Contacts+

A Google user

5 years ago

Remarkable how developers can turn the best contacts app into the worst. I've been using contacts+ for more than 5 years. Amazing how many aspects of the app has been changed for the negative. Wiill be deleting the app and using default app until I identify a replacement. Update: a minor change was made allowing sorting by frequency. Now, how about letting us sort by category and customize ring tones. Anything less and deleting. There are alternatives, prior to update no other app came close.

A Google user

5 years ago

*****I will be uninstalling Contacts+ and moving to another app.***** I've been using the app for years, had even paid for the pro version, but with the latest update they have taken a once great app and have taken away many of the features that were the reason I originally went with Contacts+. I don't seem to be the only one who is unhappy with the update. Charging $100 plus a year for a contacts app (which I just barely pay for Photoshop) that has been stripped of features, is ridiculous.

Michael Williams

1 year ago

Been using for years. Just noticed that after deleting a MMS, the screen does not update, but the message is deleted. Contacts or Calls show empty screens and moving back to MMS also shows an empty screen. Only after restarting the app do the Contacts, Calls and MMS screens show content. UPDATE: Cannot add a contact, either to the device itself or the cloud - indicates that the contact was added, but it is not there. Had to add in the Contacts app on the phone before it would appear here.

A Google user

5 years ago

The last update ruined it. It took away a lot of the customization it had before. Also, sms pop-ups now take over your screen and won't go away unless you physically swipe them from the screen. You also can't get into your phone now if there's an sms pop-up unless you first swipe the huge, ugly pop-up. Changing the notification options does nothing...choose "no pop-up"and you still get 'em. I previously purchased the upgrade, so I don't want to ditch this app, but.......

A Google user

5 years ago

This used to be a great app but version 6 sucks. All the customization features that used to be a part of the app are now gone. Even those of us who bought the pro version years ago for the ability to customize the themes have lost the ability to do so. Now you only have the choice of a generic light or dark them with no option to customize them. You can no longer swipe from sms, to call logs, to dialer, you now have to tap the icons on the bottom of the screen. This may not seem like a big deal but it does make navigating the app more difficult than it was before. You can no longer choose the icon size for your contacts or change whether they are in list or grid view. Now favorite contacts are large icons in a grid view with a list of the rest of your contacts following with smaller icons. I've heard you have more options if you sign up for their cloud contacts but as I host my own cloud option for my contacts I don't want or believe I need to sign up for a service just to be able to sort my contacts on my phone. This is nothing more than the developers using the app to push people to their services whether people need or want them. After having loved this app for years, I'm now looking for a new contacts app.

Azleena Salleh Azhar

3 years ago

I really liked this app because unlike a lot of other contact management apps, when I do a search, it does a thorough search that includes the notes. However, one deal breaker is that in the free version, when I'm on a call I often can't find the handset icon tk hangup, and also when I have an incoming call it sometimes does not pop up so I can answer it!

Elizabeth simon

4 years ago

Thanks for your response. I returned to my contacts+ app a few days later and the edit now works. Thank you! Can't edit a contact. I just downloaded this app. It was recommended online. I created a contact and saved. Then I searched and chose the contact to edit but I can't edit it. Instead I get a message that says "choose a contact to edit"! I've already chosen it and tapped on the pencil icon! Makes no sense!

A Google user

5 years ago

I've been a paid user for 2 years. The new updated downgraded the app to a "free" version and now wants me to buy a new, rather expensive, subscription. I emailed them for an explanation, but got a form email back asking for a log from my phone to diagnose the problem. The problem has nothing to do with my phone. A quick look at their recent reviews will clearly show what the problem is. I'll give them until the weekend to fix this and then I'm uninstalling and moving on with life.

A Google user

5 years ago

Complete Garbage. I used to love this app. Now it wants to become the default phone app, and that's just not happening. I love the grid layout for contacts, over the list in the default contacts app. I prefer the default phone app, over Contacts+. Can block calls easier, use the new screening call option if I want, and it just looks and performs better. Don't want this to be my SMS text handler either. Have always used this for only the contacts grid view. 5+ years, now down the drain

A Google user

5 years ago

Latest update made the user interface more difficult. Switching to different contact list now requires more keystrokes. Cannot decrease contacts list line spacing. Cannot get rid of the "Favorites" or "recently called" block. REQUIRES usage of their own dialer, but I have other important apps that REQUIRE usage of the Google phone dialer. You cannot search for contacts via street address. Other contact managers allow search on almost anything in the record. Will probably uninstall.

A Google user

5 years ago

EDIT: It has been TWO YEARS since I was told the two features I was looking for (being able to send more than one attachment /photo in the same text, and being able to schedule texts) were being worked on. These are very basic features that were available in my stock Samsung texting app. But they still aren't available, and no word that they will ever be. I'm giving up. I don't think these devs are truly interested in making their app useful or competitive with other similar apps. Bye. ---------------------- I find myself using the stock messaging app because I often want to attach two or more photos to a text, and this app won't let me do that. So then I have to go into the stock app, which means I have to change the default app, and I'm so tired of doing that, that I just use the stock app now. Also I'd like to be able to "schedule" texts like I can from the stock app. But the sending multiple attachments is a real issue, and I don't get why the app has this limitation. The devs responded more than a year ago saying these items were on the to-do list, but I have yet to see any hint of being able to text more than one image at a time. As a result I've been using a combination of other apps. Wish I could go back to Contacts +. Downgraded to 3 stars until this is added.

A Google user

4 years ago

I miss being able to sort by favorites. The new update broke functionality for me at least. The new update also broke most of my contacts. I hadn't saved them to the cloud yet and when it updated I lost about 80 contacts after the update. I'm going to have to install an old version just to get the functionality back. Each update just keeps getting worse.

A Google user

5 years ago

UPDATE: Contacts+ did get back to me after leaving this review and they solved the problem for me so I'm back to using their app--so happy! The problem/solution BTW is with Android...I turned off autofill and the bubble stopped popping up. I hate to leave this app, but....I had to. I've been using it for many years and loved it, but a few months ago a problem started that I have yet to get a response from the contacts+ team after emailing them about how to fix it. What's happening is that there is a bubble with my phone number with a plus sign in front of it hovering over the text entry field for typing text messages. It partially covers the text entry box and the text message before it that I'm responding to.

A Google user

5 years ago

Haven't found anything better. The developers seem to be one step ahead of anyone else when it comes to improving user experience. UPDATE Recent updates. No heads up on changes. Makes thing a bit confusing for everyday user. Since the last iteration, it's not intuitive anymore. Keeps telling me to upgrade to Gold. Originally, I thought I subscribed & paid for lifetime?

A Google user

6 years ago

Update 2018: Still my most favorite contacts app. The only thing I can think of from the top of my head that would make it better would be being able to send sms and getting notification on a pc. Review from 2015: New version isn't that good. All social networking links gone. Long press dial/sms doesn't work. Also double tapping from speed dial to do sms doesn't work. Considering switching to something else but I will stick around a while and see how it goes.

A Google user

5 years ago

Update: Nov 5, 2019 I just went to use this and it's all different. No way I can see for access to my groups. Contacts are gigantic bubbles that take forever to scroll through.There's a clock icon on the left of the screen that does nothing when you tap it. It's lost touch with my Google account because it says my browser doesn't support JavaScript. What is it doing using JavaScript? That's been deprecated for how long? I've been using this for several years and this has never been an issue. If it can't access my account, it's useless. The only reason I changed my rating to 2 stars is that it has call blocking. Otherwise no better than any default messaging app. While I'm at it, I'd love to get rid of the ads, but the subscription must have been priced by a madman. The only app I could find that will reorient the screen horizontally! Lots of configuration options. Unobtrusive popups.

A Google user

2 years ago

I had previously called this "a beautiful, streamlined app" but years later I struggle to find a use for Contacts+ partly because Google has a lot of features already built into their system. For some reason, alerts for group messages takes me to a page with no names on it. I don't like bubble popups so I turn those off. You can adjust text size and some other options, but there's not much after that.