Comparison

Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean vs gluble

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean

Effortlessly sync, back up, and clean your iPhone contacts with cloud services like Google, Outlook, and Yahoo. Easily export contacts to Excel or vCard, and import them back into your address book. The app intelligently merges duplicates to maintain a tidy contact list.

Highlights
  • Two-way sync with Google, Outlook, Yahoo
  • Backup contacts to Excel or vCard
  • Import contacts from Excel or vCard
  • Sync contacts between multiple devices/platforms
  • Intelligent duplicate contact merging
  • Clean and intuitive interface
Features
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Use this app, you can: 1) Two-way rapidly sync Google/Outlook/Yahoo contacts with iPhone contacts, 2) Backup iPhone contacts to Excel or vCard files, and share contacts by sending Email or iTunes sharing, 3) Read the backup files (Excel, vCard), and import local address book Use this app, you also can: 1) Sync contacts between multiple mobile platforms or devices, 2)Access your contacts at anywhere via Google/Outlook/Yahoo cloud, 3) Shared your backup contacts with other platforms / devices #####CONTACTS SYNC##### *)Support DOWNLOAD contacts from Gmail/Outlook/Yahoo to iPhone/iPod touch/iPad devices and depending on the configuration, intelligently merging or replacing duplicate contacts. *)Support UPLOAD contacts to Google/Outlook/Yahoo cloud and depending on the configuration, intelligently merging or replacing duplicate contacts. *)Intelligently identify the contact information of the same name, duplicate contacts can be merged in updates to ensure that DO NOT produce duplicate contacts. *)Using newest technology, it takes less 30 seconds to sync 2000+ contacts and it is accurate and efficient. *)Support sync of contacts group to make sure contacts are still in the group after sync. *)Support sync of contact avatar, and based on the practical situation to create flexible configuration. *)Support the followed information of sync Google/Yahoo contact: - Contact name - Avatar - Phone number - Email - Address - Instant message - Social relation - Job information - Birthday and anniversaries - Home page - Custom label *)Support the followed information of sync Outlook contact: - Contact name - Phone number - Email - Address - Instant message - Social relation - Job information - Birthday - Home page *)Compatibility with iOS11 or later and iPhone/iPod touch/iPad devices. *)Clean and intuitive interface, following the wizard and using the default options, you can easily complete the sync / backup process. It also provides a more flexible options for advanced users #####CONTACT BACKUP & IMPORT##### *)Mass-backup(export) iPhone contacts to CSV(Excel) or VCF(vCard) format. *)Mass-import contact (CSV & VCF) to iPhone address book. *)Support manual select contacts to backup. *)When importing contacts, contact information automatically matched & merged, ensure that DO NOT produce duplicate contacts. *)One-tap sending backed up contact file (CSV & VCF). *)Support share backup file (CSV & VCF) via iTunes sharing. #####CONTACTS CLEANUP##### *)Search duplicate contacts by contact’s name, phone numbers and emails. *)Bulk-merge duplicate contacts. *)Search contact that no name, no phones, duplicate phones, duplicate emails. *)Bulk-merge contact’s duplicate informations, delete garbage items.

About

gluble

Features
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Gluble is a Bluetooth group messaging app for situations where Wi-Fi or mobile data are unavailable or impractical — music festivals with overloaded networks, conferences and meetups, sports stadiums, hiking trips, sailing, or any busy venue where the signal drops. HOW IT WORKS Phones near each other discover one another over Bluetooth Low Energy and exchange messages directly, without going through the internet or any server. Each phone keeps its own cryptographic keypair locally in the iOS Keychain so messages can be signed and verified between the people you are talking with. KEY FEATURES - End-to-end encrypted: Direct messages and private channels are sealed with AES-256-GCM. Photos travel inside the encrypted payload, never as plaintext. Every packet is signed with Ed25519 so recipients can verify who sent it. - Bluetooth-only: Device-to-device communication. No outbound HTTP requests to third parties. No location tracking. No analytics. No ads. - Public hashtag channels and private channels: Join open conversations by hashtag, or create a private channel for your group protected by a 10-character access code with Argon2id key derivation. - Identity verification: Verify any contact face-to-face by scanning their QR code, so you know exactly who you are talking to. - Block users: You can block any sender; their messages will no longer appear on your device. - Proof-of-work anti-spam: Every message requires solving a small cryptographic challenge (SHA-256 leading zeros), which makes mass spam computationally expensive on the local mesh. - Photo attachments: Attach images to your messages, encrypted in private channels and direct messages. - Local message history: The last 50 messages per channel are cached for 8 hours on nearby devices, so people who arrive a bit late can still see the context. USE CASES - Music festivals and large events: coordinate with your group when the cellular network is overloaded. - Conferences and meetups: keep your team coordinated during sessions. - Stadiums and venues: a private channel for the venue's daily menu, fan chat in real time. - Outdoor activities (hiking, sailing, camping): communicate with your group when there is no coverage. - Travel: keep your travel group connected across an unfamiliar city. - Weddings: Create a private channel and share the code with guests. Nobody gives their name,number or email. Enable auto photo-save and every image shared in the channel. PRIVACY Gluble does not use email, phone number, or any personal data. Each phone generates an Ed25519 and X25519 keypair on first launch and stores it locally in the iOS Keychain. There is no central server, no cloud account, and no public profile — a technical consequence of the offline Bluetooth architecture.

Screenshots

Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean4 screens
gluble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: gluble at none against Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean's 3. gluble also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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 Sync, Backup & Clean sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. gluble asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean ships an update every 10 days, gluble weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean versus gluble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts Sync, Backup & Cleangluble
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer峥 俞Pedro Luis Garcia Alonso

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean

One-time3
  • Merge Duplicate Contacts$2.99
  • Backup Contacts Pro$2.99
  • Google Contacts Sync Pro Edition$3.99
None

gluble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean free?
Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gluble free?
gluble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean or gluble have ads?
Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean shows ads; gluble does not.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean or gluble?
Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean ships an update every 10 days, and gluble weekly. Most recently, Contacts Sync, Backup & Clean was updated on October 20, 2026 and gluble on October 17, 2026.

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