Handheld Contact Classic vs Act! Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handheld Contact Classic
Access and manage your Act! CRM data, including contacts, activities, and opportunities, from your iPhone or iPad. Enjoy secure wireless syncing and offline access to your business information, enabling you to make calls, send emails, and record histories on the go.
- Manage Act! contacts, opportunities, and activities
- Secure wireless sync with Act!
- Offline access to Act! data
- Call, email, and SMS contacts
- Record notes and histories
- Customizable syncing options
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Description: - Handheld Contact Classic for Act! allows you to wirelessly sync and manage your Act! Contacts, Activities, Opportunities, Notes & Histories from your iPhone or iPad - it's like having Act! with you anywhere, anytime! Features: -View and manage Act! contacts, opportunities, and activities anytime, anywhere. -Secure wireless sync with iPhone or iPad & Act! via Internet. -Call, email, and SMS Act! contacts with Histories synched back to Act! -Automatic syncing in coverage while the application is running. -Act! data stored locally for fast access offline access -Take notes & record Histories in Handheld Contact Classic -Four different calendar views, with calendar export -Import and export Contacts -Secondary contacts, mapping, and quoting features -Customize syncing for your needs. -Exclusive support for Act! Browse users Requirements: -You must have a Handheld Contact account.
Act! Mobile
This app provides a comprehensive mobile CRM solution for professionals and small businesses. It allows users to manage contacts, schedule activities, track sales opportunities, and optimize territories with proximity searches.
- Comprehensive contact management
- Activity and task management
- Integrated calendar and scheduling
- Sales opportunity tracking
- Proximity search for leads
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"Act! Premium Cloud Mobile CRM is the all-in-one mobile CRM solution for professionals and SMBs, empowering you to manage your business anytime, anywhere. Designed for streamlined contact management, task organization, and sales tracking, it puts the tools you need right in your hands. Key Features: • Comprehensive Contact Management: Access, search, and edit your customer database, complete with detailed notes and histories for better interactions. • Activities and Task Management: Stay productive with tools to schedule, track, and manage your daily tasks and activities. • Calendar and Scheduling: Plan your meetings and tasks effortlessly with integrated notifications to stay organized. • Opportunity Management: Keep your sales pipeline moving with robust opportunity tracking and dashboards to monitor deals by value, count, and age. • Proximity Search: Optimize sales territories and lead generation with radius-based searches for nearby customers and prospects. Download Act! Premium Cloud Mobile CRM now and experience smarter business management, stronger customer relationships, and accelerated sales growth!"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Handheld Contact Classic at 4.3 against Act! Mobile's 3.8. Handheld Contact Classic also leads on ratings volume (49 vs 10). Act! Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Handheld Contact Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Handheld Contact Classic's written reviews are positive against 67% of Act! Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Handheld Contact Classic ships an update every 2 months, Act! Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handheld Contact Classic | Act! Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (49 ratings) — better | 3.8 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Keystroke Quality Computing Inc | Act! LLC |
Customer experience
Handheld Contact Classic
Act! Mobile
In-app purchases
Handheld Contact Classic
No in-app purchases
Act! Mobile
No in-app purchases
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