Comparison

Mango | Remember Special Dates vs Contact Manager

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

Head to head
About

Mango | Remember Special Dates

This app helps you remember and celebrate important dates for your loved ones and professional contacts. It goes beyond basic reminders by offering personalized alerts for birthdays, anniversaries, and even specific professional days, fostering stronger relationships.

Highlights
  • Smart birthday and anniversary tracker
  • Exclusive professional day reminders
  • Tailored international day alerts
  • Beautiful home screen widgets
  • Seamless user experience
Features
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Never Miss a Moment That Matters! Mango is more than just a birthday reminder app. It is a comprehensive relationship manager designed to help you celebrate every important aspect of your loved ones' lives. From birthdays and anniversaries to professional achievements and special relationship milestones, Mango ensures you are always the thoughtful friend, partner, or colleague who remembers. Why Choose Mango? Most apps only track dates. Mango understands people. By categorizing your contacts based on their profession and their relationship to you, Mango creates a personalized schedule of opportunities for you to reach out and show you care. Key Features: - Smart Birthday and Anniversary Tracker Store and manage all your important dates in one secure place. Receive timely notifications so you never scramble for a last-minute wish again. - Event Details and Shareable Greeting Cards Tap into any event to see all the details at a glance, and share beautifully designed greeting card templates with your loved ones directly from the app. Choose from elegant, festive, and warm card styles to make every occasion special. - Contacts Management with Import and Search Quickly import contacts from your phone's address book and find anyone instantly with built-in search. A dedicated persons list makes managing your contacts easier than ever. - Events Filtering Browse and filter your upcoming events to focus on what matters most — whether it is birthdays, anniversaries, professional days, or international days. - App Theme Selection Personalize your experience by choosing between light and dark themes to match your style. - Exclusive Professional Day Reminders Stand out in your network. Simply assign a profession to a contact—like Programmer, Doctor, Teacher, Engineer, or Artist—and Mango will notify you on their specific Professional Day. It is a unique way to show appreciation to your colleagues and professional connections, fostering stronger business relationships. - Tailored International Day Alerts Mango helps you celebrate the specific roles people play in your life. It automatically identifies dates like Mother's Day, Father's Day, Siblings Day, or Valentine's Day and links them to the right people. You will get a reminder to call your brother on Brothers Day, not just a generic holiday alert. - Beautiful Home Screen Widgets Stay organized at a glance. Our custom widgets display your upcoming events — including professional and international days — directly on your home screen, ensuring the next big celebration is always top of mind. - Seamless User Experience A clean, intuitive interface makes adding people and details effortless. Manage your relationships without the clutter. Who Can Benefit from Mango? - Professionals looking to maintain a warm network by acknowledging industry-specific days. - Family-oriented individuals who want to keep track of every relative's special day. - Anyone who wants to be more organized and thoughtful in their personal relationships. Strengthen your bonds. Celebrate success. Never forget a date. Download Mango today and turn everyday dates into meaningful connections. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Contact Manager

This app helps you remember important dates and follow-ups for your contacts. It organizes your address book with notes, tags, and custom reminders to strengthen personal relationships. Enjoy a clean interface and offline access.

Highlights
  • Personal CRM
  • Contact organization
  • Birthday reminders
  • Follow-up reminders
  • Contact notes and tags
  • Offline-first experience
  • iCloud backup
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Remember people, not just names. heycontacts is a personal CRM, contact manager, and relationship manager that helps you stay consistent with the people who matter most. It combines contact tracker, contact organizer, and contact reminder workflows in one clean daily system. Keep your address book and phone contacts organized: • Import contacts and maintain one clear contact list • Add contact notes, tags, where-you-met context, and key details • Track birthdays, anniversaries, and custom important dates • Get a birthday reminder before every key date and use HeyContacts as a birthday tracker year-round • Create a follow up reminder after meetings, calls, and check-ins with recurring follow up reminders • Save gift history and shared moments for stronger personal relationships Built for real life: • Fast daily check-ins without clutter • Widgets for upcoming dates and top contacts • Offline-first experience • Optional iCloud backup and restore • Free plan for up to 30 contacts • Premium unlocks unlimited contacts and advanced workflows Perfect for personal relationship management, networking, founders, creators, freelancers, sales professionals, and anyone who wants lightweight CRM without enterprise complexity. Important: heycontacts is an organizational and reminder tool. It does not provide legal, medical, or financial advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://heycontacts.com/privacy

Screenshots

Mango | Remember Special Dates4 screens
Contact Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Contact Manager at weekly against Mango | Remember Special Dates's every 2 months. Mango | Remember Special Dates's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Mango | Remember Special Dates sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Contact Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 Mango | Remember Special Dates against 5.0 for Contact Manager. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mango | Remember Special Dates ships an update every 2 months, Contact Manager weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mango | Remember Special Dates versus Contact Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMango | Remember Special DatesContact Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPouya Ahmad HeydariVladyslav Dmytriiev

Customer experience

Mango | Remember Special Dates

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Contact Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mango | Remember Special Dates

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$119.99
2 purchases

Contact Manager

Subscriptions2
  • heycontacts Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • heycontacts Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Mango | Remember Special Dates free?
Mango | Remember Special Dates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Contact Manager free?
Contact Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mango | Remember Special Dates or Contact Manager?
Mango | Remember Special Dates and Contact Manager are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mango | Remember Special Dates or Contact Manager have ads?
Neither Mango | Remember Special Dates nor Contact Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mango | Remember Special Dates or Contact Manager?
Mango | Remember Special Dates ships an update every 2 months, and Contact Manager weekly. Most recently, Mango | Remember Special Dates was updated on October 9, 2026 and Contact Manager on October 19, 2026.

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