ContactEx vs Contact Backup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ContactEx
Easily export and share your contact data in various formats, including PDF and vCard. This utility also supports importing contacts and printing your address book information.
- Export contacts in vCard format
- Create PDF files from selected contacts
- Export contacts in exchange format
- Import contacts from exchange format
- Print contact data
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ContactEx is the app for contact export and exchange. Import and print contact data are also supported. We know you have trouble on sharing address book data. Not only exporting multiple contacts, but also print out their data. Now, ContactEx provides solution of these situation. ContactEx can - create PDF file with selected contacts - export multiple contacts in vCard format - export multiple contacts to 1 file in exchange format file - import multiple contacts from exchange format file Limitation of this version - sending mail with PDF file - 10 persons can be exported in vCard format totally - 10 persons can be exported in ce format totally - 10 persons can be imported in ce format totally
Contact Backup
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Contacts Export is a lightweight and efficient iPhone contact manager supporting multiple export and import formats. Safe & Secure: Fully offline, no internet required. Your data never leaves your device. (Only needs internet connection for App Store purchases.) Features: - Export as VCF, CSV, XLSX, or PDF - Import contacts from VCF and CSV files - Upload via WiFi from your computer browser - Preview before exporting or importing - Share or print via the system menu - Send directly via email - Select specific contacts to process Supported Formats: - VCF (vCard) standard contact format, compatible with all phones - CSV spreadsheet format, editable with Excel and more - XLSX native Excel format with full styling - PDF portable document format, ideal for printing and archiving
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Contact Backup at none against ContactEx's 1. ContactEx's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16). 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. ContactEx sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Contact Backup asks for nothing beyond the download.
ContactEx ships an update fortnightly, Contact Backup every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ContactEx | Contact Backup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jerry Juang | Shanghai Dazhuo Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
ContactEx
- ContactEx$1.99
Contact Backup
No in-app purchases
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