Comparison

Recent Contacts Timeline vs DNS+

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

Organize your address book by recency. This app presents your contacts in a clear timeline, prioritizing those most recently added. Easily access and manage contact details, with quick actions for calling, messaging, and emailing.

Highlights
  • Timeline view of new contacts
  • Grouped by date (Today, Yesterday, This Week)
  • Fast contact search
  • One-tap call, message, email
  • Export contacts as PDF or CSV
  • Native iOS design
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

DNS+

Configure encrypted DNS settings on your iPhone for enhanced privacy and content filtering. Choose between standard protection for a cleaner browsing experience or family protection to block adult content and enable safe search.

Highlights
  • Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS configuration
  • System-level DNS settings
  • Standard protection mode
  • Family protection mode
  • Adult content filtering
  • Safe Search enablement
Features
Currently charting
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DNS+ is a simple encrypted DNS configuration utility for iPhone. It lets you configure DNS-over-HTTPS at the system level, so your selected DNS service can be used across supported apps and browsers. Choose between two protection modes: STANDARD PROTECTION Uses encrypted DNS filtering for a cleaner and more private browsing experience. FAMILY PROTECTION Adds filtering for adult-content domains and enables Safe Search where supported. HOW TO USE 1. Choose your preferred protection mode. 2. Set up DNS+. 3. Open iPhone Settings. 4. Go to General > VPN & Device Management > DNS. 5. Select DNS+. You only need to activate DNS+ once. After that, you can switch between Standard and Family protection directly from the app. PRIVACY DNS+ does not require an account and does not inspect or collect your browsing history. DNS requests are handled by the selected DNS provider. DNS+ uses AdGuard Public DNS as its DNS provider. Please note that DNS-based filtering has technical limitations and may not filter all content.

Screenshots

Recent Contacts Timeline4 screens
DNS+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recent Contacts Timeline at 50% against DNS+'s 0%. Recent Contacts Timeline also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (49 vs 5). DNS+'s advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). 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

DNS+ is free to download; Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Recent Contacts Timeline holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recent Contacts Timeline has 49 ratings behind it against 5, 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 0% of DNS+'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Recent Contacts Timeline versus DNS+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecent Contacts TimelineDNS+
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (49 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#168 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam BardonMoataz AbdElkawy

Customer experience

Recent Contacts Timeline

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

DNS+

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Recent Contacts Timeline

No in-app purchases

None

DNS+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recent Contacts Timeline free?
Recent Contacts Timeline costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DNS+ free?
DNS+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recent Contacts Timeline or DNS+?
Recent Contacts Timeline is rated higher. Recent Contacts Timeline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while DNS+ averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Recent Contacts Timeline or DNS+ have ads?
Neither Recent Contacts Timeline nor DNS+ shows ads.

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