Best alternatives to Contacts (2026)
9 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Contacts, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Share Google Contacts Plugin
Add sharing functionality to your Google Contacts interface... Exactly like you share Google Drive folders and docs.
≈5K users4.4★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 5 days ago8 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Contacts
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 4)
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Share Google Contacts with Shared Contacts®
Share Google Contacts like you share Google Docs with Gmail and Google Workspace (G Suite) users using Shared Contacts for Gmail®.
≈9K users4.2★ from 32 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 2.2× fewer users than Contacts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
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WA Contacts Extractor
Extract and export all WhatsApp contacts from groups, chats and labels. Choose from CSV, Excel, JSON, or VCard formats.
≈60K users4.5★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago4 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Contacts
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
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Contact Extractor
Extract contacts from web pages.
≈3K users4.0★ from 4 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- About 6.7× fewer users than Contacts
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
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WAPPMASTER Contacts Extractor
Extract contacts from WhatsApp, including labeled and group contacts, then export them in CSV, Excel, JSON, and vCard formats
≈20K users4.7★ from 964 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago3 permissions- A similar number of users to Contacts
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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WAContactSaver
Extract & Export WhatsApp group members, unknown phone numbers and unsaved contacts to Excel/CSV/JSON/VCard.
≈20K users1.8★ from 39 ratingsUpdated 8 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Contacts
- Rated 2.4 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
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CareerOS - Save Jobs & Contacts with Ease
This chrome extension will help you to save companies, jobs and contacts to your CareerOS overview board.
≈10K users4.9★ from 34 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago10 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Contacts
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
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WA Contacts Extractor - wabulk.net
Export ,extract and backup your WhatsApp contacts by various dimensions such as Contacts, Chats, Groups, Labels, and Countries.
≈10K users4.6★ from 551 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Contacts
- Rated 0.4 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 4)
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LeadContact
A lead generation tool that helps you find emails and phone numbers of potential leads, and connect with them effectively.
≈5K users4.9★ from 47 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago10 permissions- About 4.0× fewer users than Contacts
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 4)
Contacts alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Contacts?
By users, the most popular alternative is WA Contacts Extractor with ≈60K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Share Google Contacts Plugin.
Which Contacts alternative has the best rating?
WAPPMASTER Contacts Extractor has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 964 ratings.
Is there a Contacts alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Share Google Contacts with Shared Contacts® asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for Contacts.
How many alternatives to Contacts are there?
We list 9 close alternatives to Contacts on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.