Comparison

ContactsPro X vs GroupEvent

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

Head to head
About

ContactsPro X

Securely manage your contacts and photos with passcode protection. Organize contacts into groups, track important dates, and even log personal health information. Offers robust search and backup features.

Highlights
  • Passcode protected contact and photo hiding
  • Contact grouping and organization
  • Personal health tracking (period calendar)
  • Advanced contact search
  • Birthday reminders and calendar
  • Import/export contacts and photos
  • FTP backup
Features
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ContactsPro allows you to hide selected contacts and photos in passcode protected areas, making them inaccessible to casual users. As well as common contact information (e.g. phone numbers) you can add a photo album and information on a woman's period to any contact. The search function enables to search for different fields within all your contacts on your device. The birthday list displays upcoming birthdays ordered by date. FEATURES: • Groups (create, modify and assign for address book contacts) • Hide selected contacts in an unlimited number of passcode protected areas • Add to any contact: ... photo album ... female period (including calendar view) ... website / email login details (plus additional custom fields) ... phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, birthdays and notes • Import contacts from original address book • Import / export photos between original photo album and ContactsPro • Switch/move data from protected to unprotected area (and vice versa) • Search for names, phone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses, departments and notes within all contacts • List birthdays of all contacts • Calendar view for birthday • Configurable birthday reminder • Backup to FTP server • Show profile photos in contact list • Help (see "More/Help" within the app) • And more This version (Lite) allows max. 3 protected contacts and 10 protected photos. Upgrade to Premium within the app possible.

About

GroupEvent

Easily plan and manage group events with features like participant sign-ups, expense tracking, and a shared photo album. Coordinate event dates, delegate tasks with a checklist, and enjoy background uploads for media.

Highlights
  • Easy participant sign-up via invitation link
  • Group expense management with currency calculator
  • Photo and video sharing with GPS tagging and ZIP downloads
  • Event date suggestion and polling
  • Checklist for task delegation (who brings what)
  • Background media uploads and downloads (iOS)
Features
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WHAT IS GROUP EVENT? Usually you would only need a webbrowser to create an event on GroupEvent.info. But there are a few native features, e.g. uploading pictures and videos in the background. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • Participants sign up for your event in a very easy way - no need to register with password. Hint: invitation link. • Manage group expenses. The integrated foreign exchange calculator helps you during travels. • Photo-Album: Share pictures and videos with many unique features like: GPS tagging, ZIP downloads, video screenshots and many more. • Suggest event dates and make a poll. • The checklist will answer the frequent question: WHO brings WHAT? IOS FEATURES • Share photos and videos natively. No internet connection necessary. Uploads will queue in the background for up to 7 days. Automatically download favorites in the background. • Push-Notifications: the number of news will always be visible as icon badge. Messages and comments will be pushed instantly. • If you share a favorite photo, it will automatically be a favorite on GroupEvent. (additional photo authorization necessary)

Screenshots

ContactsPro X4 screens
GroupEvent3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GroupEvent at none against ContactsPro X's 1. GroupEvent also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. ContactsPro X sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GroupEvent asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ContactsPro X ships an update every 6 weeks, GroupEvent every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ContactsPro X versus GroupEvent: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContactsPro XGroupEvent
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDemodit GmbHMichael Hoereth

Customer experience

ContactsPro X

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative34.2%

GroupEvent

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ContactsPro X

One-time1
  • Upgrade Premium$1.99
None

GroupEvent

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ContactsPro X free?
ContactsPro X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GroupEvent free?
GroupEvent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ContactsPro X or GroupEvent have ads?
Neither ContactsPro X nor GroupEvent shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ContactsPro X or GroupEvent?
ContactsPro X ships an update every 6 weeks, and GroupEvent every 2 months. Most recently, ContactsPro X was updated on September 21, 2026 and GroupEvent on August 27, 2026.

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