Comparison

Gift Exchange Lite vs Export Contacts

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

Head to head
About

Gift Exchange Lite

Organize secret Santa and other gift exchanges with ease. This app allows participants to be selected from contacts or entered manually, with options for complex giving and receiving rules. It prevents repeat drawings and can notify participants via email or print results.

Highlights
  • Participant selection from contacts or manual entry
  • Customizable giving and receiving rules
  • Exclusion grouping for family members
  • Prevents drawing the same name twice
  • Email notifications to participants
  • AirPrint compatibility for printed results
  • History of past drawings
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The easy and fun way to do your name drawings for gift exchanges. Participants may be selected from contacts or entered manually. After the drawing is completed the app will notify the participants of their names by e-mail. Gift Exchange Lite allows up to seven participants to be chosen from the device contacts or entered manually. Grouping feature allows exclusions of spouses or group members from drawing a name in the same group. Memory of previous drawing prevents people from drawing the same name as the previous drawing. Each participant may be designated as "Gives and receives a gift in shared exchange", "Gives and receives in shared exchange, also may give to receive only participant(s)", "Does not receive gift, may give to receive only participant(s)", or "Does not give gift, receive only. For example, child". The results can be printed to an Airprint printer for each participant without email, or who want a printed copy. History display shows the name drawn and gift given for each person for previous drawings. Compatible with PC Gift Exchange files. You may email your *.gx files from PC to yourself and open on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Multiple exchanges may be created and saved. For example, an exchange file can be used for your direct family. A separate file may be used for an exchange for your spouse’s family.

About

Export Contacts

Effortlessly back up and export your contacts to various formats, including vCard, Excel, and CSV. Customize your exports by selecting specific fields and groups, and save custom setups for quick, repeated use. Enjoy a privacy-first approach with local processing and seamless integration with iOS features.

Highlights
  • Export contacts to Excel or CSV
  • Backup contacts to vCard
  • Select specific fields and groups for export
  • Create and save custom export setups
  • Sync export setups across devices
  • Retain contact pictures and notes in vCard backups
  • Local processing for privacy
Features
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Easily export your contacts to Excel or CSV, or back them up to a vCard file. Customize your exports by choosing specific fields, even with thousands of contacts on older devices. ### THE MOST FLEXIBLE CONTACT EXPORTER FOR iOS - Unlike other apps, you can select individual fields and contact groups to export. - Unlike other apps, you can limit your export to contacts that were changed or added after the last export (in-app purchase required). - Create custom export setups for different purposes to simplify repetitive tasks. - An export setup saves your format and field preferences. Start an export with a single tap, making repeated exports effortless. - Export in Excel format or CSV with customizable settings (in-app purchase required). - Export phone numbers in multiple formats such as Automatic, National, International, and E.164. - Compatible with any iPhone or iPad running iOS 18 or newer, in both landscape and portrait. ### EXPORTS VIA SIRI, SHORTCUTS AND AUTOMATIONS - Start an export with Siri, without opening the app. - Run an existing export setup as a shortcut. - Or set the format and field selection directly in the Shortcuts app. - Have exports run at a set time through an automation, weekly as a vCard backup for instance. - Chain the export with other actions, to file or send the finished document. - Check the app's log to see which automated runs took place. ### INTEGRATED FREE CONTACT BACKUP - Export to vCards for quick and efficient backups of your contact list. Email the vCard to yourself or save it to Apple’s Files app. - Unlike other apps, it retains contact pictures and notes when exporting to vCards. - Easy restore: Import the saved *.vcf file directly into Apple’s Contacts app without needing a separate app. ### ADVANTAGES - Fully integrated with iOS features like Apple’s Files app and direct exports to apps like Numbers and Excel. - Robust and efficient, capable of handling thousands of contacts with excellent memory management. - Benefit from 20 years of development experience in Apple address book programming for Mac and iOS. ### PRIVACY-FIRST APPROACH The app values your privacy, performing all exports locally on your device without requiring login to any service. It respects international privacy laws, avoids analyzing your contacts, and eliminates any user tracking. ### EXCLUSIVE FOR iOS Built exclusively for iPhone and iPad with Apple’s native tools, assuring you high performance and long-term support.

Screenshots

Gift Exchange Lite4 screens
Export Contacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Export Contacts at 4.3 against Gift Exchange Lite's 3.3. Export Contacts also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (70% vs 54%). Gift Exchange Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Export Contacts sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gift Exchange Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Export Contacts holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Export Contacts has 89 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Gift Exchange Lite's written reviews are positive against 70% of Export Contacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gift Exchange Lite ships an update every 13 months, Export Contacts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Gift Exchange Lite versus Export Contacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGift Exchange LiteExport Contacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (9 ratings)4.3 (89 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews70.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings989 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwilsonware.comStefan Keller

Customer experience

Gift Exchange Lite

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative30.8%

Export Contacts

All ratings89 ratings
Positive82.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral7.4%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Gift Exchange Lite

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Export Contacts

One-time2
  • Changed Contacts Export$2.99
  • CSV & Excel Export Formats$6.99

Questions

Is Gift Exchange Lite free?
Gift Exchange Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Export Contacts free?
Export Contacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gift Exchange Lite or Export Contacts?
Export Contacts is rated higher. Gift Exchange Lite averages 3.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Export Contacts averages 4.3 from 89 ratings.
Do Gift Exchange Lite or Export Contacts have ads?
Neither Gift Exchange Lite nor Export Contacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gift Exchange Lite or Export Contacts?
Gift Exchange Lite ships an update every 13 months, and Export Contacts every 2 months. Most recently, Gift Exchange Lite was updated on October 15, 2026 and Export Contacts on October 16, 2026.

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