Comparison

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel vs Backly

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

Head to head
About

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel

Easily export and back up your contacts to various formats like CSV, Excel, and vCard. Organize your address book, transfer contacts between devices, and ensure your data is always accessible and secure.

Highlights
  • Export contacts to CSV, Excel, vCard
  • Contact backup and restore
  • Transfer contacts between devices
  • Select specific contact groups
  • Customize exported fields
  • Preview exported data
Features
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Your iPhone contacts are too important to lose. Whether you are switching phones, cleaning up duplicates, or sharing your address book with a colleague, this app gets it done in seconds. EXPORT TO ANY FORMAT - CSV, opens in any spreadsheet or contacts app - XLSX, opens in any spreadsheet app - vCard (.vcf), the standard format for phone-to-phone transfers - PDF, a clean printable contact list BACKUP AND RESTORE Back up your entire address book with one tap. Every backup is stored with a date and device label so you can restore any version instantly, adding back only what is missing so nothing you already have is touched. IMPORT CONTACTS Have a CSV or XLSX file? Import it directly to your iPhone contacts. Great for switching phones, adding a batch of business contacts, or restoring from a spreadsheet. REMOVE DUPLICATES Scans your address book and surfaces duplicate entries. Review and remove them before your next export so your file is clean from the start. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Everything runs on your device. No account required. Your contacts are never uploaded, except to the backup you turn on yourself, never anywhere else. FULL CONTROL OVER WHAT YOU EXPORT Choose all contacts, a specific group, or hand-picked entries. Customise which fields to include: names, phone numbers, emails, addresses and more. HOW TO USE 1. Open the app and allow contact access 2. Choose contacts: all, by group, or individual 3. Pick your format: CSV, XLSX, vCard or PDF 4. Customise your fields if needed 5. Export, save, or share in seconds Don't risk losing your contacts. Download free, and export or back up your address book in minutes. Free to download. Some features require a premium purchase. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Export Contacts offers a weekly auto-renewing subscription or a one-time Lifetime Access purchase. Either one removes the free plan's export limit and unlocks exporting by group, exporting everything at once, importing, duplicate cleanup, and backup. - Weekly Subscription, renews every week. Removes the free plan's export limit and unlocks every premium feature. - Lifetime Access, one-time purchase that never renews. Unlocks every premium feature for good. The weekly subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple ID account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings or from your App Store account page; deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Restore a purchase from the app's own Restore button. Privacy Policy: https://ios.estifie.com/exportcontacts/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://ios.estifie.com/exportcontacts/terms-of-use

About

Backly

Features
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Switching phones? Back up every contact on your iPhone to CSV, Excel, or a vCard file — then AirDrop it, share it, or save it to Files. Open the spreadsheet in any sheet app, or restore a vCard on a new phone. No ads. No subscription. Pay once and it's yours forever. Most contact-backup apps charge a WEEKLY subscription just to hold on to your own address book — or bury it behind ads. This one does neither. One small payment, and you can back up your contacts as often as you like. • SPREADSHEET OR VCARD — names, numbers, emails and more, saved as CSV, Excel, or a standard .vcf file. • SHARE IT ANYWHERE — AirDrop it to your new phone, email it to yourself, or save it to Files or iCloud Drive. • 100% PRIVATE — everything happens on your iPhone. Your contacts are never uploaded, and there's no account to create. • MADE FOR SWITCHING PHONES — make one backup today, keep it somewhere safe, and restore it whenever you need it. • NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION — pay once, back up forever. No weekly fee, ever. Try it free — your first 25 contacts export at no cost. Unlock Unlimited once to back up your entire address book. Tap "Export My Contacts," pick a format, and your file is ready in seconds. Questions or feedback: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel4 screens
Backly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel and Backly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Export Contacts to CSV & Excel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Backly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel ships an update every 2 weeks, Backly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Export Contacts to CSV & Excel versus Backly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExport Contacts to CSV & ExcelBackly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErtugrul SariJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Export Contacts to CSV & Excel

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Access$6.997 Days
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access$9.99
  • Lifetime Access2 variants$14.99
1 purchases

Backly

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Export Contacts to CSV & Excel free?
Export Contacts to CSV & Excel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backly free?
Backly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Export Contacts to CSV & Excel or Backly have ads?
Neither Export Contacts to CSV & Excel nor Backly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Export Contacts to CSV & Excel or Backly?
Export Contacts to CSV & Excel ships an update every 2 weeks, and Backly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Export Contacts to CSV & Excel was updated on October 24, 2026 and Backly on October 14, 2026.

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