Comparison

Recent Contacts Timeline vs cryptoscreen

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
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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 Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

cryptoscreen

This app creates secure, self-destructing notes that are encrypted locally before being shared. Both a link and a PIN are required to access the message, which is then deleted after a single successful read. It offers enhanced privacy features like screenshot detection.

Highlights
  • Local encryption before upload
  • Link and PIN required for access
  • One-time read deletion
  • Screenshot detection
  • Message destruction after failed PIN attempts
  • Link expiration
  • Encrypted image attachments (Pro)
Features
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cryptoscreen is a private note app for messages that should not last. Write a note, choose a six-digit PIN, and cryptoscreen encrypts the message on your iPhone before it leaves the device. Share the generated link and send the PIN separately. The recipient can read it once in the iOS app, with an App Clip, or in a web browser when you allow web reading. No app download is needed for browser reading. CHOOSE HOW YOUR MESSAGE CAN BE READ Allow app and web reading for easier sharing, or choose app-only reading. Both the link and the PIN are required. Web-enabled messages are decrypted in the recipient's browser and become unavailable for another read after they are opened. ONE-TIME MESSAGES - Encrypt notes locally before upload. - Open normal messages once, then make them unavailable to other readers. - Destroy a message after the third wrong PIN attempt. - Let unopened links expire after the retention window. - Check availability in Sent Messages, including messages opened on the web. GUARDED READING ON iOS The iOS app and App Clip use a guarded reader to reduce casual screen exposure. The reader clears when iOS reports a screenshot. Screenshot protection is best-effort: iOS reports normal screenshots after capture. Browsers cannot provide the app's screenshot detection or capture protection, and no app can protect against external cameras or compromised devices. TEXT IS FREE. IMAGE SENDING IS PRO. Send text-only messages and read received text and images for free. Pro lets senders attach encrypted images. Restore purchases and manage your subscription from Settings. cryptoscreen does not require accounts, profiles, or contact lists. Messages are encrypted before upload; the service stores encrypted content and the metadata needed for expiry, PIN attempts, and message availability. Optional interaction-status sharing is off by default. Support: https://cryptoscreen.app/support Privacy Policy: https://cryptoscreen.app/privacy

Screenshots

Recent Contacts Timeline4 screens
cryptoscreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: cryptoscreen at 100% against Recent Contacts Timeline's 50%. cryptoscreen also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Recent Contacts Timeline's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (49 vs 1). 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. cryptoscreen sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Recent Contacts Timeline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

cryptoscreen 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 49 ratings behind it against 1, 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 cryptoscreen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 2 months, cryptoscreen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Recent Contacts Timeline versus cryptoscreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecent Contacts Timelinecryptoscreen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (49 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BardonDomenico Marco Di Donna

Customer experience

Recent Contacts Timeline

All ratings49 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

cryptoscreen

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recent Contacts Timeline

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

cryptoscreen

Subscriptions1
  • cryptoscreen Pro Images$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Recent Contacts Timeline free?
Recent Contacts Timeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is cryptoscreen free?
cryptoscreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Recent Contacts Timeline or cryptoscreen?
cryptoscreen is rated higher. Recent Contacts Timeline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while cryptoscreen averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Recent Contacts Timeline or cryptoscreen have ads?
Neither Recent Contacts Timeline nor cryptoscreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recent Contacts Timeline or cryptoscreen?
Recent Contacts Timeline ships an update every 2 months, and cryptoscreen fortnightly. Most recently, Recent Contacts Timeline was updated on October 24, 2026 and cryptoscreen on October 28, 2026.

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