Contact[s] 2 vs Flash
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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Contact[s] 2
A streamlined address book designed for easy contact management. Quickly initiate calls, texts, or emails with your favorite people. Features synchronized contacts and custom mail client integration.
- Quick call, text, email initiation
- Synchronized contacts
- Custom mail client support
- Birthday reminders via Today Widget
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Contact[s] is a very special address book, designed for the people you love. Quickly make phone calls, send text messages or emails. It’s that simple. Your contacts are always synchronized, you don’t have to worry about it. You can also use custom mail clients, like Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo Mail, Dispatch, Airmail, Spark, or Fastmail. You can now use the Today Widget to find your contacts birthdays.
Flash
Enhance your phone calls with visual communication. Share photos and videos instantly during calls, or send them as private messages that can self-destruct. Edit your media with captions, stickers, and filters before sharing.
- Send photos and videos during calls
- Use photos as caller ID
- Password-protected self-deleting messages
- Photo and video editor with stickers and filters
- Picture and video messaging
- Group messaging and live chat
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Flash redefines phone calls by adding picture and video sharing to make phone calls fun and exciting. Send pictures and videos to your friend’s phone whenever you call them and share what you’re up to in a flash! Flash is the latest and greatest photo and video messaging app. Let your friends see your photos and videos whenever you call them, edit pictures, message your friends and send secure, protected pics with ease. Turn your pictures into a caller ID, so your friends will see what you’re up to as soon as you call. Send a “Hidden Flash” that deletes itself, so your flash remains secret. Organize hangouts, make inside jokes and more with “Hidden Flash” pictures and videos. Confidently share photos and videos in private with your friends. Send great pics and videos in a flash with every call! Download Flash now! FLASH FEATURES: SEND PHOTOS AND VIDEOS THROUGH PHONE CALLS - Take and send pics or videos to your friends whenever you call them - Display your photos as your caller ID on your friends’ phones - Share pictures while you talk HIDDEN PHOTOS AND VIDEOS - “Hidden Flash” photos and videos are password-protected and delete themselves - Send private, time-limited Flashes, because some things should disappear PHOTO EDITOR - Add captions to your pics and videos before you send them - Add stickers and emojis - Save your edits to your phone - Add unique effects and filters MESSENGER APP - Send picture and video messages to your friends - Send reactions to your friends’ Flashes - Add emoji faces and reactions to your messages - Keep the conversation going with group messaging and live chat Share pictures and videos like never before with Flash! Download today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flash at monthly against Contact[s] 2's every 4 months. Flash also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Contact[s] 2's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Contact[s] 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Contact[s] 2's written reviews are positive against 67% of Flash's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Contact[s] 2 ships an update every 4 months, Flash monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contact[s] 2 | Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (42 ratings) — better | 4.1 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Tourraine | Flash App LLC |
Customer experience
Contact[s] 2
Flash
In-app purchases
Contact[s] 2
No in-app purchases
Flash
No in-app purchases
