Contact Cleanup vs Duplicate Contacts Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contact Cleanup
Effortlessly remove duplicate contacts from your device with a single click. This tool offers smart filters to merge contacts based on phone, email, or name, and can identify contacts missing essential information. It also includes a backup and recycle bin feature for easy recovery of deleted entries.
- Delete duplicate contacts
- Merge contacts by phone/email/name
- Find contacts without name/phone/email
- Backup contacts
- Recycle bin for deleted contacts
- Quick select/unselect
- Search contacts
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Delete duplicate contacts easily! This app can help you to remove duplicate contacts in one click, also it supports Recycle Bin, you can rollback deleted contacts easily, never mind mistake remove. Smart Filters: - Merge contacts with duplicate Phone. - Merge contacts with duplicate Email. - Merge contacts with duplicate Name. - Find contacts without Name. - Find contacts without phone Number. - Find contacts without Email. Backup Contacts & Rollback: - Backup your contacts in on click! - Recycle bin support, never mind mistake remove. Other Features: - Quick select and unselect contacts. - Double check list. - Search contacts.
Duplicate Contacts Manager
This app helps you clean up your address book by merging and removing duplicate contacts. It offers various options for identifying and resolving duplicates based on identical information, similar names, or phone numbers. You can also back up and restore your contacts for safety.
- Merge duplicate contacts
- Remove contacts with missing info
- Backup and restore contacts
- Identify identical contacts
- Merge contacts with similar names
- Merge contacts with similar phone numbers
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Merge Duplicate Contacts & Remover has following options: 1. Merge & Remove duplicate contacts 2. Delete contacts with no name, number, email. 3. Backup and Restore contacts (in .vcf file) For merging and deleting duplicate contacts following options available: 1. Duplicate Contacts (where all contacts are identical) : Here app deletes duplicate contacts. 2. Similar Phone number (only phone number number in all contacts similar) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. 3. Similar Name (name in all contacts are similar) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. 4. Inside Duplicates (Same number is stored two times in one contact) : Here app removes other numbers within contact. 5. Duplicate Email (Same email id in all contacts) : Here app merges contacts and make a single contact. Using this app, you can fix your address book easily. Note: Please make sure that you review all duplicates and backup your contacts before merging your contacts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Contact Cleanup at none against Duplicate Contacts Manager's shown. Contact Cleanup also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (83% vs 67%). Duplicate Contacts Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Contact Cleanup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Duplicate Contacts Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Contact Cleanup holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Contact Cleanup has 9.5K ratings behind it against 810, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Contact Cleanup's written reviews are positive against 67% of Duplicate Contacts Manager's.
Contact Cleanup ships an update every 2 months, Duplicate Contacts Manager every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contact Cleanup | Duplicate Contacts Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (9.5K ratings) — better | 4.1 (810 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better | 66.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | 810 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 舜 陈 | Vimal Jain |
Customer experience
Contact Cleanup
Duplicate Contacts Manager
User reviews
Contact Cleanup
From 9.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💡 Helpful for cleaning up contacts
- 🚀 Saves time compared to manual deletion
- 🚀 Merges duplicates quickly
Room to improve
- 🔒 Requires payment for full functionality
- 🐛 Merging issues - corrupted or lost contacts
- 🐛 Crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Inconsistent performance across devices
Duplicate Contacts Manager
From 810 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Easy and straightforward to use
- 🚀 Efficient at merging and deleting duplicate contacts
- 💰 Free app with no in-app purchases
- 📤 Backup and export contacts functionality
Room to improve
- 🔍 Inconsistent contact matching, some duplicates missed
- 📷 Issues with contact photos (e.g. replaced with random photos)
- 🔁 Repetitive scanning and loading process
- 📢 Intrusive ads that can't be disabled
Bugs and requests
Contact Cleanup
Reported bugs
3 issues- Deleting contacts instead of merging
- Stripping contact names during merging
- Inability to access merged contacts
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to edit merged contacts
- Clearer communication about in-app purchases
- Family sharing support for in-app purchases
- Improved backup and restore functionality
Duplicate Contacts Manager
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes during contact processing
- Merged contacts losing important details like notes and birthdays
- Incorrect contact information after merging (e.g. wrong phone numbers)
Requested features
4 requests- Undo/rollback functionality
- More granular control over merge/delete options
- Support for sorting and filtering contacts
- Backup and restore options for contact data
In-app purchases
Contact Cleanup
- Merge Contacts Automatically$1.99
Duplicate Contacts Manager
- Merger Pro$0.99
Questions
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