Recent Contacts vs SafeMail
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
SafeMail
This tool helps you identify phishing and scam attempts in emails and messages. It analyzes text for suspicious patterns, provides a clear risk score, and explains why certain elements are flagged. Keep your communications secure with on-device analysis and a privacy-first design.
- Scan email text
- Upload files/screenshots for analysis
- Clear risk score (low, suspicious, high)
- Plain-language explanations of risks
- On-device analysis for privacy
- Scan history
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Stay safer from phishing emails in a few seconds. SafeMail helps you check email and message text for common scam and phishing patterns, using on-device analysis and simple explanations you can actually understand. How it works Paste the text of an email or message, or upload a file / screenshot. SafeMail scans the wording, links, and structure for phishing red flags. You get a clear risk score (low / suspicious / high) with a short summary. Read “Why we flagged this” to learn exactly what looked risky. What SafeMail looks for Urgent or time-pressure language (“your account will close in 24 hours”) Requests for passwords, codes, or other sensitive information Account status threats (limited, locked, suspended, unusual activity) Suspicious-looking links and domains Too-good-to-be-true money offers or “job” opportunities Wording and patterns often seen in phishing emails Key features Scan email text – Paste text from your mail app, browser, or screenshots. Upload files or screenshots – Analyze text from PDFs, .txt files, or photos using on-device text recognition (OCR). Clear risk score – See whether the message looks low-risk, suspicious, or very likely a scam. Plain-language explanations – Understand why something looks risky instead of just getting a yes/no answer. History – Review your recent scans in one place. On-device analysis – Scans run locally on your device. Results are stored on your device only and are not uploaded to a server. Privacy-first design No account required. No sign-in, tracking, or ads. Scan results are stored only on your device so you can review them later. Important note SafeMail is a helper tool, not a guarantee. No automated scanner can catch every scam. Always use your own judgment and, when in doubt, contact the company directly using their official website or app — not the links in a suspicious message. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/safemailprivacypolicy/home
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SafeMail at Free against Recent Contacts's $4.99. SafeMail also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Recent Contacts's advantage is ratings volume (601 vs 3) and chart position (#44 vs unranked). On 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
SafeMail is free to download; Recent Contacts costs $4.99 up front. Recent Contacts sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and SafeMail sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SafeMail holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recent Contacts has 601 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Recent Contacts ships an update every 2 months, SafeMail every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recent Contacts | SafeMail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (601 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Gorlick | Mohammad Abu Baker |
Customer experience
Recent Contacts
SafeMail
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
SafeMail
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Recent Contacts
- 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
SafeMail
- Monthly$2.991 Month
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