Comparison

back2book vs MyContactBook

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

Head to head
About

back2book

Create a printable backup of your iPhone contacts. Easily generate a wallet-sized paper phone book from your stored numbers. Perfect for ensuring you always have important contacts accessible, even without your device.

Highlights
  • Paper backup of phone numbers
  • Create wallet-sized phone book
  • Simple and fast process
  • Uses normal printer
  • Backup all stored contacts
Features
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This app lets you paper backup the phone numbers stored in your iPhone or iPad. If you ever lost your mobile or ran out of battery in front of a friends new house whose name is not written on the bell yet, you might have started writing little notes with important numbers and keep them in your wallet. Back2book lets you create a complete backup of your contacts – a wallet sized paper phone book. It takes less then five minutes and is really simple. All you need is a normal printer, scissors and a stapler.

About

MyContactBook

Effortlessly organize and communicate with your contacts. Group them into custom categories for swift communication and ensure all your contacts are accounted for with automatic synchronization.

Highlights
  • Organize contacts into groups
  • Create custom contact groups
  • Swift group communication
  • Automatic contact synchronization
  • Manage existing and new contacts
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MyContactBook helps you organize your contacts and stay connected with family, friends, and colleagues. Known as MyHive inside the app, it brings contact groups, messaging, and AI message drafting together in one convenient place. ORGANIZE YOUR CONTACTS Create groups for relatives, friends, work, and other communities. Use surname shortcuts to find contacts with matching last names, then select several contacts at once to add them to a group. ADD AND MANAGE CONTACTS New phone contacts are imported automatically when contact access is enabled. You can also add contacts that are not saved on your phone. CREATE MESSAGES WITH AI Use AI to help draft messages for your contacts and groups. Review and edit each draft before sending. AI message creation requires an internet connection. SHARE WITH YOUR GROUPS Send updates and invitations to your groups. Use chain forwarding to pass a message along to interested contacts, who can choose to forward it to others. CONNECT WITH MYHIVEDOCS Tap MyHiveDocs from the home screen to open the separate document management app. If it cannot be opened, the Install / Update option takes you to its App Store page. MyHiveDocs is a separate, optional app. It is not required to use MyContactBook’s contact and messaging features. Spend less time organizing contacts and more time keeping in touch.

Screenshots

back2book2 screens
MyContactBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyContactBook at none against back2book's 1. MyContactBook also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. back2book sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyContactBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

back2book ships an update every 8 months, MyContactBook every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
back2book versus MyContactBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterback2bookMyContactBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB198 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTinkaTinkaBODYBOOK, INC

Customer experience

back2book

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

MyContactBook

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

back2book

One-time1
  • Full Version$0.99
None

MyContactBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is back2book free?
back2book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyContactBook free?
MyContactBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do back2book or MyContactBook have ads?
Neither back2book nor MyContactBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, back2book or MyContactBook?
back2book ships an update every 8 months, and MyContactBook every 2 months. Most recently, back2book was updated on October 23, 2026 and MyContactBook on October 24, 2026.

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