Contacts Grouping vs A2Z Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
A2Z Groups
Manage your contacts and send messages or emails to groups efficiently. Organize contacts, create custom groups, and send personalized mass communications. Features include backups, birthday reminders, and contact sharing.
- Create and manage contact groups
- Send mass texts and group emails
- Backup and restore contacts
- Birthday and anniversary notifications
- Share and export contacts
- Clone contacts and groups
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A2Z is the complete contact manager! With A2Z, you can easily create, edit, and delete contacts & groups. Send mass texts and group emails. View recently created contacts. Share or print your contacts. Create backups. Get birthday notifications. And so much more: CONTACTS: • View all of your contacts organized by account or group • Easily find a contact with A2Z's powerful search tool • Select multiple contacts and perform a number of actions including text, email, share, and delete • Quickly perform a number of functions with one touch directly from the contact card GROUPS: • Create groups of contacts from any account including iCloud, Google, Exchange or Outlook • Filter contacts by one or more groups at the same time • Add & remove contacts from a particular group • Add & remove groups from a particular contact FAVORITES: • Create a list of favorites allowing you to quickly call/message/email those contacts GROUP EMAILS & MESSAGES: • Send messages to groups via iMessage, SMS, & WhatsApp • Send emails to groups via Mail App or Gmail App • Attach photos & documents, including from Dropbox • Assign the to/cc/bcc email field to each contact individually • Give your message a personal touch - Automatically refer to each contact by name COMPANIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MOST VIEWED, RECENTLY CREATED/MODIFIED/DELETED: • Sort your contacts by company name • View upcoming birthdays & anniversaries • View your most frequently viewed contacts • View recently created & modified contacts • View & restore your recently deleted contacts SHARE CONTACTS: • Share one or more contacts via text message, email, or various other services • Export contacts in the CSV or vCard format DELETE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Quickly delete contacts & groups BACKUP: • Create a backup of any contact account • Restore your backup to any contact account CLONE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Clone a contact from the contact card screen including all contact fields & groups • Clone a group so you don't have to add all of the group members manually START SCREEN: • Specify whether the app should load the contacts, groups, or favorites screen at startup SHORTCUTS: • Press & hold a contact or group to conveniently perform a number of common functions SYNC CONTACTS WITH GOOGLE: • Fully compatible with the "Contacts Sync" app WORKS WELL WITH OTHER CONTACT APPS: • Any contact changes you make with this app will be reflected in any other contact app that queries the iPhone address book (including the standard Contacts & Phone app) SUBSCRIPTIONS: • A2Z Contacts offers a "Premium" subscription which unlocks all of the premium features in the app, including unrestricted group emails and texts, unrestricted sharing of contacts, and access to future premium features. • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $0.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of $0.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of use: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003030954 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/229824667
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: A2Z Groups at 82% against Contacts Grouping's 37%. A2Z Groups also leads on price (Free vs $19.99) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 20). Contacts Grouping's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On ads and device support 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
A2Z Groups is free to download; Contacts Grouping costs $19.99 up front. A2Z Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Contacts Grouping asks for nothing beyond the download.
Contacts Grouping holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A2Z Groups has 3.9K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Contacts Grouping's written reviews are positive against 82% of A2Z Groups's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Contacts Grouping ships an update every 2 months, A2Z Groups every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacts Grouping | A2Z Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 36.6% of reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 3.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EJing | Playa Apps |
Customer experience
Contacts Grouping
A2Z Groups
Bugs and requests
Contacts Grouping
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
A2Z Groups
Reported bugs
4 issues- Contacts being deleted unexpectedly
- Inability to save contact information
- Syncing issues with Google/Outlook contacts
- Unreliable group messaging
Requested features
5 requests- Scheduled messaging
- Improved group management
- Better integration with native Contacts app
- Map feature
- Birthdays/anniversaries tracking
In-app purchases
Contacts Grouping
No in-app purchases
A2Z Groups
- Premium (1 Year)2 variants$0.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
- Make Contribution$4.99
- Larger Contribution$9.99
Questions
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