Comparison

Groups vs Duplicate Contacts Manager

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

Head to head
About

Groups

This app transforms your phone's contacts into a private social network. Organize people, share updates, and stay connected without sharing your data with large tech companies. It offers features for communication, event planning, and contact management.

Highlights
  • Organize contacts into custom groups
  • Set reminders to reach out
  • Send personalized group messages
  • Create events and invite guests
  • Share content from any app
  • Data privacy focused
Features
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You've just found the best, easiest app for staying in touch with people. Try it for yourself — it's free! Downloaded by millions in over 100 countries, Groups turns your phone's native contacts into a private social network. Organize your groups, share with friends and family, and stay connected — without feeding Big Tech your data. ORGANIZE YOUR CONTACTS: ◆ Group by how you know them — friends, family, work, hobbies ◆ See who you met recently and interaction history ◆ Smart search finds anyone instantly ◆ Clean up duplicates and merge contacts STAY IN TOUCH: ◆ Set reminders to reach out to people who matter ◆ Send personalized messages to your whole circle at once ◆ Message templates for birthdays, holidays, events ◆ Track who you haven't spoken to in a while SHARE TOGETHER: ◆ Exchange contact info instantly with QR codes ◆ Take Group Photos with fun AI effects ◆ Create events and invite people (they join via browser — no app needed) ◆ Share links, photos, and content from any app ◆ Custom icons for each group YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS: ◆ Unlike Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn, your contacts never leave your phone. ◆ Messages go directly through SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Email — recipients don't need Groups to receive them. ◆ No algorithms deciding who sees your posts. No ads. No data mining. No selling your information. ◆ Just a better way to stay connected with the people you actually care about. Through channels you already use. WORKS WITH EVERYTHING: ◆ Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. ◆ Fully compatible with iOS features like Do Not Disturb, Voice Messages, and Shortcuts. Now available on iPad. OWN YOUR COMMUNITY Every contact is real social capital. Whether you're organizing a book club, coordinating family events, or building a community around shared interests — Groups helps you bring people together on your terms. Free to download. Start growing your private social network today.

About

Duplicate Contacts Manager

This app helps you clean up your address book by merging and removing duplicate contacts. It offers various options for identifying and resolving duplicates based on identical information, similar names, or phone numbers. You can also back up and restore your contacts for safety.

Highlights
  • Merge duplicate contacts
  • Remove contacts with missing info
  • Backup and restore contacts
  • Identify identical contacts
  • Merge contacts with similar names
  • Merge contacts with similar phone numbers
Features
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Merge Duplicate Contacts & Remover has following options: 1. Merge & Remove duplicate contacts 2. Delete contacts with no name, number, email. 3. Backup and Restore contacts (in .vcf file) For merging and deleting duplicate contacts following options available: 1. Duplicate Contacts (where all contacts are identical) : Here app deletes duplicate contacts. 2. Similar Phone number (only phone number number in all contacts similar) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. 3. Similar Name (name in all contacts are similar) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. 4. Inside Duplicates (Same number is stored two times in one contact) : Here app removes other numbers within contact. 5. Duplicate Email (Same email id in all contacts) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. Using this app, you can fix your address book easily. Note: Please make sure that you review all duplicates and backup your contacts before merging your contacts.

Screenshots

Groups4 screens
Duplicate Contacts Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Groups at every 8 days against Duplicate Contacts Manager's every 3 weeks. Groups also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 763) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Groups sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Duplicate Contacts Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Groups against 4.1 for Duplicate Contacts Manager. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groups has 4.9K ratings behind it against 763, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Groups's written reviews are positive against 67% of Duplicate Contacts Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Groups ships an update every 8 days, Duplicate Contacts Manager every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Groups versus Duplicate Contacts Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGroupsDuplicate Contacts Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (4.9K ratings) — better4.1 (763 ratings)
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4.9K — better763
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperQbix, Inc.Vimal Jain

Customer experience

Groups

All ratings4,916 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative14.5%
Written reviews1,714 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative18.6%

Duplicate Contacts Manager

All ratings763 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral4.3%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews541 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative30.5%

User reviews

Groups

From 4.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for organizing contacts
  • 🚀 Efficient for group messaging
  • 👍 Customizable groups

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable sync and data loss
  • 🐛 Buggy updates
  • 👎 Poor customer support
  • 👎 Confusing UI changes

Duplicate Contacts Manager

From 763 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Easy and straightforward to use
  • 🚀 Efficient at merging and deleting duplicate contacts
  • 💰 Free app with no in-app purchases
  • 📤 Backup and export contacts functionality

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Inconsistent contact matching, some duplicates missed
  • 📷 Issues with contact photos (e.g. replaced with random photos)
  • 🔁 Repetitive scanning and loading process
  • 📢 Intrusive ads that can't be disabled

Bugs and requests

Groups

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Groups disappearing
  • Contacts not syncing properly
  • Inability to create new groups
  • Freezing and crashing on certain actions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to delete groups and contacts
  • Improved group management and sorting
  • Option to send mass texts without individual replies
  • Better integration with native contacts app

Duplicate Contacts Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes during contact processing
  • Merged contacts losing important details like notes and birthdays
  • Incorrect contact information after merging (e.g. wrong phone numbers)

Requested features

4 requests
  • Undo/rollback functionality
  • More granular control over merge/delete options
  • Support for sorting and filtering contacts
  • Backup and restore options for contact data

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Groups

Subscriptions3
  • Unlock All Features$0.991 Month
  • Plus$1.991 Month
  • Premium$2.991 Month
One-time8
  • Turn off Ads$1.99
  • Turn off Ads$4.99
  • + 500 icons$5.99
Show 5 more
  • Unlock All Features$5.99
  • + I just like your app2 variants$9.99
  • Unlock All Features$9.99
  • + I just like your app$14.99
  • + I really love your app!2 variants$19.99
1 purchases

Duplicate Contacts Manager

One-time1
  • Merger Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Groups free?
Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duplicate Contacts Manager free?
Duplicate Contacts Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Groups or Duplicate Contacts Manager?
Groups is rated higher. Groups averages 4.2 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while Duplicate Contacts Manager averages 4.1 from 763 ratings.
Do Groups or Duplicate Contacts Manager have ads?
Both Groups and Duplicate Contacts Manager show ads.
Which is updated more often, Groups or Duplicate Contacts Manager?
Groups ships an update every 8 days, and Duplicate Contacts Manager every 3 weeks. Most recently, Groups was updated on October 13, 2026 and Duplicate Contacts Manager on October 13, 2026.

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