Nearest Contacts vs Routific Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nearest Contacts
This app transforms your address book into a travel resource by showing you the nearest contacts on a map. It helps you find nearby friends, family, or customers, and locate points of interest like restaurants and hotels. Get driving directions and filter results by contact group or travel direction.
- Display contacts on a map
- Show distance and driving time
- Get driving directions
- Filter by contact group
- Filter by travel direction
- Built-in compass
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Geotag your Contacts! Nearest Contacts tells (and shows) you the nearest contacts from your address book. Use it on the road to recall those favorite restaurants and hotels, or to find nearby friends, family or customers. Nearest Contacts makes your address book a great travel resource. Keep track of hotels and road food, points of interest, anything you might want to come back to (or avoid!). For planning ahead, find contacts nearest to any place you choose. See your contacts on a map, showing distance and driving time, and get driving directions with a tap or two. Visiting a customer in the field? Use Nearest Contacts to find other nearby customers, or a favorite nearby bar to celebrate your success (or drown your sorrows). Filter the results by contact group or by travel direction, and use the built-in compass for orientation. With its simple and intuitive interface, Nearest Contacts makes your address book a more useful travel companion. (Nearest Contacts now requires iOS 15+)
Routific Driver
This app optimizes delivery routes for drivers, integrating with company accounts. It provides delivery details, navigation options, and real-time status updates for dispatchers. GPS tracking is also included for enhanced route management.
- Receive dispatched routes
- View delivery instructions
- Integrate with navigation apps
- Provide real-time status updates
- Share GPS location
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Streamline your delivery job with optimized routes. The Routific Driver app only works together with Routific's Route Optimization software. Your company needs to have an account with Routific for you to use this app. You can use this app to: - Receive and view the dispatched route from Routific. - View route information and delivery instructions for your customers. - Use your favorite navigation app with real-time traffic such as Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze. - Provide status updates for your deliveries so your dispatcher can follow along in real-time. - Share your GPS location to your dispatcher as you are driving your route (which will be disabled when you've completed your route).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Routific Driver at Free against Nearest Contacts's $1.99. Routific Driver also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). Nearest Contacts's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On 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
Routific Driver is free to download; Nearest Contacts costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nearest Contacts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Routific Driver has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Nearest Contacts's written reviews are positive against 84% of Routific Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nearest Contacts ships an update every 3 months, Routific Driver fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nearest Contacts | Routific Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lobitos Creek | Routific Solutions Inc |
Customer experience
Nearest Contacts
Routific Driver
In-app purchases
Nearest Contacts
No in-app purchases
Routific Driver
No in-app purchases







