Comparison

Contacts Grouping vs Houji

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Grouping

Organize your contacts into custom groups with this powerful management tool. Automatically categorize contacts by company or create your own groups, then easily manage individual entries and communicate with entire groups via email or SMS. Enjoy a fast, responsive experience with customizable themes.

Highlights
  • Automatic contact grouping by company
  • Create, edit, and delete custom groups
  • Manage individual contacts
  • Search contacts
  • Email all group members
  • Send SMS to all group members (iPhone only)
  • Customizable group colors and sort order
Features
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Contacts Grouping is the most popular contact management software with easy-to-use. Features 1. Contact could be gathered in the groups automatically by company names. 2. Groups could be created, edited, or deleted freely. 3. You could also create, delete, and edit a single contact. 4. It support to search for contacts 5. And send email to all group members 6. Fantastic respond speed 7. Support to send sms/text to all group members(Just For iPhone) 8.You could change the group's sort 9.You could change the group's color 10.5 color app themes for choose. Mark: English,Japanese,Chinese versions are available.

About

Houji

Features
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houji is japanese custom. This App calculate houji_days.

Screenshots

Contacts Grouping4 screens
Houji4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Houji at $1.99 against Contacts Grouping's $19.99. Contacts Grouping's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On 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

Contacts Grouping costs $19.99 and Houji $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Grouping ships an update every 2 months, Houji every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contacts Grouping versus Houji: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts GroupingHouji
Price$19.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEJingher0.jp

In-app purchases

None

Contacts Grouping

No in-app purchases

None

Houji

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Grouping free?
Contacts Grouping costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Houji free?
Houji costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Grouping or Houji have ads?
Neither Contacts Grouping nor Houji shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Grouping or Houji?
Contacts Grouping ships an update every 2 months, and Houji every 7 months. Most recently, Contacts Grouping was updated on October 19, 2026 and Houji on October 9, 2026.

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