Comparison

Nexus Contacts vs Fromly

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

Head to head
About

Nexus Contacts

Capture and organize details about people you meet. Take a photo, add notes about your interaction, and set follow-up reminders. Record names to ensure you remember them correctly and practice recalling faces.

Highlights
  • Capture photos and notes of people met
  • Record and playback names
  • Practice recalling names and faces
  • Scan business cards
  • Tag people by event
  • Map of meeting locations
  • Export to phone's address book
Features
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Meet someone new. Take a photo of the two of you, jot why you met, and Nexus Contacts remembers the context. Nexus Contacts is a capture app for the people you meet in person: the conference hallway, the next seat at a wedding. Take the photo, write a quick note, set a follow-up if you want one, all in the time it takes to say goodbye. HOW IT WORKS • Get in the frame together • Write a one-line note while it's fresh: who they are, what you talked about • Set a follow-up reminder if you want one, and snooze it if today isn't the day • Everyone you've met lives in one grid: search, filter, revisit ASK THEM HOW THEY SAY THEIR NAME Names are easy to get wrong and awkward to ask about twice. Record the person saying their own name, and play it back whenever you need it. The recording lives on their card. KNOW THEIR NAME BEFORE YOU SEE THEM AGAIN Once you have captured someone, Practice Names appears in the menu. Pick one event or one place, and the app brings you those faces a few at a time. You say how it went: got it, nearly, or no. Nothing keeps count. ALSO IN THE APP • Scan a business card, and the text is read on your device • Start an event, and everyone you capture is tagged with it until you end it • A map of everywhere you have met people • Send your own details by Messages, choosing which of your cards to send • Push anyone you capture into your phone's address book, when you want to YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Nexus Contacts has no servers. Every person you capture lives on your device first. iCloud sync is off by default on new installs. Turn it on if you want your library on more than one device. A sync-health screen tells you whether it is actually working, not just whether it is switched on. Your backup file explains itself: open it in a text editor years from now, with no app installed, and the file tells you what it is and how to read it back out. That's what "your data" is supposed to mean. PRICING Free for the first 100 people you capture, every feature included, no trial, no subscription. If your network outgrows that, one purchase raises the limit: $19.99 for 1,000 people, or $49.99 for no limit at all. Start at $19.99 and the step up to no limit costs $30 later, so either path comes to the same $49.99. Buy once, keep it. Your phone's address book never counts toward the limit, only the people you capture with Nexus. Whatever you've captured stays yours at any count: view, edit, export, and sync keep working. The limit only pauses adding new people. PRIVACY, PLAINLY • No account, no signup, no login • No analytics, no tracking, no ad SDKs • No third-party servers, sync uses your own iCloud account, and it's optional • Camera, Photos, Contacts, Location, and Calendar access are all used only for what you'd expect and only when you ask for it — see the in-app permission prompts for exactly why each one is requested Built by Common Nexus. Questions or feedback: support@commonnexus.com

About

Fromly

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Fromly is your second brain with chat: write notes and tasks, and talk to an AI that actually knows them — because it can read and edit them for you. • Chat with memory: every note, task or document has its own AI conversation. It remembers the context and picks up right where you left off. • AI that really edits: ask it to add a paragraph, summarize a document, or pull tasks out of a note — and it does it directly, not just tells you about it. • Agenda & tasks: plan your day, week and month, with recurring tasks and reminders. • Contexts: group notes and tasks by project or area of your life, each with its own memory. • Agents: automate the processes you repeat. • Real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited AI. Your notes are yours: private and exportable any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Nexus Contacts4 screens
Fromly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fromly at every 3 days against Nexus Contacts's every 3 weeks. Fromly also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Nexus Contacts sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Fromly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nexus Contacts ships an update every 3 weeks, Fromly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Nexus Contacts versus Fromly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNexus ContactsFromly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.118.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCommon Nexus LLCAlberto Lezaun

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Nexus Contacts

Subscriptions2
  • Nexus Contacts Pro$17.991 Month
  • Nexus Contacts Pro7 Days trial$173.991 Year
One-time3
  • Capacity: 1,000 People$19.99
  • Unlimited Upgrade$30.00
  • Unlimited Capacity$49.99
4 purchases

Fromly

Subscriptions2
  • Fromly Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
  • Fromly Pro Yearly$45.001 Year
One-time2
  • 5M AI tokens$4.00
  • Fromly Lifetime$129.00

Questions

Is Nexus Contacts free?
Nexus Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fromly free?
Fromly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nexus Contacts or Fromly have ads?
Neither Nexus Contacts nor Fromly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nexus Contacts or Fromly?
Nexus Contacts ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fromly every 3 days. Most recently, Nexus Contacts was updated on October 19, 2026 and Fromly on October 8, 2026.

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