Comparison

Contacts Mover vs SMS Filter

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Mover

Easily sync or move contacts between any two accounts on your device. Merge corporate contacts into iCloud or manage various account types like Outlook, Exchange, and Google. Offers flexible sync modes and filters to manage your contact data efficiently.

Highlights
  • Sync or move between any contact accounts
  • True 2-way sync
  • One-way and manual sync/move options
  • Filter by selected groups
  • Automatic addition to groups
  • Review changes before sync/move
  • Syncs all contact fields and photos
Features
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Contacts Mover allows you to quickly and easily sync or move contacts between any pair of contact accounts on your iPhone. Most commonly, the app is used to merge corporate Outlook contacts into iCloud. The app can handle any type of account configured on your iPhone including Outlook, Exchange, iCloud, Google, Yahoo, or a CardDAV account. SYNC & MOVE OPTIONS: • Sync or move any pair of iPhone/iPad contact accounts including Exchange, Outlook, iCloud, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Local, & CardDAV • With a true 2-way sync, you can merge changes you've made to each contact account • Choose from one of the following sync modes: 2-way sync, 1-way sync, & manual sync • Choose from one of the following move types: 1-way move & manual move APPLY FILTERS • Choose to sync selected groups only • Choose to ignore new contacts including those without an email or phone AUTO ADD TO GROUP: • Automatically add synced contacts to a specified group such as “Modified by Contacts Mover” CONFIRM CHANGES: • Review each change before the sync/move actually begins • Easily override changes SYNC/MOVE HISTORY: • Monitor the results of the current sync or move, and review the results of the last 100 syncs/moves SYNCS/MOVES ALL FIELDS: • Syncs/moves all fields including names, phonetic names, nicknames, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, company names, job titles, departments, birthdays, anniversaries, events, notes, web page addresses, relationships, instant messaging accounts, & social profiles • Syncs/moves contact photos • Syncs/moves custom labels & custom fields AUTOMATIC SYNC/MOVE: • Automatically syncs/moves contacts in the background 24/7 SUPPORT: • In the case that you need support, our friendly American customer support team usually answers emails within 4 hours SUBSCRIPTIONS: • Contacts Mover offers a "Premium" subscription which unlocks all of the premium features in the app, including the ability to sync an unlimited number of contacts and to auto sync in the background. • Without an upgrade, the app will sync no more than 40 contacts, nor will it move more than 10 contacts • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $3.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at a cost of $3.99 USD • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • Terms of use: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/360004359533 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/115006325267

About

SMS Filter

Take control of your incoming text messages by filtering out spam, junk, and unwanted SMS/MMS. Create custom rules based on keywords, patterns, or regular expressions to blacklist or whitelist messages. An optional yearly subscription offers advanced spam protection with a spammers database and statistical analysis.

Highlights
  • Customizable filtering rules
  • Filter by text patterns, keywords, regexp
  • Blacklist/Whitelist messages
  • Test rules on sample messages
  • Spam Protection subscription
  • Spammer database
  • Statistical spam analysis
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Stop being distracted with spam, junk or other unwanted text messages, including SMS and MMS. With SMS Filter, you now at last have a control of incoming text messages. Features: - create your own list of rules to filter your incoming text messages - filter incoming text messages by text patterns, keywords, or regexp - blacklist or whitelist messages that match particular rule - test your rules on test message Pro feature: Spam Protection subscription. Stay protected from massive spam attacks, let you messages be checked with our spammer database - for only $2.99 yearly (price varies by country). Spam Protection works following way: - when several users receive the same SMS from same sender during short period of time - that looks like a massive spam mailing. Once we detect that mailing, we treat next messages from that sender as a spam, and sender - as spammer. - once sender is marked as spammer, new messages from this sender to subscribers are filtered. A list of such senders is our spammer database. - once message is marked as spam, we use statistical algorithms to analyze text in it. In case new SMS message is sent from unknown phone number to subscriber, and it is similar to known spam messages, we filter it either. Support: support@deftapps.com Privacy & Terms of Service - We highly respect your privacy. You can find our Privacy Policy here http://deftapps.com/SMSFilter/privacy_policy.html - You can view our Terms of Service here http://deftapps.com/SMSFilter/terms_and_conditions.html Note about Spam Protection subscription: - 14-day trial - Spam Protection is provided to you on a subscription basis for the yearly term. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at the end of trial period. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

Screenshots

Contacts Mover4 screens
SMS Filter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Contacts Mover at 83% against SMS Filter's 27%. Contacts Mover also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 14). SMS Filter's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Contacts Mover sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and SMS Filter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Contacts Mover holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts Mover has 2.7K ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Contacts Mover's written reviews are positive against 27% of SMS Filter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Mover ships an update every 3 months, SMS Filter every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Contacts Mover versus SMS Filter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts MoverSMS Filter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.7K ratings) — better3.7 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews — better26.7% of reviews
Number of ratings2.7K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaya AppsIurii Mozharovskyi

Customer experience

Contacts Mover

All ratings2,688 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews465 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative15.3%

SMS Filter

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Contacts Mover

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Syncing issues for some users
  • Unexpected contact deletions

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improved duplicate contact management
  • Ability to delete contacts in bulk

SMS Filter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Contacts Mover

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Year)$3.991 Year
One-time3
  • Make Contribution$4.99
  • Premium (Lifetime Access)$5.99
  • Make Larger Contribution$9.99
1 purchases

SMS Filter

Subscriptions1
  • Spam Protection14 Days trial$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Contacts Mover free?
Contacts Mover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMS Filter free?
SMS Filter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Contacts Mover or SMS Filter?
Contacts Mover is rated higher. Contacts Mover averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while SMS Filter averages 3.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Contacts Mover or SMS Filter have ads?
Neither Contacts Mover nor SMS Filter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Mover or SMS Filter?
Contacts Mover ships an update every 3 months, and SMS Filter every 8 months. Most recently, Contacts Mover was updated on October 15, 2026 and SMS Filter on October 6, 2026.

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