Contacts Backup vs Export & Import Contacts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contacts Backup
Easily manage and organize your contacts using an Excel interface. Upload, update, and export your contact list to your iPhone address book or PC. Create group-wise lists and maintain contact details conveniently.
- Manage contacts via Excel
- Upload contact lists via Excel
- Create group-wise contact lists
- Export iPhone contacts to Excel
- Import to Outlook Contacts
- Assign contacts to multiple groups
- Delete contacts or groups
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Contacts Backup is very user friendly app that help user to manage their contacts in very simple way. It has a unique feature of uploading the contact list via excel sheet. Its very easy to create the group wise contact list. You just have to create the contact list with their group names in the excel sheet and upload it using this app. You will find your contact list is imported to this app and now its easy to copy it to your iPhone address book. See how simple it is to use and keep your contact list both at your iPhone and your pc in case of emergency. Try it to know more about this app so that you can also take benefit of it. :) FEATURES * Update, modify and maintain your contacts easily and conveniently on your computer using Excel, Open Office or any other Excel-compatible application. * You can now export iPhone contacts to an Excel file which can then be imported to Outlook Contacts directly * You can organize your contacts into groups easily on a spreadsheet and also assign a contact to multiple groups. * You can delete the contacts or even whole group on your choice. * Manage the contact details in a very friendly manner. * User can copy selected contacts to Contacts address Book anytime. can search any contact using search bar in “Contacts” view.
Export & Import Contacts
Easily export your iPhone contacts to various formats like vCard, CSV, or Excel. This app offers a private, no-sign-up experience with on-device processing. Upgrade to unlock unlimited exports and advanced contact management features.
- Export contacts to vCard, CSV, or Excel
- On-device processing for 100% privacy
- No sign-up or adverts required
- Import and export all or selected contacts
- Manage contacts, view duplicates, and merge
- Filter contacts by phone or email
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The must have App to Export your iPhone contacts; no sign-up required, no adverts and 100% private. Export your iPhone contacts in vCard, CSV or Excel format. - Choose the file format - Choose where to save/export the file to - All processing is done on your iPhone so 100% private The FREE version is restricted to exporting a maximum of 25 contacts. Upgrade to 'Pro' to enable full functionality. - Export and Import All or a Selection of contacts - Manage your contacts view duplicates and merge - View contacts without phone, email or both Backup your contacts regularly to a safe place to ensure you can restore them Contact us on support@xappsios.com for any feedback or suggestions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Export & Import Contacts at 3.5 against Contacts Backup's 1.0. Export & Import Contacts also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). Contacts Backup's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (33% vs 14%). On price, ads 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. Export & Import Contacts sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Contacts Backup asks for nothing beyond the download.
Export & Import Contacts holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Export & Import Contacts has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Contacts Backup's written reviews are positive against 14% of Export & Import Contacts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Contacts Backup ships an update every 6 months, Export & Import Contacts weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contacts Backup | Export & Import Contacts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.5 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | margaret kovatch | MARK MANSER |
Customer experience
Contacts Backup
Export & Import Contacts
In-app purchases
Contacts Backup
No in-app purchases
Export & Import Contacts
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$1.99
- Go Pro$3.99
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- Large Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
- Enormous Tip$19.99
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