Comparison

CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor vs Importly

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

Head to head
About

CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor

Features
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Create, open, edit, and export CSV files in seconds on iPhone and iPad. View rows and columns in a clean table layout, make quick changes, and share updated files anywhere. FEATURES • Create new CSV files • Open and edit existing spreadsheets • Update rows, columns, and cells easily • Import files and export them fast • Work offline for quick edits SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Monthly and yearly auto-renewing options may be available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b2FQZ_HK2I_6ZBJhiaJw_Vii5aKW9D4dYjGfP9C8efU/edit?usp=sharing

About

Importly

Features
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Got a contact list in a spreadsheet or a .vcf file? Importly turns a CSV, Excel (.xlsx) or vCard file into real contacts on your iPhone — and shows you every one before anything is saved. Choose the file in the Files app (iCloud Drive, On My iPhone or another location), check the preview, then tap Import. The contacts appear in the Contacts app on this iPhone. • CSV FROM SPREADSHEETS — reads comma-, semicolon- or tab-separated CSV, quoted fields with commas inside, and UTF-8, UTF-16 or Shift_JIS text. • AUTOMATIC COLUMNS — recognises common headers in English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese — such as First Name, Vorname, Prénom, Nombre, Sobrenome or 姓 / 名 — for name, company, phone, email, address and notes, plus Google Contacts and Outlook exports. The header row is never imported as a contact. No header row? Columns are read in order: name, phone, email — or first name, last name, phone, email. A single Name column is split into first and last name; Japanese, Chinese and Korean names keep the family name first. • EXCEL WORKBOOKS — opens .xlsx files directly: finds the contact table on each sheet, even below a title row, and lets you choose the sheet when several hold contacts. • VCARD TOO — open .vcf files holding one card or many. • PREVIEW FIRST — see how many contacts were found and each name, phone number and email. Nothing is saved until you tap Import. • STRAIGHT INTO CONTACTS — contacts are saved to your default Contacts account with a progress bar, then a summary of how many were imported. Honest scope: from a CSV or Excel file, each contact gets a name (with reading/furigana if present), company, every phone number and email, and an address. vCard files keep every field — addresses, all numbers and emails, birthdays, websites and photos. Notes are saved too: a notes column in a CSV or Excel file, or the note in a vCard, goes into each contact's Notes field. Contacts that are already on your iPhone — same name and the same phone number or email — are skipped, and the summary tells you how many. Files can be up to 15 MB. Your file is read on your iPhone and contacts are written only when you tap Import. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Try it free — the free version imports the first 3 contacts from a file. A one-time purchase imports every contact, with no limit. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor3 screens
Importly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Importly at every 5 days against CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor's every 6 weeks. 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. CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Importly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor ships an update every 6 weeks, Importly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor versus Importly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCSV Maker, Viewer & EditorImportly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFenuku KekeliJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor

Subscriptions2
  • All Access for a month$7.991 Month
  • All Access for a year$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • All Access for Lifetime$99.99
1 purchases

Importly

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor free?
CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Importly free?
Importly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor or Importly have ads?
Neither CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor nor Importly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor or Importly?
CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor ships an update every 6 weeks, and Importly every 5 days. Most recently, CSV Maker, Viewer & Editor was updated on November 9, 2026 and Importly on November 10, 2026.

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