Comparison

SA Contacts vs GContact

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

Head to head
About

SA Contacts

Streamline your address book with a comprehensive contact management solution. Easily sync, organize, import, export, and merge duplicates to keep your contacts clean and accessible. Supports multiple local address books and cloud backups for secure data management.

Highlights
  • Smart real-time contact sync
  • Multiple personalized address books
  • Excel and VCF import/export
  • Automatic duplicate merging
  • Batch cleanup of invalid contacts
  • Contact photo import/export
Features
Currently charting
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Looking for a more efficient way to manage your contacts? SA Contacts offers a one-stop solution that makes managing your address book a breeze. Whether it’s syncing, organizing, importing/exporting, or merging duplicates, SA Contacts has you covered, helping you handle your contacts with ease. Key Features: • Smart Sync: Manage a duplicate copy of your phone contacts with real-time sync, ensuring no data is ever lost. • Personalized Address Books: Create multiple local address books to suit your needs, and easily import/export contacts. • Effortless Import/Export: Supports Excel and VCF formats for quick and easy contact management, with cloud storage integration for secure backups. • Accurate Merging: Automatically detect and merge duplicate contact information, keeping your address book clean and accurate. • Comprehensive Management: Batch clean up invalid contacts, quickly find the contacts you need, and manage contact groups effortlessly. • Unique Photo Support: Import and export contact photos, even embedding them into Excel cells for a more personalized address book. Additionally, SA Contacts provides a way for millions of existing users to continue using the old version, preserving their classic experience. Whether you’re a new or existing user, you’ll find the perfect management method in SA Contacts. SA Contacts makes it easy to handle any contact management needs, ensuring your address book stays organized. The Lite version offers all the features of the paid version without any usage limits, only with some ads. Download SA Contacts now and start a new journey in contact management!

About

GContact

Organize contacts into custom groups for work, family, and friends. Easily select group members for mass emails or messages, and maintain secure backups of your contact information.

Highlights
  • Create and edit contact groups
  • Select members for group email/messages
  • Organize groups with colors and ordering
  • Search and edit contact details
  • Create and restore contact backups
  • iCloud backup syncing
Features
Currently charting
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GContact helps you organize contacts for work, family and friends. Find the people you need, choose recipients for a group email, and keep contact backups in one place. ORGANIZE YOUR CONTACTS • Create and edit groups, and manage their members. • Use group colors and ordering to make your list easier to navigate. • Find contacts with search, and view or edit their details. KEEP IN TOUCH • Select members for group email or messages. • Choose To, Cc or Bcc recipients when preparing group email. • Open supported calling and messaging features from contact details. BACK UP YOUR CONTACTS • Create contact backups and restore from saved archives. • Use iCloud to sync backup archives when configured. Contacts access is required. Group colors and ordering apply within the app; editing availability depends on the contact account and permissions. Messaging features depend on your device and service.

Screenshots

SA Contacts4 screens
GContact2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SA Contacts at $4.99 against GContact's $19.99. SA Contacts also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 51%). GContact's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SA Contacts costs $4.99 and GContact $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for SA Contacts against 4.4 for GContact. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 123 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of SA Contacts's written reviews are positive against 51% of GContact's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SA Contacts ships an update every 5 months, GContact monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SA Contacts versus GContact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSA ContactsGContact
Price$4.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.5 (57 ratings) — better4.4 (123 ratings)
Positive reviews80.4% of reviews — better51.1% of reviews
Number of ratings57123 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#133 — better#189
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenZhen SamApp Technology Development Co., LtdEJing

Customer experience

SA Contacts

All ratings57 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews826 reviews
Positive80.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.4%

GContact

All ratings123 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews182 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral11.0%
Negative37.9%

Bugs and requests

SA Contacts

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Contacts not exporting properly
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Inability to import CSV files
  • Crashes when using certain features

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved file format support
  • Merge/deduplicate contacts
  • Dropbox integration
  • Faster import/export speeds
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  • Better group management

GContact

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SA Contacts

No in-app purchases

None

GContact

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SA Contacts free?
SA Contacts costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GContact free?
GContact costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SA Contacts or GContact?
SA Contacts is rated higher. SA Contacts averages 4.5 out of 5 from 57 ratings, while GContact averages 4.4 from 123 ratings.
Do SA Contacts or GContact have ads?
Neither SA Contacts nor GContact shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SA Contacts or GContact?
SA Contacts ships an update every 5 months, and GContact monthly. Most recently, SA Contacts was updated on November 6, 2026 and GContact on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, SA Contacts or GContact?
SA Contacts currently peaks at #133 in the App Store charts, and GContact at #189. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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