# CircleBack - Contact Manager

> The only contact manager that maintains an up-to-date, organized address book.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.circleback.circleback](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.circleback.circleback)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.circleback.circleback`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** CircleBack, Inc.
- **Category:** BUSINESS
- **Downloads:** 63,760
- **Rating:** 3.19 / 5 (831 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.10
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2015-06-03
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 27 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.circleback.circleback)
- **Website:** [http://www.circleback.com](http://www.circleback.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.circleback.com/privacy-policy](http://www.circleback.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**CircleBack - The Ultimate Contact Manager**

CircleBack is a comprehensive and intelligent contact management app designed to keep your address book up-to-date, organized, and free from duplicate contacts. Utilizing proprietary SIQ and smart deduplication technology, CircleBack merges contacts from various networks including Office 365, Outlook, Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter into one unified and reliable address book.

**Key Features:**
- **Contact Management:** Efficiently maintain professional relationships with an organized digital address book.
- **Email Signature Capture:** Automatically extract contact info from email signatures across your inbox.
- **Contact Backup & Sync:** Safeguard your contacts with backups and sync changes across devices and platforms.
- **Smart Merge:** Deduplicate contacts intelligently to avoid confusion with identical names.

Perfect for sales professionals and anyone seeking to streamline their contacts, CircleBack is a top choice for boosting productivity and keeping your network intact across all platforms.

## Rankings

- #270,990 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.CALL_PHONE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS`
- `com.circleback.circleback.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate CircleBack's concept and interface, particularly its ability to merge and clean contacts effectively for Exchange and phone contacts. However, many reviews report that the app crashes, freezes, or fails to open on multiple devices. Syncing with Google accounts is frequently blocked or broken. Numerous users experienced contact data corruption due to incorrect merges. The app is slow and consumes significant battery power. Support is lacking, and limited account compatibility reduces usability. These recurring issues have led to widespread disappointment and uninstalls despite the app's promising features.

### Pros

- Good at finding new contacts and merging existing ones for Exchange and phone contacts.
- Clean and nice user interface design.
- Highly recommended by some users for contact consolidation and cleaning.
- Ability to sync multiple accounts (before issues arose).

### Cons

- App crashes or freezes frequently on various Android devices.
- Issues syncing with Google/Gmail accounts; often blocked or not working.
- Contacts get incorrectly merged or messed up, leading to data errors.
- Slow startup and performance issues, including heavy battery usage.
- Poor or no response from developer support.
- Limited account support; does not sync with certain email services.
- Requires constant internet connection to open or function properly.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.circleback.circleback)