Nearest Contacts vs Memory
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+)
Memory
Navigate anywhere with offline maps and GPS. Access a vast library of global maps, plan routes, and track your journey without a mobile data connection. Sync data across devices for seamless planning and navigation.
- Offline GPS navigation
- Downloadable global maps
- Route planning and editing
- 3D World map view
- Interactive terrain elevation profiles
- Cloud sync across devices
- GPX file import/export
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Download maps for Offline GPS Navigation. No mobile data connection required. Your favorite maps and charts from OS, Hema, NOAA, and many more. Immersive 3D World map view Fully customizable map, data display and toolbar buttons. Powerful overlay data management, using nested categories and GPX files Backup and load maps from thumb drive. Use the same maps and sync your overlay data to other mobile devices and desktop computers Interactive Route Profile showing terrain elevation Track Altitude and Speed profile graphs Show terrain ascent, descent, max elevation and estimated time for planned route The Memory-Map for All app turns your phone or tablet into a full-featured Outdoor GPS or Marine Chart Plotter, and allows you to navigate with USGS Topo maps, NOAA Marine charts, and many other specialist maps, without needing a mobile internet signal. Maps are downloaded on-the-fly and can be pre-loaded in bulk, so they are ready to be used offline. Once the app and maps are loaded to the phone or tablet, cellular network coverage or internet connection is not required for real time GPS navigation. The Memory-Map for All app can be used as a standalone GPS navigator, but it can also be used in conjunction with the Windows PC or Mac app (free download) for planning, printing and loading up maps, waypoints and routes to the phone/tablet. Memory-Map for All includes free access to 1:250,000 scale topographic maps and many other free maps around the world. More detailed maps are available for download and purchase with a free try-before-you-buy, time-limited demo option. Available maps include Ordnance Survey, Hema, USGS quads, NOAA, UKHO, and DeLorme. Maps can be used on your PC as well as your phone and tablet. The Cloud Sync feature allows you to keep the overlay data consistent on all your devices. Features include: Access a vast range of Worldwide maps and charts. Automatically downloads a free map of your current location Create and edit marks and routes. Import and export marks, routes and tracks in the open GPX format Interactive graphs of terrain elevation, GPS Altitude and Speed profile Display; Position, Course, Speed, Heading, Altitude and averages Position coordinates include Lat/Long, UTM, GB Grid, Irish Grid, Military Grid. Units displayed in Statute, Nautical or Metric, with separate unit setting for Height Support for GPS and Compass sensors, where available. Placename search index can be used offline. Moving map, lock GPS position and automatically scroll the map Records breadcrumb trail / tracklogs. Share position marks, routes and tracklogs as GPX files Full marine instrumentation features, with AIS, DSC and Anchor alarm NMEA data interface via WiFi for marine instruments Barometer & relative altitude Import custom icons for POI Alarms for mark proximity, Anchor, Geofence or Exclusion zone, Crostrack error
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Memory at Free against Nearest Contacts's $1.99. Memory also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On rating, update cadence, 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
Memory is free to download; Nearest Contacts costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nearest Contacts against 4.9 for Memory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Nearest Contacts's written reviews are positive against 80% of Memory's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Nearest Contacts | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lobitos Creek | Memory-Map |
Customer experience
Nearest Contacts
Memory
Bugs and requests
Nearest Contacts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Memory
Reported bugs
10 issues- App won't close properly with swipe-up gesture on iPhone
- Startup error message about improper closure
- Maps fail to download on new devices
- GPS location not detected on iPad despite enabled settings
- App switching gesture interferes with map centering
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- Dynamic Island doesn't show navigation instructions
- Zoom limits restrict detailed trail viewing
- Auto map change on zoom behaves unexpectedly
- Help function is inadequate/useless
- Cut-and-paste doesn't work on Mac desktop application
Requested features
14 requests- Apple CarPlay support
- Map auto-rotation to direction of travel
- More custom waypoint icons (food drop, water source, campsite, etc.)
- Better route optimization with more waypoints
- Map orientation options (North-up vs. route-up)
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- Postcode and OS grid reference search
- Location beacon within software
- More detailed maps for Australian regions (SA, NT)
- Foreign/European map availability
- Historical map access
- Font size control for map labels
- Bulk waypoint customization on import
- Course heading-up feature
- Built-in POI overlay list
In-app purchases
Nearest Contacts
No in-app purchases
Memory
No in-app purchases






