Comparison

Clever Contacts vs Contacts Magic

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

Head to head
About

Clever Contacts

This AI-powered assistant simplifies contact management by understanding natural language requests. It can answer questions about your contacts, update details, and even visualize relationships, all while keeping your data private on your device.

Highlights
  • Natural language understanding for queries and updates
  • Instant contact updates and creation
  • Relationship visualization
  • Gmail integration for relationship analysis
  • Contacts map visualization
  • Real-time sync with iPhone contacts
  • One-tap undo for changes
Features
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Clever Contacts – Finally, a Contacts App that Actually Gets You! Meet Clever, your AI-powered contacts assistant that makes managing your address book ridiculously FAST and EASY. Forget the hassle of sifting through endless lists or manually updating details. Clever understands plain English, answers your questions about your contacts, and updates everything for you — automatically. Ask her simple questions, from Larry's wife's name to what Pam does for a living to how old Jimmy is, and she’ll answer instantly. Need to add new details or connections? Just tell Clever. She’ll seamlessly update your existing iPhone contacts, even creating new ones when you need them. Say goodbye to endless scrolling and tapping – Clever Contacts keeps your people organized and right where you need them. WHY CLEVER CONTACTS IS A GAME-CHANGER – Speak naturally: Clever understands plain English requests and questions. Need to remember someone’s spouse's name, job title, favorite hangout, or birthday? Done. - Instant Updates: Tell Clever something, and she’ll update your contacts instantly, creating new ones as needed. - Visualize Relationships at a Glance: See connections between your contacts in an easy-to-read web of relationships. - Automatically populate contact relationships from Gmail: Clever can analyze your Gmail to identify and organize relationships based on email threads — without reading your messages. - Contacts Map: Visualize where your contacts are on a map — great for trips or reunions! - Works Directly with iPhone Contacts: No importing, no exporting. Clever Contacts syncs instantly with your contacts, adding updates in real-time. - Safe Merging: Duplicate contacts? Clever renames extras with “(DELETE ME)” so you’re in control. - Get Smart Recommendations: Clever uses logic to fill in the gaps in your connections. - Relationship Tracking: Track who’s who — spouses, kids, coworkers. Tap related names to jump between cards. - Private Notes for Your Eyes Only – Keep track of personal details that matter most to you. These notes stay private, don’t sync to the built-in Contacts app, and are never shared. - One-Tap Undo: Not happy with a change? Undo or tweak it with a single tap. - Complete Privacy: Clever runs entirely on your iPhone using custom-trained CoreML neural networks. Your contact data stays on your device—only you can access it. ASK CLEVER ANYTHING “What’s Elaine’s husband’s name?” “Does Chris have kids?” “Where does Bill work?” "What does Lucy's dad do for a living?" “How old is Cindy?” "When is my sister's anniversary?" "What does Lucy's dad do for a living?" "What's Matt Inman's website?" TELL CLEVER ANYTHING YOU WANT TO REMEMBER “Michael has kids named Jack and Jill.” “Jenascia goes by Jay.” “Toby is the communications director at the White House.” "Donald and Daffy are cousins." "Hiro like trains." "Jerry loves to eat cereal." Get ready to upgrade your contacts experience with Clever Contacts! Clever’s ready to remember the details and connections you care about most – and make your contacts, well, clever. This app and subscription are licensed under the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Contacts Magic

This app helps you remember important details about your relationships. It allows you to log conversations and events, set follow-up reminders, and quickly retrieve information about people you know. Stay thoughtful and connected with ease.

Highlights
  • Log conversations and events naturally
  • Set context-aware follow-up reminders
  • Ask questions about contact details
  • Journal entries tied to people
  • Organize contacts with groups and tags
  • Full-text search across all data
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Contacts Magic is a personal relationship manager that remembers what matters — what you talked about, what they care about, when to follow up. Talk to it in your own words: tell it what happened, ask it what you've forgotten. It understands who you're talking about and handles the rest. YOUR RELATIONSHIPS DESERVE BETTER THAN YOUR MEMORY Your friend mentioned her mom's surgery — you meant to check in. Your college roommate's kid started school — when was that again? The details that make you a thoughtful person fade in 48 hours. Contacts Magic keeps them forever. HOW IT WORKS • After a coffee, a phone call, a party — describe what happened in your own words. No forms, no fields. Magic Chat understands what you said and organizes it into the right contacts, journal entries, and follow-up reminders. Say "last Thursday" or "in a couple weeks" — it handles dates naturally too. • Need to remember something? Ask. "Where does Sarah work?" "What does my dad like?" "What should I get him for Christmas?" Magic Chat searches everything you've captured and answers in a conversation. • Before your next call or meetup, you know exactly what's happening in someone's life and what you promised. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL • Relationship context beyond phone numbers and email addresses — how you met, what they care about, your shared history • Follow-up reminders with full context so you know why you're reaching out • A journal tied to people, capturing conversations and moments over time • Groups and tags to organize your circles — family, book club, neighbors, coworkers • Full-text search across contacts, journals, and follow-ups WORKS THE WAY YOU ALREADY USE YOUR PHONE • Siri and Shortcuts for hands-free capture while walking, driving, or between meetings • Home screen widgets for upcoming follow-ups at a glance • Syncs across iPhone and iPad through your iCloud account YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything syncs through your personal iCloud account. When you use Magic Chat, what you say and the relationship details needed to answer your question are sent to our AI provider for that single request. We don't keep your data, our AI provider doesn't either, and none of it is used to train AI models. Remember the people who matter. Download Contacts Magic and stop relying on your memory to be a good friend. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Clever Contacts4 screens
Contacts Magic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Clever Contacts at 17.0 against Contacts Magic's 26.2. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Clever Contacts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Contacts Magic sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Clever Contacts against 5.0 for Contacts Magic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clever Contacts ships an update weekly, Contacts Magic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Clever Contacts versus Contacts Magic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClever ContactsContacts Magic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftwareByEugeneDisparate Elements LLC

Customer experience

Clever Contacts

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Contacts Magic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Clever Contacts

Subscriptions1
  • Clever Contacts1 Month trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime subscription$9.99
8 purchases

Contacts Magic

Subscriptions2
  • Contacts Magic Plus$4.991 Month
  • Contacts Magic Plus$9.991 Month
One-time6
  • 30 Magic Credits$0.99
  • 60 Magic Credits$1.49
  • 60 Magic Credits$1.99
Show 3 more
  • 120 Magic Credits$2.99
  • 180 Magic Credits$3.99
  • 180 Magic Credits$5.99

Questions

Is Clever Contacts free?
Clever Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contacts Magic free?
Contacts Magic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clever Contacts or Contacts Magic?
Clever Contacts and Contacts Magic are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Clever Contacts or Contacts Magic have ads?
Neither Clever Contacts nor Contacts Magic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clever Contacts or Contacts Magic?
Clever Contacts ships an update weekly, and Contacts Magic every 3 days. Most recently, Clever Contacts was updated on October 27, 2026 and Contacts Magic on October 22, 2026.

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