Comparison

Recent Contacts Timeline vs SortMyContacts

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

Head to head
About

Recent Contacts Timeline

Easily find your most recently added contacts. This utility displays contacts sorted by addition date, showing when each was added. Quickly access and connect with new contacts.

Highlights
  • View recently added contacts
  • Sort contacts by addition date
  • See when contacts were added
  • Widget for recent contacts
  • Filter by today, yesterday, or last weekend
Features
Currently charting
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See your newest contacts first. Contacts Timeline turns your address book into a clean timeline, sorted by when each contact was added. New contacts appear at the top, grouped into Today, Yesterday, This Week, and older dates, so the person you just saved is easy to find again. Open any contact to see the available details: phone numbers, email addresses, company, job title, birthday, photos, and more. From there, you can call, send a message, email, copy contact info, open the contact in the system Contacts app to edit it, or delete it. Built for the moments when the regular Contacts app makes you search by name, but what you remember is when you met someone. Highlights: - Recently added contacts first - Timeline groups for today, yesterday, this week, and exact dates - Fast contact search - One-tap call, message, email, and copy actions - Open contacts in the system Contacts app for editing - Native iOS design, no account required - Export contacts as PDF or CSV, sort by date or name, then share, save, or print

About

SortMyContacts

This utility app sorts Chinese contacts by Pinyin on non-Chinese systems without needing internet access, preserving your data privacy. It also offers an "Easy Dialing" feature to quickly locate contacts using their numbers on the keypad.

Highlights
  • One-click Pinyin sorting for Chinese contacts
  • Maintains order of non-Chinese contacts
  • Offline functionality for privacy
  • Easy Dialing via number pad
  • Utilizes contact nicknames for dialing
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One-click contact sorting for non-Chinese systems, no internet required, ensuring data privacy and security. - Pinyin Sorting for Chinese Contacts On non-Chinese systems, Chinese contacts may appear out of order in your contact list. SortMyContacts supports one-click Pinyin sorting. non-Chinese name contacts will remain unchanged. - Easy Dialing (Number Pad Contact Locating) Example: 白居易 (BJY), simply enter 259 on the keypad. Note: The Easy Dialing feature uses the “Nickname” field of contacts. If you have already stored information in the “Nickname” field, enabling this feature may overwrite the nickname.

Screenshots

Recent Contacts Timeline4 screens
SortMyContacts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SortMyContacts at 100% against Recent Contacts Timeline's 50%. SortMyContacts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Recent Contacts Timeline's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (48 vs 4). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99 and SortMyContacts $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SortMyContacts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recent Contacts Timeline has 48 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Recent Contacts Timeline's written reviews are positive against 100% of SortMyContacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 6 weeks, SortMyContacts every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Recent Contacts Timeline versus SortMyContacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecent Contacts TimelineSortMyContacts
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.8 (48 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BardonJINGLUN LI

Customer experience

Recent Contacts Timeline

All ratings48 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

SortMyContacts

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recent Contacts Timeline

No in-app purchases

None

SortMyContacts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recent Contacts Timeline free?
Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SortMyContacts free?
SortMyContacts costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recent Contacts Timeline or SortMyContacts?
SortMyContacts is rated higher. Recent Contacts Timeline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while SortMyContacts averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Recent Contacts Timeline or SortMyContacts have ads?
Neither Recent Contacts Timeline nor SortMyContacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recent Contacts Timeline or SortMyContacts?
Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 6 weeks, and SortMyContacts every 11 months. Most recently, Recent Contacts Timeline was updated on September 19, 2026 and SortMyContacts on September 6, 2026.

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