Comparison

Group Contact Lite vs CircleBack

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

Head to head
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 Lite 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. 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/

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

Group Contact Lite2 screens
CircleBack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CircleBack at none against Group Contact Lite's 2. CircleBack also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 453). Group Contact Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price and review sentiment 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. Group Contact Lite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CircleBack asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Group Contact Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CircleBack has 2.5K ratings behind it against 453, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 60% and 61% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Group Contact Lite ships an update every 5 days, CircleBack every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Group Contact Lite versus CircleBack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroup Contact LiteCircleBack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (453 ratings) — better4.5 (2.5K ratings)
Positive reviews59.9% of reviews60.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4532.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB118 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEJingCircleBack, Inc.

Customer experience

Group Contact Lite

All ratings453 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews302 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral7.9%
Negative32.1%

CircleBack

All ratings2,543 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews130 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.8%

User reviews

Group Contact Lite

From 453 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

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

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

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

2 purchases

Group Contact Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Remove ADS$1.99
None

CircleBack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Group Contact Lite free?
Group Contact Lite 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, Group Contact Lite or CircleBack?
Group Contact Lite is rated higher. Group Contact Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 453 ratings, while CircleBack averages 4.5 from 2.5K ratings.
Do Group Contact Lite or CircleBack have ads?
Group Contact Lite shows ads; CircleBack does not.
Which is updated more often, Group Contact Lite or CircleBack?
Group Contact Lite ships an update every 5 days, and CircleBack every 2 months. Most recently, Group Contact Lite was updated on October 24, 2026 and CircleBack on October 24, 2026.

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