A2Z Groups vs Contacts Backup + Transfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A2Z Groups
Manage your contacts and send messages or emails to groups efficiently. Organize contacts, create custom groups, and send personalized mass communications. Features include backups, birthday reminders, and contact sharing.
- Create and manage contact groups
- Send mass texts and group emails
- Backup and restore contacts
- Birthday and anniversary notifications
- Share and export contacts
- Clone contacts and groups
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A2Z is the complete contact manager! With A2Z, you can easily create, edit, and delete contacts & groups. Send mass texts and group emails. View recently created contacts. Share or print your contacts. Create backups. Get birthday notifications. And so much more: CONTACTS: • View all of your contacts organized by account or group • Easily find a contact with A2Z's powerful search tool • Select multiple contacts and perform a number of actions including text, email, share, and delete • Quickly perform a number of functions with one touch directly from the contact card GROUPS: • Create groups of contacts from any account including iCloud, Google, Exchange or Outlook • Filter contacts by one or more groups at the same time • Add & remove contacts from a particular group • Add & remove groups from a particular contact FAVORITES: • Create a list of favorites allowing you to quickly call/message/email those contacts GROUP EMAILS & MESSAGES: • Send messages to groups via iMessage, SMS, & WhatsApp • Send emails to groups via Mail App or Gmail App • Attach photos & documents, including from Dropbox • Assign the to/cc/bcc email field to each contact individually • Give your message a personal touch - Automatically refer to each contact by name COMPANIES, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MOST VIEWED, RECENTLY CREATED/MODIFIED/DELETED: • Sort your contacts by company name • View upcoming birthdays & anniversaries • View your most frequently viewed contacts • View recently created & modified contacts • View & restore your recently deleted contacts SHARE CONTACTS: • Share one or more contacts via text message, email, or various other services • Export contacts in the CSV or vCard format DELETE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Quickly delete contacts & groups BACKUP: • Create a backup of any contact account • Restore your backup to any contact account CLONE CONTACTS & GROUPS: • Clone a contact from the contact card screen including all contact fields & groups • Clone a group so you don't have to add all of the group members manually START SCREEN: • Specify whether the app should load the contacts, groups, or favorites screen at startup SHORTCUTS: • Press & hold a contact or group to conveniently perform a number of common functions SYNC CONTACTS WITH GOOGLE: • Fully compatible with the "Contacts Sync" app WORKS WELL WITH OTHER CONTACT APPS: • Any contact changes you make with this app will be reflected in any other contact app that queries the iPhone address book (including the standard Contacts & Phone app) SUBSCRIPTIONS: • A2Z Contacts offers a "Premium" subscription which unlocks all of the premium features in the app, including unrestricted group emails and texts, unrestricted sharing of contacts, and access to future premium features. • The "Premium" subscription is priced at $0.99 USD and the subscription length is 1 year • Payment will be charged to 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 $0.99 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/en-us/articles/360003030954 • Privacy Policy: https://playaapps.zendesk.com/hc/articles/229824667
Contacts Backup + Transfer
Easily back up and export your contacts to secure them. Access and restore previous backups anytime. Premium features offer automatic backups, secure cloud storage, and encryption.
- Create full contact backups
- Export backups via Message, Email, Airdrop
- Access and restore previous backups
- Automatic contact backups (Pro)
- Secure cloud storage (Pro)
- AES-256 encryption (Pro)
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Back up your contacts in seconds with the easiest backup tool on the App Store. Simply pick the contacts you want to secure, and let the app create you a backup file in no time. Export your backups via Message, Email and Airdrop. At any time, you can access and restore previous backups. Some of the completely free features: • Create full backups of all your contacts in just a few seconds • Share and export backups via Message, Email, or Airdrop • Access all previous backups created through the app We also offer Contacts Backup Pro, a set of premium features to keep your contacts secure at all times while accessible from all places. This service includes the following features: • Automatic backups of your contacts • Secure cloud storage of your backups • Military-grade AES-256 encryption of your cloud backups This service is offered as an auto-renewable subscription for $2.99 per month. Please see the subscription details below. ------------------------ Subscription Information - The subscription price is $2.99 per month and is automatically renewed every month until cancelled. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Apple ID account settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any features requiring an active subscription (including Cloud Storage) may, at any time without notice, be turned off or removed after the subscription has ended. About Subscriptions: https://contactsbackup.app/subscriptions.html Privacy Policy: https://contactsbackup.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Contacts Backup + Transfer at freemium against A2Z Groups's subscription. Contacts Backup + Transfer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). A2Z Groups's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 57%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. A2Z Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Contacts Backup + Transfer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for A2Z Groups against 4.6 for Contacts Backup + Transfer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 8.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of A2Z Groups's written reviews are positive against 57% of Contacts Backup + Transfer's.
A2Z Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, Contacts Backup + Transfer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A2Z Groups | Contacts Backup + Transfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better | 4.6 (8.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.9% of reviews — better | 56.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K | 8.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playa Apps | One Wave AB |
Customer experience
A2Z Groups
Contacts Backup + Transfer
User reviews
A2Z Groups
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Efficient group messaging
- 💡 Helpful for organizing contacts
- 🔒 Reliable privacy policy
- 👍 Customizable groups
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🐛 Issues with message delivery
- 🐛 Syncing problems after updates
- 🐛 Duplicate contacts
- 🐛 Disappearing notes/data
Contacts Backup + Transfer
From 8.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and easy to use
- 👍 Simple and straightforward
- 💡 Effective contact transfer solution
- 🚀 Quick backup and restore process
- 👍 Seamless AirDrop integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Backup not working for all contacts
- 🐛 Corrupted/incomplete contact data
- 🐛 Functionality issues on newer iOS versions
- 💰 Paid version required for full functionality
Bugs and requests
A2Z Groups
Reported bugs
4 issues- Contacts being deleted unexpectedly
- Inability to save contact information
- Syncing issues with Google/Outlook contacts
- Unreliable group messaging
Requested features
5 requests- Scheduled messaging
- Improved group management
- Better integration with native Contacts app
- Map feature
- Birthdays/anniversaries tracking
Contacts Backup + Transfer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Backup file not readable or usable
- All contacts not backed up successfully
- App freezing or crashing on open
Requested features
3 requests- Improved backup and restore reliability
- Support for more contact data types
- Ability to selectively backup/restore contacts
In-app purchases
A2Z Groups
- Premium (1 Year)2 variants$0.991 Year
- Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
- Make Contribution$4.99
- Larger Contribution$9.99
Contacts Backup + Transfer
- Contact Backup Pro$2.991 Month
Questions
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