Comparison

A2Z Groups vs MetaFixer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

MetaFixer

This app helps you organize your Google Photos Takeout files by fixing missing metadata for dates and locations. It also recombines live photos and their associated videos, ensuring your media is saved correctly and chronologically to your device.

Highlights
  • Fixes missing photo/video metadata
  • Recombines live photos
  • Organizes by date
  • Saves to device library
  • Unzips takeout files
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MetaFixer fixes your Google Photos Takeout zip file's missing photos and videos metadata and streamlines the process of saving them back to your device’s photo library. The recommended method for exporting your Google Photos with all its metadata is via takeout. However, because Google Photos does not modify the EXIF metadata of any photos and videos for which you may have provided custom dates and locations in Google Photos, your photos and videos may appear with incorrect dates or locations once saved to your device. In addition, because the associated video of any live photos are saved as separate video files within the takeout file, your live photos become two separate files — a regular photo and a separate short video. Here is how MetaFixer fixes both these issues and streamlines the entire process: 1- It unzips the takeout file and reads any metadata included in the associated json files for each photo and video. 2- It checks if any photos also include an associated short video. These photos are recombined with their videos and saved as back live photos. 3- It saves the regular photos, live photos, and videos to your device, setting their updated dates and locations. It will save them in order by date, so that in addition to appearing in order in the Library section, they also appear in order within the Recents album. Free Plan The free plan is limited to saving up to 100 photos and videos from takeout files, suitable for testing the app and to save photos and videos from takeout files with less than 100 photos and videos. Premium Plan The premium plan saves an unlimited number of photos and videos from takeout files of any size. Subscription Pricing and Terms - Annual or monthly subscription billing will start immediately after your subscribe and will auto-renew each year or month. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least one day before the renewal date within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings in the App Store. - Subscriptions are nonrefundable, so please choose this option carefully. - Please refer to the In-App Purchases section for pricing. Terms and Use — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy — https://sync.photosplus.app/privacy.php

Screenshots

A2Z Groups4 screens
MetaFixer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: A2Z Groups at 82% against MetaFixer's 0%. A2Z Groups also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (3.9K vs 1). MetaFixer's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. A2Z Groups sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and MetaFixer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

A2Z Groups holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A2Z Groups has 3.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of A2Z Groups's written reviews are positive against 0% of MetaFixer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A2Z Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, MetaFixer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
A2Z Groups versus MetaFixer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA2Z GroupsMetaFixer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews81.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaya AppsPixegram, LLC

Customer experience

A2Z Groups

All ratings3,901 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews519 reviews
Positive81.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative13.3%

MetaFixer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

MetaFixer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

A2Z Groups

Subscriptions1
  • Premium (1 Year)2 variants$0.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium (Lifetime Access)$1.99
  • Make Contribution$4.99
  • Larger Contribution$9.99
2 purchases

MetaFixer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$2.991 Year

Questions

Is A2Z Groups free?
A2Z Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MetaFixer free?
MetaFixer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, A2Z Groups or MetaFixer?
A2Z Groups is rated higher. A2Z Groups averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while MetaFixer averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do A2Z Groups or MetaFixer have ads?
Neither A2Z Groups nor MetaFixer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A2Z Groups or MetaFixer?
A2Z Groups ships an update every 3 weeks, and MetaFixer every 6 weeks. Most recently, A2Z Groups was updated on September 22, 2026 and MetaFixer on June 7, 2026.

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