Comparison

Recent Contacts vs Contact.s Back Up

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

Head to head
About

Recent Contacts

View your most recently added contacts with precise timestamps. This app provides insights into your contact addition patterns, including statistics and historical graphs. It also offers home screen quick actions and the ability to export your data.

Highlights
  • View recently added contacts
  • See exact contact addition time
  • Contact addition statistics
  • Contact addition history graphs
  • Home screen quick actions
  • Export contacts to spreadsheet
Features
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See your most recently added contacts. And more! Select a row to see the exact time a contact was added. Useful for business contacts, new love interests — just relax and let Recent Contacts sort out the details. Features include: • stats such as when you are most likely to get a new contact • graphs of your recent contact addition history • home screen quick actions • ability to export to a spreadsheet • more reliable than competitors I hope you find it useful and thanks for checking out Recent Contacts! -Kyle

About

Contact.s Back Up

Easily back up, restore, and sync all your phone contacts with a single tap. Store them locally or in cloud services like Google Drive and iCloud. Export contacts to spreadsheets for organization and analysis.

Highlights
  • One-tap contact backup
  • Cloud sync (Google Drive, iCloud)
  • Contact restore functionality
  • Export contacts to spreadsheets
  • Merge, filter, and remove contacts
  • Auto backup function
Features
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Backup all your contacts in just a single tap with an easy tool that will help you to save all the contacts in your agenda to never lose a phone number again. The easiest way to restore, backup, and sync your contacts right to the palm of your hand. • Update the contacts you have at any time of the day with just a single tap. • Backup all the contacts in your agenda right to your local memory and make sure you won't lose them again. • Backup your contacts in Google Drive, iCloud, Gmail, or Exchange to keep all the information in a safe place while reducing the number of contacts you save in your device’s memory. • Restore your contacts whenever you need it. • Export your contacts to spreadsheets, and organize, store, or analyze the information you have on them at any time. • Merge, filter, and remove the contacts you have saved in your phone in just a couple of steps. • Share your whole list of contacts in just seconds with our in-app email sharing functionality. • Find your contacts much easier with the large list of filter options we have included for you to find people faster. • Include all the information and notes you want to add to each contact and create your database right in your device. • Don’t worry about updating your contacts manually, just activate our auto backup function, and let us help you with that. • Look for contacts you have added or deleted in your backup history tab. Don’t lose those important contacts, boost your device’s memory, and organize all your important information in one single easy-to-us Become a PRO user: 1. Title of publication or service:Contacts PRO. 2. Length of Subscription & Price of Subscription, price per unit if appropriate: - Weekly(3 Days Free Trial) 3. Prices of Subscription: - 3 day free trial then $4.99 per week - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month - $49.99 per year 4. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase 5. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn of the auto-renew subscription from iPhone setting 6. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal 7. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. 8. Privacy Policy: https://insanedevelopersllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/ 9. Terms of use: https://insanedevelopersllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Recent Contacts4 screens
Contact.s Back Up3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Contact.s Back Up at Free against Recent Contacts's $4.99. Contact.s Back Up also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Recent Contacts's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Contact.s Back Up is free to download; Recent Contacts costs $4.99 up front. Recent Contacts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Contact.s Back Up sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recent Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 598 and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Recent Contacts's written reviews are positive against 73% of Contact.s Back Up's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recent Contacts ships an update every 2 months, Contact.s Back Up fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Recent Contacts versus Contact.s Back Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecent ContactsContact.s Back Up
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (598 ratings) — better4.5 (1.2K ratings)
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews — better73.4% of reviews
Number of ratings5981.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#81 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle GorlickSymon Johnson

Customer experience

Recent Contacts

All ratings598 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.7%

Contact.s Back Up

All ratings1,246 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative22.8%

User reviews

Recent Contacts

From 598 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient for finding recent contacts
  • 👍 Helpful for remembering names and numbers
  • 💡 Useful for business and networking
  • 🔒 Great privacy policy
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate contact dates after restoring from backup
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior when editing contacts
  • 💡 Lack of dark mode option
  • 💡 Need ability to archive or categorize contacts

Contact.s Back Up

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient
  • 💯 Works as expected
  • 🔒 Secure backup
  • 📚 Helpful for job transition

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate
  • 💳 Requires payment info
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🤖 Poor interface design

Bugs and requests

Recent Contacts

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inaccurate contact dates after restoring from backup
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing contacts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve contact editing functionality
  • Allow archiving or categorizing of contacts
  • Provide more sorting/filtering options

Contact.s Back Up

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login/signup issues
  • Disappearing contact information
  • Backup and restore not working as expected
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Sync with Gmail contacts
  • Restore deleted contacts
  • Improved backup and restore process
  • Better error handling and warnings

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Recent Contacts

One-time4
  • Tip for Developer (Small)$0.99
  • Tip for Developer (Medium)$4.99
  • Tip for Developer (Large)$9.99
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  • Tip for Developer (Very Large)$14.99
11 purchases

Contact.s Back Up

Subscriptions10
  • Contacts Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Contacts Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Contacts Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$19.99

Questions

Is Recent Contacts free?
Recent Contacts costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Contact.s Back Up free?
Contact.s Back Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recent Contacts or Contact.s Back Up?
Recent Contacts is rated higher. Recent Contacts averages 4.7 out of 5 from 598 ratings, while Contact.s Back Up averages 4.5 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Recent Contacts or Contact.s Back Up have ads?
Neither Recent Contacts nor Contact.s Back Up shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recent Contacts or Contact.s Back Up?
Recent Contacts ships an update every 2 months, and Contact.s Back Up fortnightly. Most recently, Recent Contacts was updated on September 24, 2026 and Contact.s Back Up on September 25, 2026.

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