Contaqs - The Contact Manager for Pc

This has always been my favorite contacts app.

Update: Couldn't backup/restore my groups when I transferred to a new device (at least not without using the cloud - and then if I wanted to turn the cloud off afterwards, it would lose all of my pictures because it would no longer store them on my device (so if I happened to be somewhere that didn't have internet, I was screwed)). I did better just restoring to the generic address book using a different app. At least that one saved all of my contact photos and data without me having to store it permanently in a cloud. In this app, all of my groups (and group header photos) were lost. I had to recreate all of them from scratch (by looking at what I had in my old device). Previous Review: I use this on my iPad to set my contacts up into groups. I also like that I can press a button and filter to see all my contacts' upcoming birthdays, all contacts whose addresses are near me on the map, all contacts that I haven't put email addresses or contact photos in for, and other data that would be hard to find in a normal address book. Over time I have accumulated 1800+ contacts and today I thought about backing them up in case of an accident. I found the export function in Settings and the app generated a file that I could email to myself. I had a bit of a problem though because my file was so big. It finally emailed over wifi though. My only concern is that the file was .vcf (which isn't really a concern except that if I ever *do* have to restore from this file, I'll lose all my contact photos and custom group icons I created). I'd like a way to backup the file and just transfer it over iTunes though since I'm sure the bigger it gets, the more problems I'm going to have transferring it through email. Other than that, I think it's a great app!

This is definitely an awesome replacement for the stock Contacts app. Just 2 simple feature requests to improve usability would make it 5 stars for sure: 1. For Favorites, allow user to choose favorite number for calls and texts so we don't have to click then choose the same number every time. 2. Allow manual re-ordering of contacts in Groups/Favorites (sorting options are great, but priority based on how often called would be best, and user could easily do this once and be done). Love all the features and integration with Google Maps too. Thanks guys!

This app is the biggest waste of money. I can’t believe anyone would give this a favorable review. This is absolute junk, freezes up and has never worked. Buy at your own risk.