My Contacts Backup vs Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Contacts Backup
Easily back up and restore your phone's address book without needing a computer or cloud sync. Send contacts in a universal format via email for simple transfer and recovery on any device. Offers regular backup reminders and multiple export options.
- Offline backup to email
- Easy restore from VCF file
- Regular backup reminders
- Transfer contacts between iOS devices
- Export as VCF or CSV
- Delete all contacts
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"No signing in, no accounts, no activations, just send your contacts in a universal format to yourself or others through the mail app. This app backs your contacts up, or simply transfers them in a simple, tangible way that just about every device can read. Bravo!" My Contacts Backup is the easiest way to backup and restore your contacts all from your phone without needing a computer or synchronization. You can backup all your contacts with a single touch and send them to yourself as a .vcf attachment via email. All contacts can then easily be restored any time by simply opening the .vcf file in your mailbox with iOS Mail app. Key Features: * Offline Backup. No need to sync to any server. Just email the backup file to yourself. * Easy restore. No need to use any app to restore backup file. Just tap on the *.vcf backup file in the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad Mail client and restore your contacts for FREE. * In App vCard Restore Feature * Set REMINDER to backup regularly (weekly or monthly) * Easily transfer contacts between iOS Devices using just email client. * Backup Contacts as VCF (VCard) or Export Contacts as CSV (Excel) file * Delete All Contacts in Address Book * VCF backup is limited to max 500 contacts. You need to download PRO version for unlimited contacts backup. ---------- IMPORTANT NOTE: After sending backup file (*.vcf) to yourself, please check your inbox to see if message arrived and contains attachment (backup file). Sometimes email providers block attachments if attachment size is too large. Try with another mail account if possible, to send your backup file.
Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
This app automatically finds and merges duplicate contacts in your address book. It offers customizable matching levels and provides detailed reports. The app also suggests contact updates using AI and can capture new contacts from email signatures.
- Instant duplicate contact cleanup
- Customizable merge levels
- Automatic contact update suggestions
- Email signature contact capture
- Manages multiple contact sources
- Backup and restore contacts
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***Cleanup Duplicate Contacts app is now completely FREE*** ***REDUCED FROM $2.99 to $0 FOR A LIMITED PERIOD*** ---- NEW FEATURE: AUTOMATIC CONTACT UPDATE SUGGESTIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON CLEAN UP DUPLICATES APP ---- Cleanup Duplicate Contacts app will automatically suggest contact updates if any of the contacts in your address book have any changes in their contact information such as phone, work email, company, job title, location etc. The Updates feature is powered by our proprietary and secure AI Engine which discovers when important connection details change in your address book, and surfaces new contact info or updates so no contact information in your contact book becomes outdated. This mobile App runs automatically but you will stay in control. Before scanning your contacts, you can configure the merge level: only detect 100% matches or also detect several kinds of partial matching. After that, it will run a scan to check for all duplicate contacts. Once the scan is complete, it will present you with the results. You can then choose to remove all matching contacts from your address book or to merge only a sub-selection of the duplicates found. We let you analyse your address book as many times as you need for free. Also, the full preview of duplicates and partial duplicates is free as we want to convince you of the power of our deduplication algorithm. After you had a chance to review the suggested merges and we convinced you that our algorithm does a great job, you'll be prompted to upgrade to the premium version. Once you upgraded the app once, you will be able to save later analysis results for free as often as you want. Merging contacts happens automatically. All partially matching contact details will be merged under just one contact for better management. The contact management App also works flawlessly with multiple sources like Gmail and iCloud to keep all duplicate contacts centralised. - App Features - # Instant Cleanup of Duplicate Contacts # Choose the merge-level you need # Very fast - 5000 contacts centralized in about 45 seconds # Detailed reports of scanned results # Automatic merging of duplicate contacts # Manages multiple contact sources like Gmail and iCloud # Creates a backup of your address book before cleaning # Lets you easily restore backups or a part of a backup # Save and export contacts from your iPhone as a .CSV file # Introducing Email Signature Capture - connect your mailbox for Email Signature Capture and automatically discover new contacts from your email exchanges. You can save newly found contacts and contact updates directly on your phone’s address book (**available only on business emails on Outlook and Gmail**) # ”Updates” feature: Cleanup Duplicate Contacts app will automatically suggest contact updates if any of the contacts in your address book have any changes in their contact information such as phone, work email, company, job title, location etc. Cleanup Duplicate Contacts will clean up your mobile address book within seconds and you'll be amazed. This app is the ultimate contact cleaner. *****Awesome Customer Support***** If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at help@circleback.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cleanup Duplicate Contacts! at none against My Contacts Backup's 1. Cleanup Duplicate Contacts! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 62%). My Contacts Backup's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. My Contacts Backup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cleanup Duplicate Contacts! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for My Contacts Backup against 4.5 for Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10K and 8.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of My Contacts Backup's written reviews are positive against 83% of Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!'s.
My Contacts Backup ships an update every 3 months, Cleanup Duplicate Contacts! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Contacts Backup | Cleanup Duplicate Contacts! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | 83.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 8.8K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | GLOBILE BILISIM BILGISAYAR HIZMETLERI ILETISIM DANISMANLIK SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Business Contacts Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
My Contacts Backup
Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
User reviews
My Contacts Backup
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Excellent backup solution
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 🚀 Simple and straightforward
- 👍 Reliable and consistent
Room to improve
- 🐛 Doesn't back up all contacts
- 🐛 Email function not working
- 🐛 Deletes contacts
- 🐛 Corrupts contact data
- 🐛 Requires multiple steps
Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
From 8.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Seamless operation
- 👍 Straightforward
- 👍 Effective
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes
- 🐛 Deleted contacts
- 🐛 Unreliable
- 🐛 Didn't merge all duplicates
- 🔒 Privacy concerns about data sharing
Bugs and requests
My Contacts Backup
Reported bugs
5 issues- Email button not working
- Backup not saving all contacts
- Contacts getting deleted or corrupted
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Crashes and freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to import contacts from other sources
- Option to backup contacts to cloud storage
- Improved email integration
- Better support for large contact lists
- Ability to edit and manage contacts within the app
Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes during merging process
- Inconsistent behavior when re-merging contacts
- Deleting or losing contact information
Requested features
3 requests- Option to move contacts between groups
- Ability to select all backup contacts for deletion
- Improved backup and restore functionality
In-app purchases
My Contacts Backup
- In App vCard Restore$0.99
Cleanup Duplicate Contacts!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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