Contacts Sync Pro vs Rocket Typist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contacts Sync Pro
Effortlessly synchronize your contacts across Google, iCloud, and Outlook. This reliable app ensures your contact information is up-to-date on your iPhone, supporting two-way syncing and preserving all contact details and groups.
- Sync Google, iCloud, and Outlook contacts
- Two-way and one-way sync options
- Syncs all contact fields and photos
- Preserves Google labels and Outlook categories
- Automatic background syncing
- Duplicate contact elimination
- Confirm changes before syncing
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••• SYNC GOOGLE, ICLOUD, & OUTLOOK! ••• #1 SYNC APP FOR 15+ YEARS! ••• TRUSTED BY 10,000,000+ USERS! With Contacts Sync Pro, you can quickly & easily sync your Google or Outlook contacts with iPhone, giving you access to your contacts wherever you go. This app distinguishes itself with its reliability, ease of use, speed, and with a true "2-way sync" that merges changes made to either account. This is the #1 app for syncing contacts both in terms of downloads & reviews. Also of significance, this app syncs your Google labels or Outlook categories with your iPhone lists. For instance, you may have organized your Google contacts into groups such as "friends," "family," and "coworkers." After a sync, your iPhone and Google groups will match. With your groups configured on iPhone, you can easily send group emails or group messages. SYNC THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS: • Sync Google with iPhone • Sync Outlook with iPhone • Sync 2 Google accounts SYNC ANY IPHONE ACCOUNT: • Choose to sync all of your iPhone contacts, or choose to sync contacts from a specific iPhone account, such as iCloud, a local iPhone address book, Outlook, or a CardDAV account SYNC TYPES: • Choose from one of the following sync types: 2-Way Sync, 1-Way Sync, and Manual Sync • Choose a 2-Way Sync to sync changes in both directions • Choose a 1-Way Sync to transfer changes in one direction only • Choose a Manual Sync to sync specific contacts only SYNCS ALL FIELDS: • Syncs all fields including names, phonetic names, nicknames, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, company names, job titles, departments, birthdays, anniversaries, events, notes, web page addresses, relationships, instant messaging accounts, & social profiles • Syncs contact photos • Syncs custom labels & custom fields INITIAL SYNC: • During the initial sync, the contents of matching contacts will be merged CONFIRM CHANGES BEFORE SYNCING: • Review each change before the sync actually begins AUTOMATIC SYNC: • Automatically syncs contacts in the background 24/7 APPLY FILTERS INCLUDING GROUP FILTER: • Apply the group filter, new contact filter, and more! DUPLICATE CONTACTS: • Eliminate duplicate contacts from both iPhone and Google
Rocket Typist
Save time by reusing frequently typed text, replies, and templates. Organize content into snippets and insert them quickly via keyboard shortcuts or a custom keyboard. Share snippet folders with others and sync across devices.
- Save and reuse text snippets
- Insert snippets via shortcuts or custom keyboard
- Share snippet folders with others
- Sync snippets across Mac, iPhone, and iPad
- Create snippets with text, images, or code
- Personalize snippets with dynamic macros
- AI-powered Smart Snippets
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Save Time and Type Smarter with Rocket Typist. Reuse your replies, signatures and everyday text with Rocket Typist, the text expander for Mac, iPhone and iPad. Save frequently used content as snippets, then insert what you need without typing it again. LESS TYPING, EVERY DAY • Keep email replies, signatures, addresses and templates ready to insert. • Expand abbreviations or find snippets by title, content or abbreviation. • On Mac, use keyboard shortcuts and the floating snippet search. On iPhone and iPad, insert snippets with the Rocket Typist keyboard. WORK TOGETHER THROUGH ICLOUD • Share snippet folders with colleagues, friends or family. • Work from the same collection of replies and templates, with changes syncing through iCloud. • Choose who can view or edit a shared folder, manage participants and update their access. MAKE EVERY SNIPPET YOURS • Create snippets with plain text, formatted text, images or code, including optional JavaScript execution. • Personalize reusable text with names, dates, clipboard content and other dynamic macros. • Manage labeled macros in one place for consistent use across snippets. • Preview your completed snippet before inserting it. TURN PROMPTS INTO SMART SNIPPETS Save reusable AI prompts to draft replies, rewrite text or generate ideas. Smart Snippets support Apple Intelligence on compatible devices and OpenAI-compatible services. KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED • Arrange snippets in folders and use search and filters to find what you need. • Sync your personal snippet library through iCloud and keep it available on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. START FREE, EXPAND WITH PRO Get started with basic text snippets for free. Rocket Typist Pro unlocks unlimited snippets, formatted text, images, code, Smart Snippets, advanced macros and shared folders. Apple Intelligence availability depends on your device, language and region. Using OpenAI requires your own API key. Download Rocket Typist today and type less tomorrow!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rocket Typist at Free against Contacts Sync Pro's $9.99. Rocket Typist also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Contacts Sync Pro's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (812 vs 24). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Rocket Typist is free to download; Contacts Sync Pro costs $9.99 up front. Contacts Sync Pro sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Rocket Typist sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Contacts Sync Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contacts Sync Pro has 812 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Contacts Sync Pro's written reviews are positive against 73% of Rocket Typist's.
Contacts Sync Pro ships an update every 3 months, Rocket Typist fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacts Sync Pro | Rocket Typist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (812 ratings) — better | 4.1 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews — better | 73.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 812 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playa Apps | Daniel Witt |
Customer experience
Contacts Sync Pro
Rocket Typist
Bugs and requests
Contacts Sync Pro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Caused massive increase in number of contacts
- Eliminated all existing contacts
Requested features
2 requests- Improved handling of duplicate contacts
- Better side-by-side comparison of contacts
Rocket Typist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Contacts Sync Pro
- Unlimited SyncsFree
- Automatic Contact SyncingFree
- Make Contribution$4.99
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- Make Larger Contribution$9.99
Rocket Typist
- Rocket Typist Pro for iOS$9.99
- Rocket Typist Pro for macOS$19.99
Questions
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