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What it is

ContactsPlus is a contact manager and personal CRM for syncing, deduplicating, enriching, and backing up contacts across accounts. Two-way sync is available with Google, iCloud, and Microsoft/Outlook. It can add details such as job titles, companies, photos, and social profiles using publicly available data, and its scanner transcribes business cards and other images containing contact details into saved contacts. Premium adds duplicate detection and merging, plus six months of activity history with one-click undo. Teams includes a shared address book, roles, shared notes, and up to 50 team members. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one synced account, 1,000 contacts, and daily sync. Premium is $13.99 a month, with annual billing listed as $119.88 billed yearly or $9.99/mo billed annually. Teams is $17.99 a month, with annual billing listed as $155.88/user billed yearly or $12.99/user/mo billed annually. Apps are available for web, iOS, and Android, with developer APIs for contacts, business card scanning, and caller ID.

Spec sheet

What it does
ContactsPlus is an AI-assisted contact manager that synchronizes, cleans, enriches and backs up address books across Google, iCloud and Outlook.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Purpose
ContactsPlus syncs, deduplicates, enriches, and backs up contacts across accounts as a contact manager and personal CRM.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Integrations
ContactsPlus connects with Zapier and LinkedIn, and its integrations page lists ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok support; Salesforce, HubSpot, and other services are described there as roadmap requests.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Security
The security page states that data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS in transit, with role-based access controls and AWS hosting.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Support
Support is offered by email and chat, with the company saying replies typically arrive in less than one business day; phone support is unavailable.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.contactsplus.com
Headquarters
Saint Louis, Missouri, USARead 23 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Activity history
An activity feed records additions, edits, merges, tags, notes and enrichment events and provides one-click undo.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
AI assistant integration
MCP connections let ChatGPT, Claude and Grok search contacts and suggest changes, while ContactsPlus requires user approval and blocks deletion or export by the assistant.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
API coverage
The API reference documents account access, contact search, paging, creation, updates, deletion, photo upload, ownership changes, tags, teams and webhook management.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
API security requirement
API clients must support TLS with Server Name Indication, and applications obtain OAuth credentials by registering at the ContactsPlus app-management page.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Apps
ContactsPlus is available as a responsive web app and native iOS and Android apps.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Authentication limitation
The help center states that ContactsPlus does not provide its own two-step verification, although Google sign-in can inherit Google 2FA.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.contactsplus.com
Business-card scanning
Images such as business cards, email signatures, badges and handwritten notes can be transcribed into editable contact fields.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Chrome extension status
ContactsPlus discontinued support for its Gmail Chrome extension in March 2025 because Google changes prevented it from meeting new requirements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.contactsplus.com
Company legal identity
The terms identify the provider as Contacts Plus LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with offices in Saint Louis, Missouri.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Company location and users
The company describes itself as based in Saint Louis and says more than 100,000 people have used ContactsPlus.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Contact enrichment
The service compares records with public web information and proposes photos, job titles, companies, locations and social profiles.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Data retention
The security page says personal and contact data is generally retained for up to five years after last update or use, subject to legal requirements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Developer APIs
The company lists a Contacts API, Business Card Scanner API, and Caller ID API for developers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Duplicate handling
ContactsPlus detects exact and near-duplicate records and can merge them after side-by-side review or through high-confidence automatic merging.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Duplicates and history
Premium includes duplicate detection and merging, plus six months of activity history with one-click undo.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Follow-up reminders
Users can set dated follow-up reminders on contacts with calendar synchronization.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Free plan limits
The Free plan includes one synced account, a limit of 1,000 contacts, and daily sync.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Independent review limits
MobileAppDaily reports long synchronization times, lag and in-app purchases it considers difficult to justify, giving the app 3.7 stars overall.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mobileappdaily.com
Independent review praise
MobileAppDaily praises cross-source syncing, duplicate merging, cloud backup, social-profile enrichment and cross-platform contact transfer.Read 15 Oct 2026 · mobileappdaily.com
Licence and ownership
Terms grant users non-transferable site and app licences while Contacts Plus LLC retains intellectual-property rights in the service, integrations, APIs and software, indicating proprietary rather than open-source licensing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Limit: Apple reviews
App Store reviewers report poor response to feature requests, dissatisfaction with the move from one-time purchase to subscriptions, and cases of duplicates, overwritten fields, missing photos or corrupted contact data.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Limit: Capterra value and support
Capterra reports low reviewer scores for value for money (2.1) and customer service (1.9), with complaints about pricing and contact-data changes after the FullContact transition.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Limit: G2 pricing and controls
G2 reviewers describe Premium as expensive, request more design customization and report that aggressive AI suggestions can create unwanted updates or reintroduced deletions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Limit: Google Play reviews
Google Play reviewers complain that updates removed or restricted dialer, recent-call and messaging functions, introduced JavaScript compatibility problems and made subscriptions feel overpriced.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
LinkedIn integration
LinkedIn connections can be imported and then enriched, searched and synchronized inside ContactsPlus.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Notable news: 2018 acquisition
FullContact announced on February 8, 2018 that it acquired Contacts+ and said the apps had more than 20 million downloads.Read 15 Oct 2026 · prweb.com
Notable news: 2021 acquisition
Benchmark Email announced on February 9, 2021 that it acquired Contacts+ from FullContact; the transaction closed January 29, 2021 and Benchmark said the business had nearly 20,000 paying customers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · prnewswire.com
Praise: G2 reviewers
G2 reviewers repeatedly praise easy contact storage, syncing across multiple Google or Outlook accounts and keeping contacts in one place.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Privacy and compliance
ContactsPlus says its data handling follows GDPR and CCPA practices and that users can request data deletion or export their data.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Public API
The REST API exposes contacts, tags, teams and webhooks, with OAuth 2.0 authentication and real-time change notifications.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Rating on Apple App Store
4.5 out of 5 from 5.8K ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
Rating on Capterra
2.8 out of 5 from 8 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
Rating on G2
4.4 out of 5 from 14 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
Rating on GetApp
2.8 out of 5 from 8 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
Rating on Google Play
4.1 out of 5 from 195K reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com
SDK availability
The published API reference shows JavaScript and Clojure examples and a contacts-api-node package example, but no official downloadable SDK catalog.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Security controls
ContactsPlus states that it uses AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS in transit, role-based access controls, AWS hosting and GDPR/CCPA-aligned practices.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Sync sources
It offers two-way contact sync with Google, iCloud, and Microsoft/Outlook.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
System requirements
The web app lists Chrome, Chromium-based Vivaldi, Firefox, Safari, Edge and Opera as supported browsers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.contactsplus.com
Team collaboration
Teams provides shared address books, contact ownership, shared notes and role-based permissions for up to 50 members.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Teams
The Teams plan provides a shared address book, roles, shared notes, and up to 50 team members.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Unified syncing
Google, iCloud, Microsoft 365, Outlook and Exchange contacts can be synchronized in both directions, with real-time operation on Premium and Teams.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Who it is for
ContactsPlus describes itself as a contact manager for professionals, teams, and small businesses.Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Zapier integration
Zapier workflows can create or update ContactsPlus records and send contacts to CRMs, spreadsheets, email tools and other connected apps.Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com

Plans and prices

Free Free Free forever · no credit card 1 synced account · 1,000 contacts · daily sync · web, iOS & Android apps Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Free Free free forever 1 synced Apple/Google/Microsoft account · 1,000 contacts · daily sync · web, iOS and Android apps Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Premium $9.99 a month $119.88 billed yearly 5 synced accounts · 25,000 contacts · real-time sync · enrichment · email-signature extraction Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Teams $12.99 a month $155.88 per user billed yearly 10 synced accounts · unlimited contacts · shared address book · roles and shared notes · up to 50 members Read 15 Oct 2026 · contactsplus.com
Premium $13.99 a month $119.88 billed yearly · $9.99/mo billed annually 5 synced accounts · 25,000 contacts · 100 business card scans/month Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com
Teams $17.99 a month $155.88/user billed yearly · $12.99/user/mo billed annually 10 synced accounts · unlimited contacts · shared address book · up to 50 team members Read 30 Sep 2026 · contactsplus.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Two-way sync with Google, iCloud, and Microsoft/Outlook
  • Adds contact details using publicly available data
  • Scans business cards and contact-detail images
  • Teams includes shared notes and roles
  • Offers web, iOS, and Android apps

Limits

  • Free plan limits users to one synced account
  • Free plan caps contacts at 1,000
  • Free plan syncs daily

Who it suits

ContactsPlus suits professionals, teams, and small businesses managing contacts across accounts. The Free plan may fit users with one synced account and no more than 1,000 contacts; Teams offers shared contact management for up to 50 members.

Verdict

ContactsPlus combines account sync with enrichment, scanning, and contact management. Compare the Free plan's account and contact limits with the paid plans' listed capacities and billing terms.

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