Nowadays Im happy with the way it syncs to email accounts so my work contacts through my company issued office 365 account are synced and I have transfered all my personal accounts from my Google account to iCloud which I have set as the default account on the phone so if Im out and add a new number it wont get mixed in with my work contacts.

At least, none that I found were worth using for more than a day (or even installing on my iPhone to begin with).

Whats wrong with Apples Contacts app Let me back up a minute.

Apples Contacts app is fine for the basics, but it would be great if it gave you more ways to automate the ingestion of information.

For example, wouldnt it be nice to be able to link up various social media servicesLinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon, or whateverand have your contacts automatically update whenever friends or colleagues make changes to their information Advertisement Heck, I still miss the feature, removed as of iOS 11, that allowed you to import your contacts Facebook profile photos.

It never worked perfectly, but it was better than staring at a big gray silhouette.

Conversely, Id love to know about my friends job updates without having to dump every LinkedIn contact I have onto my device.

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Those Ive tried so farincluding Covve, CircleBack, and Sync.mc either feel needlessly complex in a borderline CRM kind of way, are very encouraging to get you to sign up for premium subscription services, dont work at all, or make my privacy flag start flapping.

That last point, especially, is a great reason to not turn over your contact information to other apps and services.

Im not saying that Apple or Google are perfect, but I have a stronger belief that they arent creating some secret database of contact information for eventual misuse (like selling the data to other companies, cough Facebook).

Apps and services that you know little about, but want you to import for all of your contacts into their databases to help you manage your address book, make me (and others) a little nervous.

Advertisement Even if you dont care much about your own privacy, because youre not very concerned about others associating your phone number with your social media accounts or work credentials, think about your friends.

Depending on the app or service youre using, you might be helping a company create a digital dossier on someone who hasnt consented to sharing their informationall thanks to you.

Ive used various sync apps over the years to pretty up my contact list, and now I wish I hadnt.

For the people closest to you, just take a photo of their faces and store that as the primary image.

You could even do that in person, too, the next time you see them.

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Advertisement And if keeping your contacts updated on your iPhone is too difficult, and you dont have a Mac to use to update your iCloud contacts, use Google Contacts instead.

The service allows you to remove duplicates, manage your contacts information, and delete people you dont care about.

Sync Googles list to your iPhone or iPad and use that instead of your iCloud contacts.

Youll at least be able to regain a little control over your address book without letting some random service organize it by rifling through your virtual Rolodex and copying everything it can.

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Not mention it automatically added your contacts to Facebook.

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