SortMyContacts vs Livify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SortMyContacts
This utility app sorts Chinese contacts by Pinyin on non-Chinese systems without needing internet access, preserving your data privacy. It also offers an "Easy Dialing" feature to quickly locate contacts using their numbers on the keypad.
- One-click Pinyin sorting for Chinese contacts
- Maintains order of non-Chinese contacts
- Offline functionality for privacy
- Easy Dialing via number pad
- Utilizes contact nicknames for dialing
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One-click contact sorting for non-Chinese systems, no internet required, ensuring data privacy and security. - Pinyin Sorting for Chinese Contacts On non-Chinese systems, Chinese contacts may appear out of order in your contact list. SortMyContacts supports one-click Pinyin sorting. non-Chinese name contacts will remain unchanged. - Easy Dialing (Number Pad Contact Locating) Example: 白居易 (BJY), simply enter 259 on the keypad. Note: The Easy Dialing feature uses the “Nickname” field of contacts. If you have already stored information in the “Nickname” field, enabling this feature may overwrite the nickname.
Livify
Easily convert videos into beautiful Live Photos. Process locally with no data collection, preview, and save directly to your album. Adjust video length from 1 to 500 seconds.
- Convert videos to Live Photos
- Local processing, no data collection
- Preview and save to album
- Adjustable video length (1-500 seconds)
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选视频，秒转精美 Live Photo V1.00 要点： - 本地处理，零数据收集 - 预览与保存到相册 - 支持 1–500 秒时长调整 技术协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee630580179347d4c1e4398532?source=copy_link 用户协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee630580f0bf5de1be06f92272?source=copy_link 隐私协议：https://holy-condor-59c.notion.site/Livify-29cdbcee63058055bc1bd3ff8a45ece7?source=copy_link
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Livify at Free against SortMyContacts's $1.99. Livify also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). SortMyContacts's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Livify is free to download; SortMyContacts costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SortMyContacts against 5.0 for Livify. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SortMyContacts ships an update every 11 months, Livify fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SortMyContacts | Livify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JINGLUN LI | 逸飞 姚 |
Customer experience
SortMyContacts
Livify
In-app purchases
SortMyContacts
No in-app purchases
Livify
No in-app purchases
