contact group management
  • Automatic company logo search
Features
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Scan business cards and turn them into contacts instantly with Contact Snapper. Just snap a picture of a business card, and let Contact Snapper work its magic. +++ Try it for free and save up to 3 contacts! +++ SAVE TIME Say goodbye to tapping on your keyboard to create contacts. Let your iPhone take care of it for you. SIMPLE and EFFICIENT Adding a contact can be as easy as a single tap. Using a photo as the source, Contact Snapper employs highly efficient technology to convert the image into text. You can also create contacts from QR Codes or Text. FREE LIMITED VERSION Contact Snapper allows you to "try before you buy." A limited version, complete with all features and supported languages, is offered so you can judge it for yourself, saving up to 3 contacts. If this app meets your expectations, you can then purchase it directly without any additional downloads.  Contact Snapper is a one-time charge for life. NO monthly subscription. NO adds. NO account required. INTERNATIONAL Contact Snapper covers 150+ countries. IPHONE AND IPAD Contact Snapper works on both iPhone and iPad at no extra cost. Once you purchase Contact Snapper on one of your devices, it can be installed on all others for free. ICLOUD What you do on one device appears on all your devices, instantly and securely through your own iCloud space. CONTACT MANAGEMENT Many advanced features allowing you to better manage and use your contacts - Export to Excel of PDF - Merge your duplicated contacts - Group Management - Grouped actions: ability to send SMS/Emails or assign groups to multiple contacts simultaneously - Quick actions: ability to trigger actions by just swiping right or left - Automatic search of the company logo of your contacts - Geolocation - Automatic search of the local information (time, weather) - Simplified reminder entry straight from a contact. PRIVACY POLICY Installing an application must be done with confidence as your devices contain sensitive information. We are committed to treating this information with the utmost confidentiality. Our "Privacy Policy," available directly within the application, clearly describes in a few sentences what we do and, more importantly, what we do not do with your data. Contact Snapper - the most advanced way to add a contact to your address book …. great value for business and private use.

About

CircleBack

This app intelligently updates your contacts, finds new ones from email, and cleans duplicates. It also allows scanning business cards and offers unified contact management across devices.

Highlights
  • Automatic contact updates
  • Duplicate contact merging
  • New contact discovery from emails
  • Business card scanning
  • Unified address book
  • Contact sync across devices
Features
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CircleBack is the only address book manager that updates your contacts intelligently, discovers new contacts in your Google and Microsoft inboxes, cleans up duplicates, and allows you to scan business cards and save them as contacts. Packed with everything you need to stay organized while building and maintaining productive professional relationships, CircleBack makes it easier than ever to keep connections alive and get stuff done. CIRCLEBACK FEATURES • Contact updates when people in your network change jobs, roles & more • Intelligent merging / management of duplicate contacts • “New Contact” discovery from email signatures in Outlook, Gmail & the entire Microsoft account suite (Outlook.com, Hotmail, MSN, etc.) • Contact grouping by favorite, old/archived, or business card scans • A single, unified address book that imports from Outlook/Exchange , Gmail (Google Apps), Microsoft account suite, Facebook & more • Contact sync across multiple devices and platforms • Export contacts to Salesforce & ACT! • Best-in-class OCR business card scanning • Deleted contact recovery for the moments you make a mistake WHAT THE MEDIA IS SAYING • “CircleBack lets you sit back as it does the real-time contact updates and management for you.”— iphoneappsreviewonline.com • “Every once in a while I have this fever dream that I’d have a smartphone contact book that would be up-to-date and completely filled out, but that’s all it is—just a dream. But with CircleBack, I have a fighting chance.” — Gizmodo • “CircleBack uses artificial intelligence and crowd-based intelligence technology to automate contact updating and management. A useful tool to activate your contact list.” — Computerworld • “The modern world is busy and engaged, and your professional and personal contacts merge. But how can you keep up with what they’re doing? CircleBack uses artificial intelligence and crowd-based intelligence technology to automate contact updating and management.” — TechCrunch • “CircleBack knows your contacts better than you do. By automatically cleaning, completing, and updating your contacts, as well as removing duplicates, CircleBack keeps your address book organized and up-to-date.” — abduzeedo • “CircleBack is helpful app that makes sure that you address book is up-to-date. But, the app also consolidates all of your contacts by removing duplicate entries and repairing errors like typos. It can also locate missing contact information or updated information from outdated contacts.” — Forbes REVIEWS LEFT ON THE APP STORE • “Continuously improving” • “Simple, Powerful, intuitive” • “Very Useful Complement To Apple's Contacts App” • “Great & Simple App” MORE ABOUT CIRCLEBACK CircleBack’s unique answer to contact management is a single tool that ensures your address book is up-to-date, unified & accessible on all your devices. CircleBack handles the time-consuming organization of your digital address book while you do what you do best: crush it daily. DATA USAGE Crowdsourcing powers CircleBack’s core, allowing you (and everyone else) to anonymously contribute to the intelligence of our database. Your contributions are matched with billions of other data points from millions of other users to provide the best, most up-to-date info for anyone that’s outdated or duplicated in your address book. We love hearing from you! Keep the comments coming by emailing us anytime at support@circleback.com.

Screenshots

Contact Snapper4 screens
CircleBack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CircleBack at none against Contact Snapper's 7. CircleBack also leads on ratings volume (2.5K vs 403). Contact Snapper's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 61%). On price, rating, 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. Contact Snapper sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. CircleBack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Contact Snapper against 4.5 for CircleBack. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CircleBack has 2.5K ratings behind it against 403, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Contact Snapper's written reviews are positive against 61% of CircleBack's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contact Snapper ships an update every 3 weeks, CircleBack every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Contact Snapper versus CircleBack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact SnapperCircleBack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (403 ratings)4.5 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better60.9% of reviews
Number of ratings4032.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB118 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLaurent GarnierCircleBack, Inc.

Customer experience

Contact Snapper

All ratings403 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative23.9%

CircleBack

All ratings2,543 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive60.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative30.5%

User reviews

Contact Snapper

From 403 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient scanning and contact capture
  • 👍 Seamless integration with contacts app
  • 💡 Useful features like copy/paste from emails
  • 🚀 Fast and accurate OCR
  • 👍 Helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Inconsistent accuracy in field recognition
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with accessing contacts
  • 💰 Confusing/misleading upgrade options

CircleBack

From 2.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📚 Helpful for managing contacts
  • 💾 Keeps contacts synced
  • 🔍 Useful for finding updated contact info
  • 🧹 Helps clean up duplicate contacts

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes or freezes
  • 🔁 Duplicates keep reappearing
  • 🔒 Google login issues
  • 🤯 Messes up or deletes contacts
  • 🕰️ Slow performance

Bugs and requests

Contact Snapper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Duplicating contacts
  • Losing previously scanned contacts
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved user interface and navigation
  • Ability to edit/correct scanned fields
  • Option to save business card images without contacts
  • Better syncing and organization of contacts

CircleBack

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Fails to update contacts on devices
  • Incorrectly merges unrelated contacts
  • Loses contact notes and other data
  • Unreliable sync between app and phone contacts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to remove contacts from groups
  • Improve search functionality
  • Allow starting with a fresh contact list
  • Provide better backup/restore options

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Contact Snapper

One-time7
  • Address Book$1.99
  • Photo & Text$1.99
  • Text Only$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Contact Snapper Unlimited$2.99
  • Photo & Text$3.99
  • Contact Snapper Unlimited$4.99
  • Photo & Text$5.99
None

CircleBack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contact Snapper free?
Contact Snapper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CircleBack free?
CircleBack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Contact Snapper or CircleBack?
CircleBack is rated higher. Contact Snapper averages 4.4 out of 5 from 403 ratings, while CircleBack averages 4.5 from 2.5K ratings.
Do Contact Snapper or CircleBack have ads?
Neither Contact Snapper nor CircleBack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contact Snapper or CircleBack?
Contact Snapper ships an update every 3 weeks, and CircleBack every 2 months. Most recently, Contact Snapper was updated on September 15, 2026 and CircleBack on September 24, 2026.

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