Comparison

Contacts Grouping vs TEL++

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 send emails or texts to entire lists. 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
  • Send emails to group members
  • Send SMS/text to group members (iPhone only)
  • Customizable group sorting and colors
  • Multiple app themes
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

TEL++

This app organizes your contacts by automatically grouping them based on company name. It offers easy creation, deletion, and sorting of groups, with a clean interface for viewing company and personal details.

Highlights
  • Automatic grouping by company
  • Create, delete, and sort groups
  • Company/person display switching
  • New contact creation
  • Archive group functionality
  • 100% share with standard Contacts
Features
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I will provide a new representation of the useful address book. You enter the company name of the contact the customer shops. App realize the group by the company on its own. When displayed separately in the "company / people", It is the address book that is easy to use easy to see very simple. - Can create, delete or sort groups of  - 100% share on standard Contacts [How to use] Company / Name: display switching +: New contact creation Tap:Details display Long press: New creation (Already entered the company name) slide to the left: The moved to the archive group Contacts: Display the same as the standard Contacts app Archive: The listed by Archive Group

Screenshots

Contacts Grouping4 screens
TEL++4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TEL++ at Free against Contacts Grouping's $19.99. TEL++ also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 41%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TEL++ is free to download; Contacts Grouping costs $19.99 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, TEL++ every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Contacts Grouping versus TEL++: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts GroupingTEL++
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.5% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEJingShinichi Aokawa

Customer experience

Contacts Grouping

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive41.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative46.3%

TEL++

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Contacts Grouping

No in-app purchases

None

TEL++

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Grouping free?
Contacts Grouping costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TEL++ free?
TEL++ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Grouping or TEL++ have ads?
Neither Contacts Grouping nor TEL++ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Grouping or TEL++?
Contacts Grouping ships an update every 2 months, and TEL++ every 6 weeks. Most recently, Contacts Grouping was updated on November 1, 2026 and TEL++ on October 24, 2026.

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