Compact Contacts 1.1 for Mac — a table-first contact manager

[wedontneed]

Hi, I’m Çağlar, the developer of Compact Contacts.

I built it for people who manage larger address books and want to scan, sort and update contacts without opening one card at a time.

The Mac version includes:
• a dense, configurable table with local search
• Favorites, Recents and reusable Saved Views
• previewed Bulk Edit for organization, department and job title
• vCard import and export
• a guided duplicate-review workflow

It works with the contacts already configured on your Mac, while macOS continues to handle iCloud, Google, Exchange and CardDAV syncing. There’s no account, subscription, advertising or third-party analytics.

Compact Contacts 1.1 is $12.99 as a one-time purchase and requires macOS 15 or later:

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A separate iPad version is now available too, with a layout designed for touch, keyboard, pointer and multitasking:

Compact Contacts Manager App - App Store

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I’d especially like to hear from people who manage client or business contacts: which sorting, filtering or cleanup workflow matters most to you?

 

[poocat]

Checking this out!

 

[wedontneed]

A quick update since I started this thread: Compact Contacts 1.2 is now available for both Mac and iPad.

The main additions in this release are:

• read, search and edit long contact Notes, with a Notes-focused detail layout
• new Recently Edited, Missing Phone and Missing Company views
• a Command Palette for quickly reaching contacts, groups, accounts, Saved Views and actions
• direct vCard export from any Saved View, with Notes excluded unless you explicitly include them
• CSV and vCard export previews, plus a review step before vCard import writes anything
• more selectable contact fields and custom labels as table columns
• customization, duplication, hiding and restoration of built-in Saved Views
• full localization in English, Turkish, German, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Arabic

The app still works directly with the system Contacts database, so macOS and iPadOS continue handling synchronization for your configured accounts. There’s no separate account, contact cloud, advertising or third-party analytics.

Mac: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compact-contacts/id6790129187?mt=12
iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/compact-contacts-manager/id6795653671

If anyone here works with long Notes or a larger address book, I’d be interested to hear how the new workflow holds up for you.