Comparison

Contacts Lister vs ID

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

Head to head
About

Contacts Lister

Features
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Print a phone list for the family, share a club's contacts as a PDF, or show your own details at a counter in big type — all from the Contacts you already have. AT THE COUNTER — NEW IN 3.2 • The Details widget puts your name, phone, email and address in big type on your Home Screen or Mac desktop. • Tap it for a full-screen card with your QR code. On iPhone and iPad the screen stays on. • Spell It shows each letter with its code word (R as in Romeo), and spells an email address in parts, so nothing gets misheard. • Set My Card once, then say “Show my Contacts Lister card”, or tap My Card in Control Center on iPhone and iPad. Only the details you chose are shown, and its QR code holds nothing else. • Tap a phone number or email to fill the screen with it. The card follows your text size. • The Details widget, My Card, the card and Spell It are free. PRINT IT YOUR WAY • See the real pages before you print, on Letter or A4. • Free: a one-page phone list, and large print that's easy to read. • Pro: a directory with photos and QR codes, a folded booklet, mailing labels and name badges for Avery®-compatible sheets, and a holiday card list. • A saved list remembers how you printed it: the format, the paper, the options and what you left out. Next year's card list starts where this year's ended. • Fill in the PDF: tick Sent and Rec'd on the card list, or write on the booklet's Notes pages, in any app that fills PDF forms. • Leave out someone's address or birthday without changing the contact. SHARE IT • PDF from the Print sheet, a web page, or a contacts file (.vcf) with only the details you chose. • With Contacts Lister Pro: a spreadsheet (Excel or CSV) with one column for each label, such as Home Email and Work Email. THE CARD WIDGET • Put a QR code for any contact on your Home Screen, iPad or Mac desktop — Small, Medium or Large. • Choose what the code holds: the whole contact card, a phone number, an email, a website, a map location, a social profile or WhatsApp. • Anyone can scan it with their camera to save the contact or start a call, message or chat. Free. MAKE LISTS THAT FIT THE PAGE • Pick a group, an account or individual people. • Choose the details to show — names, phones, emails, addresses, birthdays and more. • Add your own notes to a list. Save lists and they appear on all your devices through your own iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • In This Code lists everything a QR code holds, so you know what scanning it shares. • Contacts Lister only reads your contacts. It never changes, adds or deletes anything in them. • Everything happens on your device. Lists you save stay on your devices and in your own iCloud — nothing is sent to us. No ads, no tracking. CONTACTS LISTER PRO One purchase, on all your devices, adds the directory, booklet, labels, badges and card list, spreadsheet export, and choosing individual labels (Home, Work, Mobile) for each detail. Everyone who has already bought it gets new Pro features as they arrive. Works on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

About

ID

Verify age and identity by scanning digital IDs from Apple Wallet. Ideal for venues needing to check guest age at the door. An optional purchase allows scanning U.S. Passport NFC chips.

Highlights
  • Scan digital IDs from Apple Wallet
  • Verify age for venues
  • Prompt guest for verification
  • Scan U.S. Passport NFC chips (optional purchase)
  • Supports multiple U.S. states
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ID-Reader allows for requesting official State digital ID and Driver's license information that is held within the Apple Wallet. Great for Night Clubs and other venues that need to check for age at the door. Simply start the app and wave your phone over the guest's phone and if they have a Digital ID in their Apple wallet, they will be prompted to allow verification of age. Currently Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico support digital IDs in the Apple Wallet, with other states in active development. An optional in-app purchase gives the ability to scan U.S. Passport NFC chips for verification. Terms of use can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Contacts Lister4 screens
ID3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Contacts Lister at every 5 days against ID's every 11 months. Contacts Lister also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 27.0). On price, 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. Contacts Lister sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ID sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contacts Lister ships an update every 5 days, ID every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Contacts Lister versus ID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContacts ListerID
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKN Soft LLCFerdinand Rios

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Contacts Lister

One-time2
  • 7-day TrialFree
  • Contacts Lister Pro$4.99
2 purchases

ID

Subscriptions2
  • ID-Reader Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • ID-Reader Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Contacts Lister free?
Contacts Lister is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ID free?
ID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Contacts Lister or ID have ads?
Neither Contacts Lister nor ID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contacts Lister or ID?
Contacts Lister ships an update every 5 days, and ID every 11 months. Most recently, Contacts Lister was updated on November 12, 2026 and ID on November 3, 2026.

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