Frequently asked questions
Answers about syncing, duplicates, undo, privacy and plans. Can’t find yours? Contact us.
ContactZapp
What is ContactZapp?
If you use more than one account, say a Microsoft 365 for work and a Google for personal use, your contacts end up split between them. ContactZapp keeps one contact list in sync across all of them: Google, Microsoft, Apple and CardDAV. Add or change a contact in one account and it changes in the others. It also merges duplicates, and you can undo any change for 12 months. See Features and Pricing.
Which accounts can I connect?
Google (Gmail and Google Workspace), Microsoft (Microsoft 365 and Outlook), Apple iCloud and any CardDAV server. You can connect more than one of each. Your plan sets how many. Google and Microsoft 365: how to sync them. How each account connects: Features › Accounts.
How do I sign in?
With Google, with Microsoft or with a code we email you. There’s no ContactZapp password. Signing in doesn’t connect your contacts. You connect each account separately.
Syncing
How often do my contacts sync?
Hourly, daily or only when you ask. You choose in Settings › Sync, and the choice applies to all your accounts. It starts on Manual only.
Do changes really go both ways?
Yes. Add someone in Outlook and they appear on your phone. Change a number in one account and it changes in the others. If you want to protect an account, make it read-only: we read it but never change it. Why your contacts don’t sync between accounts.
What if two of my accounts disagree about the same contact?
Phone numbers, email addresses and postal addresses are never dropped: the contact keeps all of them. For a field with one value, like the company, the most recent change wins. You can make one account always win instead, in Settings › Merging. If one account deleted a value that another still has, we ask you to review the contact.
What happens if I delete a contact in Google or Outlook?
ContactZapp sees it at that account’s next sync. Then your setting decides: delete the contact in your other accounts too, or keep it there. You can recreate it in the first account later. A contact you delete in ContactZapp is deleted from all your accounts straight away.
Which contact details sync?
Names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, company, job title, birthday, notes, websites, instant messaging, relationships, labels and photos. Custom fields sync too, with their labels.
Duplicates and merging
How does ContactZapp decide two contacts are the same person?
It compares email addresses, phone numbers and names using fixed rules. A matching email or phone number makes us much more sure than a matching name alone. Step by step: How merging across accounts works.
Will it merge my contacts without asking?
Only if you turn on Auto-Merge. It’s off until you turn it on. Everything else waits in Review: you see the contacts side by side, with the values we suggest keeping. Merge them, or choose Don’t merge. Two things always happen on their own: an exact copy of a contact is joined to it, and a contact missing from one of your accounts is added there.
What if it merges two different people?
You can undo it. Click Undo right after the merge, or roll it back from History later. You get the separate contacts back, not just their old details. Choose Don’t merge once and that pair is never suggested again.
Can I merge everything at once?
Yes. Run Auto-Merge from Contacts, or turn it on in Settings › Merging and it runs after every sync. You choose how strict it is. It’s off until you turn it on. You can undo any merge from History for 12 months.
History and undo
Can I undo a merge?
Yes. Click Undo right after the merge, or use History later. You can roll back one contact, one sync or everything, to any moment in the last 12 months. The change is sent to your accounts. You can roll back a roll back too.
What happens when I delete a contact?
Delete moves the contact to Deleted and removes it from your accounts. You can restore it for 12 months. Delete forever is permanent: it removes the contact and its history from ContactZapp and from your accounts.
Your data
Can I get my contacts out?
Yes, any time. Export all your contacts as one vCard file for any other app, or as JSON, which also includes every merge decision. You can also export one account, or a selection, as vCard. Each account keeps up to 5 encrypted backups you can download. Exports never include your sign-in details.
Can I choose which labels sync?
Yes, for each account. Turn a label off and contacts that only have that label stop syncing from that account. A contact with at least one label that’s on still syncs. Nothing is deleted in your account.
What happens to my contacts if I cancel?
Nothing is deleted from your accounts. On a smaller plan, some accounts or contacts may stop syncing. Your contacts in Google, Microsoft, Apple and your CardDAV server stay as they are.
How do I close my account?
To stop paying, cancel your subscription in the billing portal, under Settings › Plan & billing. To delete your contacts and history from ContactZapp, use Factory reset in Settings. It shows you what it will delete first, then disconnects every account. It never deletes anything in Google, Microsoft, Apple or your CardDAV server. To have your sign-in removed too, write to us.
Security and privacy
Is my contact data encrypted?
Yes. Your contacts are encrypted with a key that belongs to your account alone. That key is locked by a master key that is never stored in our database. So the database holds counts, statuses and dates, but no readable names, numbers or email addresses.
What happens to my Google or Microsoft password?
We never see it. Google and Microsoft connect through their own sign-in. For Apple, you create an app-specific password. Whatever we store to reach your account is encrypted with your account’s key.
Where is my data stored?
On servers in the European Union, for every customer. We may add servers in the Americas and Asia later, closer to customers there.
Plans
How much does ContactZapp cost?
You can start free, with no time limit and no card. The free plan connects 2 accounts of any size and syncs 100 contacts between them. Paid plans sync more accounts and contacts. Prices are on the Pricing page.
Can I get my money back?
Yes. Ask within 14 days of your first purchase and we refund you, no questions asked.
What happens when I reach my plan’s limit?
Nothing is deleted or changed. Accounts and contacts over your plan’s limit stop syncing until you upgrade.
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