Dextr vs Monica

Dextr is a personal CRM for adding relationship context and organization to contacts, available on iOS and macOS. It supports tags, custom relationship types, contact groups and follow-up reminders. Its AI Organizer Assistant helps sort contacts and clean up duplicate or incomplete entries. Dextr syncs with native iOS Contacts, with changes reflected in both apps; iCloud sync can keep tags, relationships, notes and organization consistent across iPhone, iPad and Mac. The free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited contacts, AI organization, relationships, tags, reminders, places and events. Pro costs $14.99 a year and adds interaction logging, business card scanning and the Mac app; a 14-day trial is listed. Contacts access is required, while notifications, calendar and camera access are optional for reminders, event integration and business card scanning. The maker says contact data and user content are not sent to Dextr or third parties, though app and device information, diagnostics, attribution and subscription information may be collected. Deleting an account removes Dextr-specific data while preserving native iOS Contacts.

Monica is an open-source personal CRM for organizing information about friends, family, colleagues, and other important people. Contact records can include contact methods, significant others, children, pets, private notes, reminders, gifts, and money owed. The service also stores relationship notes, journal entries, and activity history for calls, meals, trips, events, and other occasions. Contacts can be imported from vCard or CSV files, with duplicates displayed before merging. A REST API supports contact-data imports and exports and automation of parts of the application. Monica says it does not sell personal data, show ads, or use private account contents to train models. Hosted accounts include managed backups and email support; self-hosting uses Docker or manual installation, with users maintaining infrastructure and backups. Self-hosted Monica is free; Hosted Monica is $90 a year.