# Contact SMS Backup

> safe secure Contact and SMS backup to ANY smartphone. Find Duplicates and Merge.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.tos.contact`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TopOfStack Software
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 5,329,384
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (11,214 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.5
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-26
- **First published:** 2013-01-21
- **Publisher country:** BD
- **Size:** 16 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tos.contact)
- **Website:** [http://www.topofstacksoftware.com](http://www.topofstacksoftware.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://cdn.topofstacksoftware.com/apps/privacy/com.tos.contact.html](http://cdn.topofstacksoftware.com/apps/privacy/com.tos.contact.html)

## Description

Contact SMS Backup is a powerful and user-friendly Chrome extension that enables secure backup and transfer of your contacts and SMS messages across Android and iPhone devices. With offline backup capabilities, you can save your contacts and messages in vcf format to your email, Dropbox, or SD card without relying on any server, ensuring your privacy.

Key features include the ability to transfer contacts and SMS between Android and iPhone devices, merge duplicate contacts and messages to keep your address book clean, restore all contact information including images, and import contacts from QR codes. The extension supports multiple languages including German, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Indonesian, making it accessible to a global audience. It's an efficient solution for managing your contact data safely and conveniently, all free of cost.

## Rankings

- #23,082 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FLASHLIGHT`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS`
- `android.permission.NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE`
- `android.permission.READ_PROFILE`
- `android.permission.READ_SMS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_MMS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS`
- `android.permission.SEND_SMS`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SMS`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.tos.contact.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Contact SMS Backup for reliability and ease of use, with many noting successful cross-device transfers and usefulness for backing up contacts and SMS. However, a frequent, recurring issue is restore failures across devices, which can result in data loss or incomplete restoration. Some reviews mention sporadic errors and ad relevance, but the dominant theme highlights reliable backups paired with inconsistent restores.

### Pros

- Most reliable app for backups for years.
- Easy to use and very useful for backing up contacts and SMS.
- Smooth transfer between devices.
- Consistently rated as good/very good/excellent by users.

### Cons

- Restore attempts frequently fail across devices, sometimes leaving contacts/SMS missing or causing data loss.

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