Comparison

Contacts Grouping Lite 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

Contacts Grouping Lite

Organize your contacts into custom groups with this intuitive app. Automatically categorize contacts by company name or create your own groups. Easily manage, search, and communicate with your contact lists.

Highlights
  • Automatic grouping by company name
  • Custom group creation, editing, and deletion
  • Single contact management
  • Contact search functionality
  • Email all group members
  • SMS/text all group members (iPhone only)
  • Customizable group sorting and color
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 Mark: English,Japanese,Chinese versions are available. 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

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

Contacts Grouping Lite4 screens
Duplicate Contacts Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Contacts Grouping Lite at 4.7 against Duplicate Contacts Manager's 4.1. Contacts Grouping Lite also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Duplicate Contacts Manager's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 46%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Contacts Grouping Lite sells 1 in-app purchase, 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

Contacts Grouping Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duplicate Contacts Manager has 763 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Contacts Grouping Lite's written reviews are positive against 67% of Duplicate Contacts Manager's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Grouping Lite ships an update every 2 months, Duplicate Contacts Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Contacts Grouping Lite versus Duplicate Contacts Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts Grouping LiteDuplicate Contacts Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings) — better4.1 (763 ratings)
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69763 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEJingVimal Jain

Customer experience

Contacts Grouping Lite

All ratings69 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral12.9%
Negative41.1%

Duplicate Contacts Manager

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

Bugs and requests

Contacts Grouping Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

1 purchases

Contacts Grouping Lite

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Duplicate Contacts Manager

One-time1
  • Merger Pro$0.99

Questions

Is Contacts Grouping Lite free?
Contacts Grouping Lite 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, Contacts Grouping Lite or Duplicate Contacts Manager?
Contacts Grouping Lite is rated higher. Contacts Grouping Lite averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Duplicate Contacts Manager averages 4.1 from 763 ratings.
Do Contacts Grouping Lite or Duplicate Contacts Manager have ads?
Both Contacts Grouping Lite and Duplicate Contacts Manager show ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Grouping Lite or Duplicate Contacts Manager?
Contacts Grouping Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Duplicate Contacts Manager every 3 weeks. Most recently, Contacts Grouping Lite was updated on October 16, 2026 and Duplicate Contacts Manager on October 17, 2026.

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