Starrise Contacts Reviews

The developer appears to give little attention to user feedback and reported issues. Many long-standing problems remain unresolved, while StarriseContacts itself does not offer meaningful advantages over Apple’s built-in Contacts app.
Features advertised as additional or enhanced either do not work properly or are implemented in a way that makes them impractical. A good example is the “quick call” functionality. When attempting to add or use a call via a messenger such as Telegram, the process becomes unnecessarily complicated. Telegram allows calling users via username without a phone number, but StarriseContacts does not support that workflow. If a Telegram contact does not have a phone number, calling them through StarriseContacts is not possible.
Even when a phone number is added, the so-called “quick” call button requires multiple extra steps through various menus. This defeats the purpose of a quick action. In practice, it is faster and simpler to use Apple’s default Contacts app to make a call.
Overall usability is poor, and the interface feels inconvenient and inefficient. Instead of focusing on fixing core functionality and long-reported issues, the developer seems to prioritize adding paid features that provide little value.
Additionally, push notifications sent by StarriseContacts often lead nowhere when tapped, leaving it unclear what the notification was about in the first place.
Because of these issues, StarriseContacts is difficult to recommend and does not justify replacing the standard Contacts app.
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Your app is extremely buggy and feels unfinished. Users seem to be treated as unpaid beta testers while you collect feedback and then monetize questionable “premium” features, despite previously selling lifetime purchases with promises of future updates.

Worse, StarriseContacts cannot be trusted with contacts. In Apple’s native Contacts app, it is possible to set a birthday without a year. Your app silently assigns incorrect values while keeping the day and month, so people suddenly appear as celebrating their 2025th birthday or as having their first birthday incorrectly. This kind of silent data corruption is unacceptable and makes StarriseContacts unreliable for any serious use.

The overall experience feels careless and poorly engineered. Using StarriseContacts is frustrating, and I strongly advise against trusting it with personal data.

导出个通讯录5刀一年，兄弟你认真的吗

I really like StarriseContacts and use it as a replacement for my Apple contacts app. A few things that really make it useful for me:

1. The ability to sort contacts by creation date
2. Adding your notes about people (the CRM aspect) so you remember details about them or how you met them
3. Easy birthday reminders/tracker by calendar dates
4. Linking events with people (not just birthdays)
5. Can customize people to show nicknames instead of first names or whatever your preference is on where the nickname should be shown

Recently went to a subscription but is still affordable.

I’ve been looking for a CRM for just friends and family (and the occasional acquaintance), and Starrise has been great so far. It’s lightweight, easy to use, perfect for quick jot-downs and birthday reminders, and feels like a natural extension of my contacts without the sales-style clutter.

This is a fantastic utility app for contacts. It’s easy to use and provides a lot of basic utility Apple lacks. It’s not overly complex, it doesn’t trick you with stupid things. Highly recommend.

Started using the notes and birthday features and it’s super convenient!

Lots of goodies in StarriseContacts , one of the best business card scanners I’ve used