Recent Contacts vs iContacts+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View recently added contacts
- See exact contact addition time
- Contact addition statistics
- Contact addition history graphs
- Home screen quick actions
- Export contacts to spreadsheet
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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
iContacts+
This app offers advanced contact group management, enabling users to organize contacts into multiple groups. It provides features like group messaging, bulk delete, contact backup, and smart search dialing for efficient contact handling.
- Contact group management
- Group messaging and email
- Bulk contact deletion
- Contact backup and restore
- Advanced contact search
- Speed dial and smart search dial
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▷ Optimal technology for contact group management ◉ All-in-One, The Evolution of Contacts App Manage your contacts into groups and contact your contacts as a group. Contact group management is only a basic function. And you can manage groups more conveniently than the default app. Additionally, advanced search features, group messaging, group email, bulk delete contact, organize contacts, contact backup, quick favorites, speed dial, smart search dial, etc. These various features have been integrated into One App. ◉ Secure Contact Tool Contact data is valuable information to you. The contacts App uses the system's data, so it should work correctly and handle your data securely. ◉ Functions and Features [Real-time Synchronization] • Since the Contact data of the system is used as it is, the work contents are immediately reflected. [Multiple selection methods] • Most tasks can be processed quickly with multiple selections. [Contact Group Management] • Create a group and add contacts as group members • Organize multiple contacts into multiple groups at the same time • Copy or move contacts between groups • Real-time synchronization with the contact group on the system • Simultaneous support of iCloud and CardDAV [Advanced Contact Search Function] • Extract optimal data by specifying phone number or name as search method • Can search for initials in Korean language including double consonants [Group Message, Group Email] • Multiple contacts to send a message at the same time • Provides separate message-writing tools for convenient input [Organize contacts] • Extract and organize contacts into various conditions • Delete contacts in bulk [Backup Contact] • Backup or restore contacts by group • Archiving backup data by email [Contact Favorites] • Easily call and send messages to frequently used contacts [Smart Search Dial] • Dial pad with search contacts • Set up Speed dialing for speed dials • Change the touch sound of the dial • Search for initials using Korean consonants ◉ Notification • You must allow access to your iPhone when you first launch the App. • If the list of the order in your contact list changes after iOS updates, please change your iPhone settings. (Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Sort Order, Display Order) • Contact groups in Exchange mail are not supported. • The user's contact information is not used separately or sent outside.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Recent Contacts at 4.7 against iContacts+'s 4.3. Recent Contacts also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 73%) and chart position (#70 vs unranked). iContacts+'s advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Recent Contacts costs $4.99 and iContacts+ $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Recent Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recent Contacts has 603 ratings behind it against 116, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Recent Contacts's written reviews are positive against 73% of iContacts+'s.
Recent Contacts ships an update every 2 months, iContacts+ monthly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Recent Contacts | iContacts+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (603 ratings) — better | 4.3 (116 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better | 73.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 603 — better | 116 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #70 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Gorlick | Jeonghwan Kim |
Customer experience
Recent Contacts
iContacts+
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
iContacts+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Recent Contacts
No in-app purchases
iContacts+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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