Contacts

Replace your Contacts. Start with these.

As of 17 Oct 2026, 20 apps can replace the Contacts on Android. These 8 are where we'd start.

The top 3

Best overall

Fossify

A clean address book that looks at home on any phone: groups, favourites, vCard import and export, no ads.

FreeUpdated 1 Feb 2026Android 8.0+

Best for many accounts

Contacts Plus

Brings Google, iCloud and Outlook contacts together and merges the duplicates.

Checked 17 Oct 2026—

Best for syncing without Google

bitfire

Syncs your contacts with your own server or provider, and they show up in any contacts app.

FreeChecked 17 Oct 2026—

Picked by hand, 17 Oct 2026

A phone and contacts app that nudges you to call people you miss

End-to-end encrypted contact and calendar sync

A contacts app for Proton Mail users

Keeps contacts in its own store, hidden from other apps

Backs up contacts on the phone, offline

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12 apps · sorted by name

All 12 apps
App ▲	What it does	Price	Updated ▼	Min Android ▼	Get it
BondwidthTop 8phonepvr	A phone and contacts app that nudges you to call people you miss	Free	15 Oct 2026	Android 8.0+	F-Droid
EteSyncTop 8EteSync	End-to-end encrypted contact and calendar sync	Free	9 Mar 2026	Android 5.0+	F-Droid
Fossify ContactsTop 8Fossify	Manage your contacts privately and efficiently with vCard support	Free	1 Feb 2026	Android 8.0+	F-Droid
Libre Contacts BackupTop 8Ashkan Rafiee	Backs up contacts on the phone, offline	Free	15 Oct 2026	Android 8.0+	F-Droid
MA ContactsVayun Mathur	An, fully-functional contacts app	Free	4 Aug 2026	Android 12+	F-Droid
NextcloudNextcloud GmbH	Synchronization client	Free	6 Oct 2026	Android 9+	F-Droid
Nextcloud DevNextcloud GmbH	Synchronization client	Free	14 Oct 2026	Android 9+	F-Droid
OpenContactsTop 8OpenContacts	Keeps contacts in its own store, hidden from other apps	Free	10 Feb 2026	Android 4.1+	F-Droid
pcontactsTop 8pcontacts	A contacts app for Proton Mail users	Free	16 Oct 2026	Android 8.0+	F-Droid
SilentSuiteSilentSuite	End-to-end encrypted sync for calendar, contacts, and tasks	Free	12 Oct 2026	Android 5.0+	F-Droid
Solid ShareErfan Gholami	Files, contacts and passes on your own Solid pod, shared on your terms	Free	20 Sept 2026	Android 8.0+	F-Droid
solytoLeander Muskalla	Free, private, all-in-one personal organizer. Self-hostable	Free	12 Oct 2026	Android 7.0+	F-Droid

'Top 8' marks the apps above. Data from F-Droid and hand-checked entries, as of 17 Oct 2026.

How we pick the top 8: a person tries the apps and checks each maker's page, then writes the labels down with a date. How we choose