Comparison

Contact Exporter vs CSV to Excel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Contact Exporter

Safeguard your valuable contacts with a comprehensive backup and export solution. Effortlessly clean up duplicates, import from various formats, and organize contacts into custom groups. Ensures your relationships are always accessible and well-managed.

Highlights
  • Export contacts to Excel, CSV, VCF, TXT
  • Include contact photos in exports
  • Detect and fix duplicate contacts
  • Normalize phone numbers to E.164
  • Import from VCF, CSV, XLSX, ABBU
  • Create custom contact groups
  • Generate Avery mailing labels
Features
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Lose your contacts and you lose years of relationships. Contact Exporter backs up every name, number, and photo on your iPhone — and exports them anywhere you need. On the App Store since 2011. Rebuilt for iOS 17. Export Without Limits • Excel, CSV, VCF, and TXT — pick the fields, the format, and the order • Photos exported with Excel and VCF, not just text • Export everyone, a handpicked few, or a whole group — your selections save for next time Clean Up the Mess • Catch duplicates, invalid emails, malformed numbers, and stray whitespace • Fix in one tap or review every change first • Phone numbers normalized to E.164 across 50+ countries Smart Import & Recovery • Drop in a VCF, CSV, XLSX, or ABBU and see what's new, what changed, and what's already there before anything is written • Restore from any backup — yours or someone else's, no questions asked Tools Beyond Export • Custom groups — family, clients, holiday list, project crew • Avery mailing labels, print-ready for invitations and business mail • Gravatar enrichment — adds real profile photos to anyone with an email • Monthly reminders and one-tap backup so you never forget Built private. Everything happens on your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. How It Works 1. Pick your contacts — all of them, a group, or specific ones 2. Choose your format and the fields you want 3. Tap export. Done. Back up your contacts today and stop hoping nothing breaks. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://BigBalli.com/privacy

About

CSV to Excel

Features
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Convert your first CSV into a clean Excel workbook (.xlsx) for free. Preview your data before exporting. For large files, preview up to the first 500 rows; the exported workbook still includes the complete file. Everything runs on your iPhone, offline and without uploading your file or requiring an account. Got an export from your bank, online store, or reporting tool? Open it, preview your data, and share a clean Excel workbook that opens in Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers, and Google Sheets. HOW IT WORKS 1. Import a CSV from Files, iCloud Drive, or any app 2. Preview your data in a scrollable table 3. Tap Create Excel — then share or save your .xlsx anywhere OPENS ANY CSV • Comma, semicolon, tab, or pipe delimiters — detected automatically • European CSV exports work out of the box • Smart encoding detection (UTF-8, Windows-1252, Latin-1) • Handles quoted fields, ragged rows, and files without a .csv extension • Also supports TSV and plain-text tables BUILT FOR PRIVACY Everything happens on your device. Your files are never uploaded to a server, and conversion works completely offline. No account or sign-in required. LARGE FILES Preview up to the first 500 rows. The exported workbook includes the complete file. WHO IT'S FOR Finance, ecommerce, operations, sales — anyone who receives CSV exports and needs a clean spreadsheet on the go. Your first CSV-to-Excel export is free. Pro unlocks unlimited future exports. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y4Mhhyeza2RJlpv2dAGQ2yM7A4Lisr6Y8B_jnYcvg-c/edit?usp=sharing

Screenshots

Contact Exporter4 screens
CSV to Excel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CSV to Excel at Free against Contact Exporter's $1.99. Contact Exporter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CSV to Excel is free to download; Contact Exporter costs $1.99 up front. CSV to Excel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Contact Exporter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contact Exporter ships an update every 3 weeks, CSV to Excel monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Contact Exporter versus CSV to Excel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContact ExporterCSV to Excel
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBigBalli Consulting llcRUEBEN ANSOLIWEN AKANKOBATENG

In-app purchases

None

Contact Exporter

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CSV to Excel

Subscriptions2
  • All access monthly$2.991 Month
  • All access yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • All access Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Contact Exporter free?
Contact Exporter costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CSV to Excel free?
CSV to Excel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Contact Exporter or CSV to Excel have ads?
Neither Contact Exporter nor CSV to Excel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contact Exporter or CSV to Excel?
Contact Exporter ships an update every 3 weeks, and CSV to Excel monthly. Most recently, Contact Exporter was updated on November 1, 2026 and CSV to Excel on October 28, 2026.

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