Recent Contacts vs Voicenote Library
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
Voicenote Library
Easily save, organize, and instantly reshare cherished voice messages. Trim audio clips to perfection and share them across various messaging platforms. Your voice notes are securely backed up to iCloud.
- Save and organize voice messages
- Instant sharing across messaging apps
- Trim audio clips with waveform editor
- iMessage integration for quick sending
- Automatic iCloud backup
- Create custom folders
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Voicenote Library is where your favorite voice recordings live. The laugh that caught you off guard. The message that made you cry. The "I love you" you never want to lose. Save the voice notes that matter, then send them again, instantly, to anyone, from anywhere. GIVE THEM A HOME • Import voice notes straight out of Messages and WhatsApp • Upload existing audio and video files • One library. No more scrolling through chat history to find a voice note you sent yourself weeks ago. FIND ANYTHING IN SECONDS • Every recording transcribed automatically • Full-text search across transcripts, not just filenames • Translate any transcript into another language BUILT TO STAY ORGANIZED • Folders and tags, your system, not ours • Trim recordings right in the app • Play with the screen off or from the lock screen SYNCED, SHAREABLE • iCloud sync keeps every device current • One tap to send a recording right back to Messages or another app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Voicenote Library at Free against Recent Contacts's $4.99. Voicenote Library also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Recent Contacts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (601 vs 1). On ads 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
Voicenote Library is free to download; Recent Contacts costs $4.99 up front. Voicenote Library sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recent Contacts asks for nothing beyond the download.
Voicenote Library 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Recent Contacts ships an update every 2 months, Voicenote Library every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recent Contacts | Voicenote Library |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (601 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #135 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyle Gorlick | Kissme Delos Santos |
Customer experience
Recent Contacts
Voicenote Library
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
Voicenote Library
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Recent Contacts
No in-app purchases
Voicenote Library
- Pro$12.99
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