Comparison

Favorite Contacts! vs SynoApp

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

Head to head
About

Favorite Contacts!

Easily connect with your most important contacts through a streamlined interface. Access communication options like calls, messages, and social media directly from a convenient widget.

Highlights
  • Favorite contacts management
  • Today View/Notification Center widget
  • Direct communication access
  • Animated contact photos (GIFs)
  • Support for numerous communication apps
  • Personalization options
Features
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We all have many contacts in our phones, but who do you actually contact regularly? Surely only family and friends. For those people that you contact often, Favorite Contacts provides you tons of ways to communicate with them. From WhatsApp, Telegram, Snapchat or FaceTime to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Simply open the app, or better yet, do it right from the Today View / Notification Center. KEY FEATURES: - Beautiful and handy app that keeps you closer to your favorite and most frequently used contacts. - Widget for the Today View / Notification Center to quickly chat, start calls or send messages right from within any app or the home and lock screens. - Quickly view any contact's phone, email or address directly on the widget. - Contacts with animated photos (GIFs). You'll be able to recognize your contacts more easily and with a lot of fun! - Very easy to configure and use, simply add your contacts once, then just tap on them to quickly access all the available actions. - Supports Phone, FaceTime, FaceTime Audio, Mail, Messages, WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Kik, Vine, Periscope, Tumblr and Flickr. - Many different styles for you to personalize it and make it look just the way you like. Download and start using Favorite Contacts today! FEEDBACK & SUPPORT: What new feature or improvement would you like to see? Please send us your feedback from right inside the app or to support@thinkcoderelease.com Thank you!

About

SynoApp

Features
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**SynoApp: Tu NAS Synology, siempre contigo** **Resumen:** SynoApp es una aplicación diseñada para usuarios de NAS Synology que te permite gestionar y visualizar tus archivos, fotos y recursos del servidor de forma segura y sencilla desde tu dispositivo móvil. Olvídate de depender de múltiples aplicaciones oficiales: SynoApp integra todas las herramientas esenciales en una sola app, con una experiencia moderna y cifrada. **Funcionalidades principales:** - Conexión directa a tu NAS Synology usando tu dominio propio, DDNS o synology.me (ejemplo: usuario.synology.me:5001). - Acceso seguro con usuario y contraseña (no soporta QuickConnect ni 2FA). - Navegación por tus archivos y carpetas en /home: crear, borrar, descargar, subir y renombrar archivos y carpetas. - Visualización de tus fotos en /home/Photos, con miniaturas, descarga, subida y borrado fácil. - Monitor en tiempo real de recursos, almacenamiento y red, siempre que tu NAS lo permita y tengas permisos. - Interfaz intuitiva, moderna y personalizable. - Todas las conexiones están completamente cifradas. **Importante:** - Solo compatible con conexiones HTTP/HTTPS y dominios válidos (no QuickConnect). - Es imprescindible indicar el puerto en la dirección (ejemplo: usuario.synology.me:5000 o usuario.synology.me:5001 para HTTPS). - Las acciones realizadas afectan directamente al almacenamiento del NAS y no son reversibles. - Algunas funciones como copiar o mover archivos pueden estar limitadas por la política actual de Synology. **Hazlo fácil, hazlo seguro. Lleva tu Synology siempre contigo con SynoApp.**

Screenshots

Favorite Contacts!4 screens
SynoApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SynoApp at Free against Favorite Contacts!'s $2.99. Favorite Contacts!'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

SynoApp is free to download; Favorite Contacts! costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Favorite Contacts! versus SynoApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFavorite Contacts!SynoApp
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (256 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings256 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThink Code Release LtdJESUS JAVIER GOMEZ GOMEZ

Bugs and requests

Favorite Contacts!

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Junk does not import contact info
  • No cross device syncing or cloud service/s
  • It doesn’t Show the Information of My Contacts
  • Cannot add a widget
  • Keep receiving error when trying to contact the “dedicated“ support service
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  • App closes down every time I hit the (I) button to edit the contact info
  • Will not let me have instant access to my favorite contacts
  • Text function will not allow you to take a photo or attach pics, animated gifs etc..
  • Camera icon once pressed does nothing
  • Attach icon does nothing
  • Submitted suggestions for features and have heard nothing back
  • When you try to submit feedback, it says technical support is not available
  • Sigue sin funcionar WhatsApp
  • No funciona con WhatsApp no enlaza el contacto
  • No puedo ingresar la información de Messenger de Facebook a un contacto
  • The app gets stuck when I click on a contact and can't go back to home or back
  • Still not compatible with WhatsApp
  • When you click on the facebook or whatsapp of the contact it takes you to the main page of face or whats
  • Background would stay the color I set it instead of changing itself to black
  • Doesn't recognise my FB messenger entry in the 'instant message' section

Requested features

13 requests
  • Cross-device syncing or cloud service
  • Dark mode compatibility
  • Customization of calling screen
  • Widget for iOS 14
  • Ability to resize caller pictures
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  • Remove social media icons for unused contacts
  • Notifications instead of messenger/phone app
  • View all contacts for changes/directory
  • Add Snapchat usernames to contacts
  • Add services like Snapchat, LinkedIn, Tumblr
  • FaceTime audio call option
  • Ability to text in other apps like Text Me
  • Allow background to stay set color

SynoApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Favorite Contacts!

No in-app purchases

None

SynoApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Favorite Contacts! free?
Favorite Contacts! costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SynoApp free?
SynoApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Favorite Contacts! or SynoApp have ads?
Neither Favorite Contacts! nor SynoApp shows ads.

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